Thread: The lightening project

Originally Posted by STC

Agreed that it is unlikely to weaken the receiver enough to cause any issues, especially if it is a "lighter" calibre, since all tikka actions are essentially the same, which means they must have designed it to withstand the worst case. I would personally would still want to calculate the stresses in there. Then again since the 0.5 mm there save hardly any weight why bother, totally agreed!



In this particular instance I would say someone with a qualification in mechanical engineering and who is competent in the assessment of the strength of a machined metal part.

Having an Engineering Degree (not mechanical) I'd be hesitant of putting little to any salt in a "qualification" most learning occurs after the "qualification" and many people I've dealt with that i would say are competent have no official qualifications. I guess I have a problem with made up qualifications determining competency. You can pass a degree with a 50% average. Qualifications nowadays are there own product and industry.

Short of an actual proof house a destructive test could be done on something like this or anyone with CAD skills can do an FEA making assumptions for worst case and allowing an appropriate FOS.