I got bored and made a little magnesium insert to install in the front of my laminate stock to keep the bipod mount flush to the bottom of the stock. I wanted to keep the mount out of the way when I'm not using my bipod. I'd like to think this is a multi-purpose rifle and I might not need a bipod for hunting this autumn. It's just a slightly cleaner look and something to keep me out of trouble while I'm waiting for more reloading components in the mail.
For a recent match I needed some sort of mount and sling swivel for my new tacticool project. So I installed a quick and dirty mount with inserts and some quick Grovtec QD flush cups. It was functional and looked like this:
Now it looks like this:
Made the insert from scrap magnesium (lighter than aluminum):
Hogged out the stock on the mill:
Masked it off and epoxied it in:
Trimmed off the excess, sanded and masked it off:
Painted and installed the rail:
Hmm, black on black makes for pretty poor contrast... In retrospect I could have made the whole mount out of magnesium instead of screwing the aluminum rail to it, but the alloy I have available is pretty soft and I'm not sure it would hold up over time. FWIW I think it looks better. Thought I'd share.
For a recent match I needed some sort of mount and sling swivel for my new tacticool project. So I installed a quick and dirty mount with inserts and some quick Grovtec QD flush cups. It was functional and looked like this:
Now it looks like this:
Made the insert from scrap magnesium (lighter than aluminum):
Hogged out the stock on the mill:
Masked it off and epoxied it in:
Trimmed off the excess, sanded and masked it off:
Painted and installed the rail:
Hmm, black on black makes for pretty poor contrast... In retrospect I could have made the whole mount out of magnesium instead of screwing the aluminum rail to it, but the alloy I have available is pretty soft and I'm not sure it would hold up over time. FWIW I think it looks better. Thought I'd share.
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