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Posted: 2/21/2013 8:11:36 AM EDT
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I apologize if this is posted in the wrong section.
I have a Rem 700 S/A with a Bell & Carlson Medalist. It is inlet for the standard BDL setup. I have ordered the M5 setup from stockys, but I am not sure how to approach in-letting the stock. I do not wish to use a dremmel (although I could) My uncle has a mill that he said I can use, but I have zero experience. Does anyone have a template, and maybe some pointers. Thanks for your time. |
| Now I've never done the inlet on a stock before so take my advice with a grain of salt but at my first attempt I plan on just dropping the action screws through the bottom metal into the pillars so its lined up correctly and just tracing the outline with a pencil or a magic marker, and then mill to the inside edge of the line slowly checking for fit periodically, and cutting to whatever the depth is of the stock bottom metal. After it drops in good then you could worry about depth. Planned on ordering that 6pc 2 flute end mill set from grizzly to get the job done but I'd imagine your uncle probably already has all the cutters you need. |
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Unless you have experience on a mill I would advise against it. Way too easy to overdo it or make a calculation error, especially if you are unfamiliar with machining.
Short of having a CNC or a fair amount of machining experience don't do it. I have been a manual machinist for years and the only thing I use the mill for is establishing the depth of the metal. I still dress it in by hand. Get some 1/4 28 bolts that are about 3" long and cut off the heads. Set the action in the stock and screw in your bolts. Making sure you keep the bottom metal level to the action and square, scribe around the areas where it contacts the stock. Remove the bottom metal and relieve those areas with a carbide burr. Repeat as needed. It is a slow process but exercising due care and patience you will do just fine. If you oops you can always bed the metal. |
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Thanks for the help.... I ended up machining the stock myself.. and although it worked I would recommend that anyone else without machining experience consider sending the stock to a professional.
The whole process took me about 5 hours, whereas I assume a gunsmith might have taken 30 minutes. 
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