I'm not sure what you meant by "further firing of the stock"? This rifle has been fired multiple times since I restocked it, including five times last week when it took eland, buffalo, and giraffe (that sick old eland soaked up three rounds in the boiler room - poor bugger just wouldn't tip over). I guess it's fired more than forty rounds since I changed to this stock. It now has so much steel and JB Weld holding it together I really don't anticipate any structural failure down the road. And everything I did to strengthen it is certainly not unusual for a heavy recoiling rifle. Most of us bed the action to end of chamber and free float from there to muzzle to maintain consistent barrel harmonics. That's normal for any rifle. Two crossbolts in a heavy recoil rifle is pretty much the norm, especially when using Timney trigger which requires removing extra wood behind the magazine box. You can watch Larry Potterfield's Midway video for how to put a steel pin down through the stock wrist (though I don't recommend attempting to freehand drill the hole - I built a jig). Please tell me what you think I did wrong?
