First Steps to Accurizing T/C Omega
 

Thought I'd post about how I reworked the wimpy synthetic stock on my Omega. Now it's a real shooter. After ML season I'll be pillar glass bedding.

1) I took a 1" wooden dowel, wrapped it with 120 grit sandpaper and sanded out the barrel channel.
2) Changed the sandpaper grit to fine grit to smooth out the sanding.
3) I cut shims from a plastic coffee can top that fit in the lug pockets. The shims measured .0480 thick.

4) I fashioned a block from a piece of Corian left from my kitchen counter top & shaped it & to fit between the two lug pockets.
The small hole is so I could remove the block when fitting it.
This strengthens the flex of the stock. A block of Hard Wood will work as well.

5) Held it in place with a small dab of hot glue.

6) The front lug screw was too short because of the addition of the shims, so I got a couple of stainless button socket head 10-32 x 3/4 screws & small washers from the local hardware to replace the the original screws. Should have got a 1/2" screw for the rear lug. I had to cut it off with my Dremel. I did have to cut of a few threads on the front lug screw so it the ramrod would side in.
The socket head is better for torquing.

7) torqued the screws to 30 lbs with my Wheeler Engineering FAT Wrench.

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My groups when from 3" to a 4 shot 1" at 100yrds. This afternoon I expect to at least put a fat doe on the ground.
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damn nice work! Very clean looking as well. Good luck on the hunt!

Sounds like a couple bucks well-spent!

wow...may have to bookmark this thread to do same thing to my omega. great job

Sorry, I've never hunted with anything but a shotgun till this year. I just bought a CVA Accura. If anyone has the time could they explain to me how does this modification help accuracy?

If the stock puts pressure on the barrel in front of the action the barrel flex in a different position each time you fire.

Relieving this pressure by sanding out the stock barrel channel and add shims to raise the barrel eliminates this problem.

This video references wood stocks but the same principle works with synthetic stock.

This video will help you understand.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGEh_GYgZqk

Nice job. Question though, isn't sanding out the barrel channel and using the shims redundant? i.e. if you sanded out the barrel channel so that the stock didn't touch the barrel, why do you need shims?

How much weight did that Corian add?

—The stock had a pressure point in the front of the stock barrel channel, also the top edge of the stock rubbed against the barrel after I installed the shims. I wanted complete clearance.

The piece of Corian added about 4 ounces.

With the Accura, you wont have to do any mods on the stock, they use a heavier synthetic stock.

The only thing I understand about rifles with a forearm stocks, like the Accura. In most of these rifles the forearm flexes with the barrel if the lug screw meets metal to metal.

The only rifles I own with a forearm stocks are a Browning 1885 (45-70) and a Ruger No. 1 (270 cal).

But I've floated the barrel of every other long stock rifle I own, and pillar bedded a few for increased accuracy.