$1.50 plus tax.
Sandpaper, 200 grit.
Way too slow going, sanded the bbl channel on my fingergroove 10/22. Its hollow under most of the length, but up front is not.
11mm socket w paper around it got it almost. Now my OCD has me working the left side for same gap as right.
Note......no sanding on the right. Yup. There is some bend to the stock.
Push a bit when tightening action screw, slight play....tightens and a dollar bill can slide almost all the way back.
So is good enough to test (see if free float solves the prob.
I still want equal gap though, and it's close, but I demand perfection.
Even on a dinged up stock.
Had huge forend pressure in original form.. Relieved well over 75% of that and shot today. It sucked in orig form, but in mid warm up shot well, then went to crap. With today's majority of pressure relieved, it did just as bad, maybe a little worse.
Tonight it free floats. Barely. A little more on the left and it will be even gap.
Dunno if I can get to range before Sunday.