karsten cheek piece slipage

[thefiremeister]

Not sure if this is the right place or not but here goes.

I just put a laminate wood stock on a Savage 10FP in 308 . the stock is to low so I put a Karsten cheek piece on it to get my eye up to the scope and get a decent cheek weld.


Only problem is, the cheek piece moves after a few shots. I've got the knobs cranked down pretty tight but it keeps slipping down under recoil. I tried to slip some foam under it but apparently the foam I have isn't stiff enough to keep it one spot.

Any body else using one have this problem? Any ideas on how to keep the cheek piece from moving?

 

[OptedOut]

Re: karsten cheek piece slipage

Take a look at he length of bolts & tightening knobs, are they bottoming out at all?

In the Photo Gallery I have some pics showing my new'ish rifle (Savage 10 FLCP-K) with the kydex cheek riser I made (I've made all my own risers) the nice thing is if you make your own set it for your correct height and drill it for that, you'll never have a slippage issue!

 

[thefiremeister]

Re: karsten cheek piece slippage

I have checked the bolts and every thing is sucked down to the stock.

I was hoping to keep the cheek piece adjustable. I suppose I could run a couple of grabbers in to it but I'd prefer not to .

I think that bolt handle you have will be next on my list of things to get

 

[z71rat]

Re: karsten cheek piece slippage

I wasn't worried so much about leaving mine adjustable, so I screwed in 4 small black screws in the corners. Looks really good, and I don't have to worry about slipping!!

The less I have to worry about things... the better I like it!!

DK

 

[flyboy]

Re: karsten cheek piece slippage

Try scuffing the inside of the cheek piece to knock the sheen off it. If nothing else, try sexwax.

 

[Badshot308]

Re: karsten cheek piece slippage

The one I bought from him a year ago was supplied with some foam and instructions on applying it. I installed it on a 77/22 with a laminated stock. The foam did help with the slippage issue.

 

[lmhans4440]

Re: karsten cheek piece slippage

I put one on my 700 MLR and I had to grind the bolts dowm, because they bottomed out before the cheekpiece got tight.

 

[ryder198]

Re: karsten cheek piece slippage

apply rubber to the inside walls and torque it down

 

[thefiremeister]

Re: karsten cheek piece slippage

I liked the sexwax idea and I had thought about screws but didn't want to resort to that just yet.

I had thought the rubber on the inside would be the easiest thing to try first but finding a thin piece of rubber or gasket material around here is impossible. believe me I tried.

The proverbial light bulb went off at work yesterday when I thought of using a bicycle inter-tube. I just got one cut up and made some little 1 1/4 inch rubber washers.

Small, Light weight, soft and grippy and best of all friggin cheap.

It should work but I probable won't get to shoot until Monday. I'll let you know if it works, well not if it works but how well it works.

 

[AXEMAN]

Re: karsten cheek piece slippage

maybe it got deleted, but the karsten B model is designed differently. look here for a picture and before you mar the kydex just call karsten and see about an exchange. its still adjustable, but you have to back the screws out more