Shoots great, but.....its now sloppy when the breech is open!

[briannmilewis]

Ok, my 22 Hornet with all your help and the info you maintain has been great, and got me a decent shooter. However, it looks like when I removed all the forearm contact with barrel and breech except at the lug, and a piece of foam under the tip of the forearm where the barrel crosses it as I had read is worthwhile, I think there was forearm contact with the breech that covered up the sloppy connection. I measured the movement and it is 1/16th, very noticeable but can't see any effect on accuracy because it is super tight when locked up.

Just wondering if I need to shim it or will it be OK?...by the way, we have 700+ rounds thru the rifle so far.

[dieselten]

If it is tight when closed and the forend is tight on the lug then you could shim the plastic spacer that mates the forend to the receiver.  I had a loose one and put in 3 thicknesses of beige masking tape and it is perfect.  You do need some tension at the lug though.

[quickdtoo]

Action looseness when open is irrelevant, what counts is when it's locked up, you can shoot it without the forend on!! Shooting without the forend on is a good way to determine if the forend is affecting accuracy, usually being too tight is the culprit, too loose isn't usually a problem. If you want to tighten it up a bit, shim between the spacer and the forend on a wood stock as directed in the FAQs, but too tight can cause accuracy to go out the door, if it's a syn stock, you're in for more work.

Tim

[briannmilewis]

Dieselten and Tim - I think I will leave well enough alone, as it is shooting just fine and not at all loose when closed. I will kepp your suggestions in my pocket though if for some reason I want to act later on down the road. Thx as usual.