I plan on picking up a Savage FVSR with the 16" threaded barrel after the shot show (they are supposed to have the larger bolt knob and rail on them then), so I was thinking what stock I should put on it. I'm a little burnt out on the boyds tacticool stock, and I have already did one for my fvt, so I picked up a boyds dakota will (crazydeals second of course). I ordered the stock, received it in a couple of days, and ,marked the areas I wanted to trim with a black sharpie, and removed the buttpad. I wanted a larger, flatter forend and really liked the one on my mcmillan anschutz silhouette stock, so I decided to chop the dakota will and add some length and size to it. I had a large piece of black walnut I chopped down to an approximate size for my new forend and angle cut the front to 17 degrees on the miter. Then I miter sawed the stock into 2 pieces (hey, it was cheap, so no worries).
Then I drilled a hole (after lining the 2 pieces up and marking them) to mount a steel threaded stud to mate the two parts together. I also drilled some smaller holes areound the large hole to give the DevCon more to grab and adhere to.
I mixed up some devcon and put a nice large amount in the holes and on the stud and placed the two pieces together and clamped them in for the night. The next day everything was dry and strong so I started sanding.
I formed the edged and sides of the new forend with 100grit paper with a flat planing sander. I used a dremel and the sander again to shape the edges and front of the new walnut piece. Then I started the slow work, creating and shaping the barrel channel. I used a 1" steel pipe with 100grit paper taped to it and started sanding after marking a centerline. Probably took 1.5-2 hrs total for this, mainly because as I got closed to finished, I would test fit a lot to make sure I didnt take off too much material. Turned out very nice, although my arms are a little tired.
After the barrel channel was done, I cleaned up some edges and sanded the sides of the forend and the rest of the stock. Then I took some denatured alcohol and cleaned around the devcon joint where I could reinforce it with some fiberglass. I took some long strand dyna lite (looks like matted green hair kind of) and mixed it with hardener, and laid some down around the joint. I smoothed it out with the pice of plastic I used to mix it and let it dry.
Tomorrow I will be sanding, and sanding, and sanding the whole stock. I plan on some spacers for the butt of the stock, I started to use another 540xr adjustable buttplate, but I may put a trap door in the butt for 5 round magazine storage. Planning on some type of urban, gray based camo (maybe urban flectarn similar to the Valkyrie rifle) in 3 or 4 color. I am also going to install flush mount swivels on the stock, and might even do an accessory rail. I still have to order the FVSR in the next week or so, along with a scope, RB trigger, 20moa rail, etc, etc. Just needed a nice winter project.
Then I drilled a hole (after lining the 2 pieces up and marking them) to mount a steel threaded stud to mate the two parts together. I also drilled some smaller holes areound the large hole to give the DevCon more to grab and adhere to.
I mixed up some devcon and put a nice large amount in the holes and on the stud and placed the two pieces together and clamped them in for the night. The next day everything was dry and strong so I started sanding.
I formed the edged and sides of the new forend with 100grit paper with a flat planing sander. I used a dremel and the sander again to shape the edges and front of the new walnut piece. Then I started the slow work, creating and shaping the barrel channel. I used a 1" steel pipe with 100grit paper taped to it and started sanding after marking a centerline. Probably took 1.5-2 hrs total for this, mainly because as I got closed to finished, I would test fit a lot to make sure I didnt take off too much material. Turned out very nice, although my arms are a little tired.
After the barrel channel was done, I cleaned up some edges and sanded the sides of the forend and the rest of the stock. Then I took some denatured alcohol and cleaned around the devcon joint where I could reinforce it with some fiberglass. I took some long strand dyna lite (looks like matted green hair kind of) and mixed it with hardener, and laid some down around the joint. I smoothed it out with the pice of plastic I used to mix it and let it dry.
Tomorrow I will be sanding, and sanding, and sanding the whole stock. I plan on some spacers for the butt of the stock, I started to use another 540xr adjustable buttplate, but I may put a trap door in the butt for 5 round magazine storage. Planning on some type of urban, gray based camo (maybe urban flectarn similar to the Valkyrie rifle) in 3 or 4 color. I am also going to install flush mount swivels on the stock, and might even do an accessory rail. I still have to order the FVSR in the next week or so, along with a scope, RB trigger, 20moa rail, etc, etc. Just needed a nice winter project.
