Well having 5 rimfires in the safe, three mine, and two for the grandkids, I have been playing with different stocks. I ordered a Boyd's but was not quite what I was looking for. Manners and McMillan although excellent stocks would be extremely pricy for everything I wanted to do. While out in the shop, I got to contemplating all the composite materials I had laying around from working on the boats, so the mouse wheel started squeaking in my brain and I decided to to tackle the problem.
My intentions are to make a base stock to work from, lay up a mold, then pull several from it. Then I can make changes as needed for each rifle. As the grandchildren grow I can add spacers as needed, plus I can easily pull a new stock if they go a different direction with a new rifle, and just inlet the stock for their new rifle.
I will post pictures hopefullly tomorrow of progress.
I opted to use 3/4 okoume bs1088 plywood for the base stock to form the mold. It has no core voids, extremely lightweight and very durable. After the mold is made I can utilize it for one of the rifles or save for future modifications or changes as I see they are needed.
The plans are to utilize the s glass or kevlar cloth I have to form the shell, then use a core filling compound I have used in the past to fill the shells. Hopefully the squeaky wheel is not clouding my judgement on the undertaking. I am shooting for a lighweight stock that is extremely durable.
The filler compound is rated in excess of 3500 psi compressive strength. I feel with this pressure rating will give me repeatibility and durability, with minimal bedding.
My intentions are to make a base stock to work from, lay up a mold, then pull several from it. Then I can make changes as needed for each rifle. As the grandchildren grow I can add spacers as needed, plus I can easily pull a new stock if they go a different direction with a new rifle, and just inlet the stock for their new rifle.
I will post pictures hopefullly tomorrow of progress.
I opted to use 3/4 okoume bs1088 plywood for the base stock to form the mold. It has no core voids, extremely lightweight and very durable. After the mold is made I can utilize it for one of the rifles or save for future modifications or changes as I see they are needed.
The plans are to utilize the s glass or kevlar cloth I have to form the shell, then use a core filling compound I have used in the past to fill the shells. Hopefully the squeaky wheel is not clouding my judgement on the undertaking. I am shooting for a lighweight stock that is extremely durable.
The filler compound is rated in excess of 3500 psi compressive strength. I feel with this pressure rating will give me repeatibility and durability, with minimal bedding.
