I purchased a second stock for my Weatherby Mark V to cut it down for my kids so that it has a more appropriate length of pull. It's a used Bell and Carlson fiberglass stock, but it won't fit my rifle, so I'm doing a bit of modification.
The slot for the recoil lug seems to be too small, so perhaps Weatherby changed the size of the lug over the years. Whatever the reason, I need to open the slot up. I only need to widen the slot by about .05", but I'll need to cut out about .25" from the front of the notch toward the forend.
I'm not as concerned about the precision of cut on the front of the slot, but I'm very concerned about the bottom flat and the back face of the recoil lug slot. I figured dremeling this would just make a mess of it, so I was thinking about outsourcing the work. Does anyone have any recomendations that won't break the bank?
The slot for the recoil lug seems to be too small, so perhaps Weatherby changed the size of the lug over the years. Whatever the reason, I need to open the slot up. I only need to widen the slot by about .05", but I'll need to cut out about .25" from the front of the notch toward the forend.
I'm not as concerned about the precision of cut on the front of the slot, but I'm very concerned about the bottom flat and the back face of the recoil lug slot. I figured dremeling this would just make a mess of it, so I was thinking about outsourcing the work. Does anyone have any recomendations that won't break the bank?
