Loose sliding forearm on Winchester 94.

[EdinCT]

My per 64 Model 94 has been worked on by bubba. The screw for the rear band wasn't correct and the forearm would slip and my groups opened up by three times.
I bought a new screw from Midwest gun parts and when I put everything together I noticed the groove in the barrel bottom is about 1/4 long. I thought to try it and it shot much better for the first three shots but the forearm slid about 3/effective/32 of an inch forward.
I seem to remember years ago someone mentioning RTV black in the groove and against the receiver to secure a loose forearm anyone else try this or fix this issue on the cheap/but effective before?
Thanks for any thoughts. I don't even know of a gunsmith in CT anymore.

[marlinman93]

Personally I'd want something more permanent than RTV for this. I'd fill the groove with JB Weld and then let it set up over 24 hrs. Once set up you can run a drill bit into the hole through the band a little to mark where the notch needs to be and then file a narrow notch in the JB Weld and it's done.

[EdinCT]

Thanks for your suggestion. I will give the J&B weld a shot.

[Griff]

My most accurate mdl 94 has a loose forend. It's a rifle, I built up from a late '70s carbine, and added a Numrich barrel with a "commemorative" style forend cap. There's simply a hole in the bottom of the barrel for the screw, and while the cap stays in one place, the forend itself will slip a couple of 32ths. I fitted it so there's absolutely no pressure from the forend to the barrel. It's a sub-moa .30-30. (When my eyesight was good enough to take advantage of the rifle's accuracy). Even most of my carbines have slightly loose forends. I've never considered it a "bad" thing. But if the band were free to move... that would be worrisome. I like Vall's suggestion.