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Saturday, I went out and shot a little bit of everything: sporting clays, trap, 5-stand, and skeet. It was colder than I usually shoot clays (<30) but certainly not colder than I've sat in a duck blind.
Well, after 175 shells I noticed that my stock on my composite 3901 was wiggling ever so slightly. I took off the recoil pad and found that the bold needs a socket which I didn't have, not a screw driver which I did have, so I borrowed a gun from the gun club to finish off the day. (Very nice 682E... ooohhh I liked that gun...) Anyway, got home that night and on Sunday started cleaning the 3901. Well, the stock was as tight as a drum. Didn't need to be tightened at all.
So here is my question: Is there any chance that a composite stock would shrink in the cold, and then swell back up in the warmth of my house? If so, should I leave it outdoors one night and then tighten the stock up when its cold, or would that be bad for the stock as it swells?
Any thoughts.
Walker
Well, after 175 shells I noticed that my stock on my composite 3901 was wiggling ever so slightly. I took off the recoil pad and found that the bold needs a socket which I didn't have, not a screw driver which I did have, so I borrowed a gun from the gun club to finish off the day. (Very nice 682E... ooohhh I liked that gun...) Anyway, got home that night and on Sunday started cleaning the 3901. Well, the stock was as tight as a drum. Didn't need to be tightened at all.
So here is my question: Is there any chance that a composite stock would shrink in the cold, and then swell back up in the warmth of my house? If so, should I leave it outdoors one night and then tighten the stock up when its cold, or would that be bad for the stock as it swells?
Any thoughts.
Walker
