Lankyframe #44046 Posted July 23 Share Posted July 23 Last fall I was shooting a SKB 200 E at a match when the rear most screw on the forearm broke and the nut on the plunger tube broke off. I finally got around to brazing the nut back on and put a new screw back in. Today I shot less than a box of shells through it when I noticed the forearm was loose. The rear most screw is bent again. I'm not using heavy loads. The first time this happened I was using Winchester low noise low recoil shells, today was with some light reloads. Any thoughts on what could be causing this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 Posted July 24 Share Posted July 24 I do not have a 200E around right now so I am going from recollection. The 100 and 150 have two screws in the main body of the forearm iron that secure it to the wood. (Not counting the screw holding the plunger tube.) The 200 has one screw. To help secure the forearm to the wood there is a round recoil lug on the back of the forearm iron and a matching hole in the wood. When the screw loosens or breaks it frequently results in that steel lug compressing or breaking the wood around the hole. If that happens it does not matter how tight you tighten the screw. It will not hold. The only solution is new wood or to glass bed the hole to strengthen the wood. Remove your forend iron and check the condition of the hole in the wood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 Posted July 24 Share Posted July 24 Found a schematic in one of my books that shows the hole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Bill Burt Posted July 24 Share Posted July 24 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lankyframe #44046 Posted July 24 Author Share Posted July 24 Looks like you nailed it Larson. The wood is mangled around the hole. Thank you much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Meadows,SASS#28485L Posted July 25 Share Posted July 25 On 7/23/2023 at 5:39 PM, Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 said: I do not have a 200E around right now so I am going from recollection. The 100 and 150 have two screws in the main body of the forearm iron that secure it to the wood. (Not counting the screw holding the plunger tube.) The 200 has one screw. To help secure the forearm to the wood there is a round recoil lug on the back of the forearm iron and a matching hole in the wood. When the screw loosens or breaks it frequently results in that steel lug compressing or breaking the wood around the hole. If that happens it does not matter how tight you tighten the screw. It will not hold. The only solution is new wood or to glass bed the hole to strengthen the wood. Remove your forend iron and check the condition of the hole in the wood. I have rebuilt that support area many times with JB weld Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Bill Burt Posted July 25 Share Posted July 25 On two of my 100s where the screw goes directly into the wood, I've cleaned out the wood, selected a slightly oversized oak dowel, sanded it down, tapped it in with a little wood glue, then screwed it back together. That has held up well. I don't know if that would work given the 200 has a lug in the wood rather than a straight screw into the wood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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