What would be the min clearance you would use on a 1.250 straight barrel?
Barrel to stock clearance
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Fast14riot
Gold $$ Contributor
A dollar bill folded over, slid it between barrel and stock.
most comp. stocks have the clearance built in ,,,and it is usually a generous .050" or more,,,,that allows the bbl to be removed and replasced easily and every bbl is not the exact same dia....if you are whittling on a stock to get clearance ,,,use common sense and leave plenty of clearance to make shure the bbl is absolutely floating,,,,Roger
Three $20 bills passed cleanly which is approx .0130". No use even bothering with $1's, because in CF you buy can't buy anything for $1. 
With the gun fully assembled the rest all the way forward rear bag all the way back . Three dollar bills should pass all the way
Larry
Larry
BoydAllen
Gold $$ Contributor
Personally for varmint rifles, with floated barrels, I like about .050 on the sides where it shows, and about twice that under the barrel, which only shows at the forearm tip. For benchrest and competition stock the gap is usually quite a bit larger, which aids cooling. On the other hand, for a custom high grade "hunting" stock that would be unlikely to be dragged through brush I would want more classic clearances around the barrel, and would expect that in the other areas that metal should meet wood with a perfect, no gap fit, more of a showpiece than a working rifle.
Fast14riot
Gold $$ Contributor
I make sure there is enough clearance that no matter the conditions there is always space between the barrel and the stock.
A warm humid day and a warm gun can make a stock curl up a long way. Add to that the weight of the rifle resting on support and you can close the gap fast. Each gun and stock has a pesonality of its own so a tiny bit of free play on one gun may work while another gun needs a bunch more.
A warm humid day and a warm gun can make a stock curl up a long way. Add to that the weight of the rifle resting on support and you can close the gap fast. Each gun and stock has a pesonality of its own so a tiny bit of free play on one gun may work while another gun needs a bunch more.
billlarson
"Hold Into The Wind"
When we`re talking barrel clearance....... why would you speak in terms of dollar bills and thousandsths of an inch...................????????????... on an open "F" class gun at 22#`s....... with clearance being a benefit..... for cooling...... why not 1/8" or more.....?????... mine is.....
assuming a good non flexing stock.......
bill larson
assuming a good non flexing stock.......
bill larson
NorCalMikie
Gold $$ Contributor
Probably because the person has already spent all his $$ on the gun and all he has left is a few dollar bills.
RustyMetal
Engineer'gDesignr
Boyds states that they use a min of .020" - .040" on their stocks. So .050" sounds good.
That is how guns have done for years . I forgot not many are my age. lol LarryProbably because the person has already spent all his $$ on the gun and all he has left is a few dollar bills.
Fast14riot
Gold $$ Contributor
He did ask for minimum... I guess a couple dimes stacked would give the better option of ~.080"
If I remember correct a dollar bill is .004 thickness so that would be .012 on a fully loaded stock that would be a mimumum I would want . Larry
On one of my rifles, I sanded the barrel channel until a dollar bill would slide from the action to the end of the barrel unobstructed. After that I was getting occasional vertical stringing. A veteran shooter noticed my problem and asked me to lay down on the line in the prone position and grip my rifle the way I would to shoot. While I had a firm grip on the rifle, he ran the same dollar bill up and down my barrel channel, and it wasn't unobstructed. I re-sanded the channel further and it solved the vertical stringing issue.
Bottom line - make sure to test the clearance while gripping your rifle in your intended shooting position.
Bottom line - make sure to test the clearance while gripping your rifle in your intended shooting position.
Ben, can you loan me them 3-20,s. I will check my stocks, and get them back to you.. Tommy Mc..Three $20 bills passed cleanly which is approx .0130". No use even bothering with $1's, because in CF you buy can't buy anything for $1.
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