ORIGINAL: Zugunruhe
Phil, thanks for posting the pictures. I had a vision in my head of where you were filling the compartments and how and seeing confirms my thoughts. A question on your choice of fillers though, did you add lead shot to the mix to adjust your balance point, or does it have some structural reason to it?
Zugunruhe,
I was just adding weight. I will eventually move the balance right in front of the triggerguard by using a composite of the lead and expoxy in the butt of the stock. My goal is to get the weight of the rifle to around 10 lbs with the scope. This will make the recoil which bruised me with the NEF sidekick,much morebearable with the Apex and Kodiak PRO. I will basically be shooting a Black Powder Cartridge Rifle, I want the weight to be like a Black Powder Cartridge Rifle. The design of the stocks, especially the Kodiak Pro's stock, make what I want to do very easy.
All of this talk about Kodiak stocks cracking means I'll have to pull mine apart and look at it tonight. I haven't been able to shoot now for two weeks, so I still don't have that many rounds through it. Sounds like I can pretty much expect to find at least hairlines though. I'm shocked to hear that Eric at BPI has handled two identical situations in much different manners, not good...
Eric, I am sure, broke the rules by shipping the stock to Mo Archer and a return label. Why he broke the rules, I can not say, perhaps Mo Archer was alittle more friendly on the phone. Perhaps flounder33 referenced the forum in a threatening way and Eric didn't want to be asked every time to do what he did for Mo Archer. I can't explain it, but as long as CVA/BPI plays by the rules and replaces anything that breaks on my rifles, I will we very happy.
In spite of the cracks, I personally wouldn't trade the design for one like the Omega. For example, if CVA made a hollow stock with some shallow pockets to recieve recoil (which would be guaranteed not to develop cracks in U'sit simply doesn't have), I would not make the trade, just wouldn't do it. I like the design of the Apex/Kodiak stockbetter and I think that design better serves my needs.