Beefing up Omega syn thumbhole stock
 

Has anyone beefed up there Omega syn stock. I have the thumbhole and it is flimsy. it looks like a lot of shooting might cause some cracking around the bedding points.I plan on curing the noise problem tomorrow with some foam in the butt end but I sure would like to see some pics or idea's on what you have done to your Omega stock. I shoot the typical 100 gr loose T7.

RE: Beefing up Omega syn thumbhole stock
 

oldwun

I did build a hardwood insert to go in between the the lug pockets on a regular black synthetic stock. The insert drops in between the two pockets and will not allow the barreled action to move back and forth. I could have filled the area with fiberglass also but with the block I built I am also able to put the hardwood stop up against the front recoil block on the barreled action...

Picture #1 (upper left) shows the stock with the two lug pockets. Really there is not much to prevent cracking - stressing the walls of these pockets when hit with the recoil of the gun.

Picture #2 (middle upper) I chose to sand the contact points on the forearm of the stock so that they did not contact the barrel (floated the barrel in the forearm)

Picture #3 (upper right) shows a teflon cutting board you can buy at your local super market - from that I did cut some lug pocket shims. These shims raise the barreled action in the stock and does float the barrel. But it could also increase the stress on the lug pockets.

Picture #4 (lower left) shows a side view of the Oak hardwood block that fits very tight down between the two lug pockets.

Picture #5 (middle bottom) shows the view of the block and you can see the upper piece of oak extends over the back lip if the front lug and contacts the back of the front recoil lug on the barreled action + plus you can see the channel that allows the insertion of the ram rod.

Picture #6 (lower right) shows the block installed in the stock...

One last thing... make sure that the lugs are tight and remain tight...

The other thing I would add the thumbhole stock that I have TC has made a change and added a small re-enforcement lug on the front and rear wall of each pocket. I will still make a block for the thumbhole at some point...

Sabotloader
 

Did you ever make any more of those Omega blocks?

RE: Sabotloader
 

oldwun

Yes i did - several of them - did I not send you one?

Is yours a thumbhole? - they are a lot different in the way the gun sets in them does the regular synthetic stock.... If yours is the thumbhole does it have a very small re-enforcement tab front and back of the lug pocket on the outside?

RE: Sabotloader
 

Sabotloader ...mine is a syn thumbhole and yes it does have the little fron and back lugs. No I did not recieve one. I was put of commision for quite a while withn the stroke so if you emailed me I did not answer.

RE: Sabotloader
 

oldwun

OK - I'll get one made up for ya and let you know -then you can PM your address to me....

Caint do it today or tomorrow - hunting is going to get in the way, but I do need to work in the shop Wednesday.... according to the solunar tables I am wasting my time - but, what the hey who cares? I am in the woods... I am actually trying to keep track of some elk but if a shooter buck were to show up - well...

Are you arble to get out in the woods yet?

RE: Sabotloader
 

my synthetic thumbhole stock is slick with no checkering grips. im gonna add a pachmayer forearm skin to mine.