Auto-5 needs a little work

[Col. Harrumph]

Every A5 (old style that is) I've ever looked at, as well as my own, has looked like this at the breech:

and I learned from Mark (youtube: 'Anvil 071') that it's because the barrel, as it returns to battery, mashes the fore-end thusly:

Mark suggests a fix involving fabbing a steel spacer to fill the squashed-in space you see just beyond the paper label. I was wondering if an easier fix, simply filling the area with Accraglas or equivalent would work just as well?

 

[Virginian]

A slice of the right size CPVC pipe is the easiest fix.

 

[Sovblocgunfan]

I’ve thought about modifying a fender washer of some kind for the same effect.

 

[Rudolph31]

Art, of Art’s Gun Shop, says nothing works. But I think he meant nothing works permanently. Let us know how, and for how long, it works out.

 

[ClemY]

One option is the Ramline plastic stock. The forend has piece of firm rubber tubing that acts as a nice bump stop. And the plastic stock is practically indestructible, even if it doesn't look like nice wood. The wood eventually cracks.