Gunsmiths and Rails

[big5ifty]

I've had 5 rails fitted to rifles by 4 different gunsmiths, and 3 of the 4 did a kak job.

The first gunsmith fitted a rail to a Winchester rifle for me. When I checked it myself, there was a gap of 2mm between the action and the rail at the rear, with the two front screws just firmed in. The mating surface of the rail did not fit the action, front or back.

The second gunsmith was asked to fit a 20MOA rail on a Remington action. When I checked it, he had used n angle grinder under the front of a 0 MOA rail and screwed it down.

The third gunsmith fitted two rails, they look like a combination shroud / picattiny - to two RSA actions. On both rifles, I could see through the gap between the rail and the action when looking down the barrel. The third rail he fitted I haven't checked yet. It's held up ok under heavy recoil and the scope didn't move yet.

The only good rail fitting was done on a P14 action by Craig Clintworth, Treeman has that rifle now.

I've had one other rail fitted by gunsmith number 1, it wasn't a kak job, I just had to bed the rail to take up a small gap.

Moral of the story - check everything yourself, don't assume anything.