Boyds Tacticool Stock Problem? Ruger 10-22

[Jellybean]

If this is in the wrong place, my bad- wasn't sure whether the Rimfire of gunsmithing section would be better.

I just got a Boyds Tacticool stock for my Ruger 10-22. It is awesome, and I really like it, but I think I may have a problem.
I seem to be getting a good bit of side-to-side movement of the receiver when it's mounted in the stock, even with the action screw tightened as hard as it will go.
It seems there is a little more space on one side of the reciever than the other, and I rigged up a temporary shim to fix it, but I'd really like to know WHY it's doing it.

Is there something defective with my stock, or is it all Rugers fault for having the action attach with only one freakin' screw?
All the comments and reviews I have found so far on line, everyone says it "drops in/fits perfectly.
What the problem is?

I also noticed a screw in the grip of the stock- what is this for?

Here are some pictures that hopefully will explain this better:

The complete rifle-

The shim I made up-

Left detail-

Right detail-

A slightly better picture of the gap-

[img:center]http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s266/JellybeanA5/R22Detail1.jpg [/img]

The screw in the grip-

 

[dogman]

Re: Boyds Tacticool Stock Problem? Ruger 10-22

Ping 762frmafr. I believe he may have had a similar issue. I think he bedded his Boyd's.

 

[jd138]

Re: Boyds Tacticool Stock Problem? Ruger 10-22

Yikes, that is too much play. I had to add washers to the action screws of mine to keep the screws from digging into the wood, but with all that side to side, looks like a bedding job is in order.

 

[762frmafr]

Re: Boyds Tacticool Stock Problem? Ruger 10-22

First off, the screw in the grip holds the 2 pieces of the stock together. It is made in 2 pieces for ease of manufacturing and less material waste. Second, and I hate to say it, but it is only a $100 stock. Not a $1000 Mcmillan or Manners. That being said, it is a great stock for the money. It is made so that all actions will fit in it. I bedded my stock using the how-to guide on Rimfirecentral. Made a world of difference as far as fit of the action as well as accuracy of the gun. THIS is the bedding method I used. Along with a Volquartsen pillar you will be good to go.

 

[Jellybean]

Re: Boyds Tacticool Stock Problem? Ruger 10-22

Alas and forsooth! I knew I was going to have to bed it.

762-

What if I am using a standard barrel?

As you can see from the pics, I have an unfinished version of the stock- would you recommend finishing it first? I'm thinking no, since I'll be cutting on it.

The writeup on rimfirecentral mentions bedding kits- what would you recommend?

Can you explain a little more about step two- "relieving the rear of the stock"? The little pictures there aren't very clear, and it would have been nice if they'd given a better picture of the finished product. Or a video.
Being a noob to bedding, I do not understand from that picture how dremeling that channel and filling it with the bedding compound is going to stop the action from wiggling side to side- if anything it looks like I would have just made the receiver area wider.

Other than that, it looks a lot like the procedure in the "bedding project" sticky.

 

[762frmafr]

Re: Boyds Tacticool Stock Problem? Ruger 10-22

I do not dremel out any part of the stock when I bed a 10/22. Especially since you already have so much clearance. I have bedded a Tacticool with a standard barrel before. After bedding the receiver, I go in and bed about the first 2" of the barrel channel. Do all of your bedding work then finish the stock. You should be good to go.

 

[Jellybean]

Re: Boyds Tacticool Stock Problem? Ruger 10-22

I see.

Any further ideas on bedding kits?
Or just use what everyone else is using from the bedding sticky?

 

[762frmafr]

Re: Boyds Tacticool Stock Problem? Ruger 10-22

Devcon....And Brownells aerosol release agent.

 

[Jellybean]

Re: Boyds Tacticool Stock Problem? Ruger 10-22

Gotcha.

Thanks a lot!

 

[Muttt]

Re: Boyds Tacticool Stock Problem? Ruger 10-22

Quick set JB Weld works just as well for bedding. It's a two part epoxy with metal in it.