ORIGINAL: sabotloader
Pglasgow
Now you know. TC might not agree with us...
I have another question since it is not easily discerned from the photo. In the lug area. Is the barrel resting on the edges of the stock? and how high up do the lug sockets go? The ramrod goes through there somewhere so I figure no higher than the bottom of the ramrod. If so this is another significant difference in lug support as the Apex/Kodiak support wraps around the ramrod in the shap of a U, this same support, providing support for the barrel and is actually where the barrel beds the stock.
The barrel is not floating - it does rest up against the stock, which I prefer if the pressure is equal on all the bearing surface.
The base of the socket is about 1/4" up off the floor of the stock. There is additional room in the stock to build the heighth of the socket before hitting the ramrod. Look at the laminate stock picture and you will see what I mean the lugs a triple the deapth of the synthetic. Obviously TC thinks it is fine just the way it is and in actuallity for 95% of the people it probably is.
Was I correct in assuming that the barrel rests on a bearing surface formed into the outer portion of the stock?
I appreciate your comments Mike and it confirms my original feelings, which even though I did not express them at the time,contrasted with outdoorlovers assessment that the Omega stock was of sturdier construction than the Apex.