I didn't know the answer to this, but I thought you probably would.
I was over at a friend's house this weekend and he showed me a crack in his ~30 year old wooden rifle stock. The action is held to the stock by two bolts, one on each end of the mag well (detachable mag).
The crack in the stock runs from the rear bolt hole forward to the mag well. From the top side of the stock, the crack is barely visible between the bolt hole and the mag well. From the bottom side of the stock, the crack is less than 1/32nd of an inch wide at the very bottom and closes as it goes up, but is readily visible.
The questions are:
1) Is continued shooting (it's a .270 Win.) likely to split the stock and,
2) If so is it likely to be catastrophic failure during firing
3) Is the crack likely to contribute to lackluster accuracy? (Average groups are ~1 1/2 inches at 100 yds.)
Thanks for your input.
Sheridan
I was over at a friend's house this weekend and he showed me a crack in his ~30 year old wooden rifle stock. The action is held to the stock by two bolts, one on each end of the mag well (detachable mag).
The crack in the stock runs from the rear bolt hole forward to the mag well. From the top side of the stock, the crack is barely visible between the bolt hole and the mag well. From the bottom side of the stock, the crack is less than 1/32nd of an inch wide at the very bottom and closes as it goes up, but is readily visible.
The questions are:
1) Is continued shooting (it's a .270 Win.) likely to split the stock and,
2) If so is it likely to be catastrophic failure during firing
3) Is the crack likely to contribute to lackluster accuracy? (Average groups are ~1 1/2 inches at 100 yds.)
Thanks for your input.
Sheridan