[riddleofsteel]

One solution to the problem of fore end warpage in a wooden stock, is to ream out a channel in the fore end and put a layer of bedding material in the bottom of the channel. When the bedding material is set up put a stiff aluminum rod or billet into the channel and completely fill the channel and cover the rod with bedding material. The rod should extend from near the forward action bolt to near the tip of the forend. After the "stiff arm" rod and its bedding material is completely cured you can procede to hog out the barrel channel and reciever area to allow clearance for the barrel and room to bed the receiver into the stock. Procede to glass/pillar bed the action and the first inch or so of the barrel to the stock. Once a barreled action is properly set into a wooden stock with a properly installed "stiff arm" the fore end will not warp or place uneven pressure on your barrel. We have rifles installed decades ago in walnut, rosewood or maple stocks that have been hunted in all types of weather, rain and sun and have never once shifted zero.