My full stocked 222 also had a 2 piece stock. The front part was attached to the main stock by a short steel strap bent in the middle to accommodate the barrel band. The muzzle end was a steel cap which surrounded the muzzle and which pressed upwards on the barrel.

Accuracy for a trip two was not as good as I had hoped so I ditched the tip and put a new ebony tip on the stock. Only then did it shoot cloverleafs. As a full stock it was a very cute rifle. But now it sports a GRS.