Gunsmithing The dumb shit...

[LRI]

Mr. Manners gave us a 1lb rifle stock not too long ago. I was involved in a project where we helped to build a steel barreled hunting rifle that tipped the scales at 4lbs, 12oz. That was with a #3 contour SS barrel at 20". As a result, we've seen a bit of a push on these. Adding our bipod mount to it requires poking a hole in the stock, but there's no filler in the channel so our typical ferrule is out.

The stock comes with a small steel plate for the sling stud. Yesterday I was prompted to start making our own. The weight is pretty insignificant at only 24 grains. I made em with a pair of small "spikes" to bite the carbon as they are tightened with the idea that they'll hold position better. A small squirt of epoxy will aid in this as well. The boss for the screw stands off the plate so that it'll capture the hole in the carbon. The idea being to avoid chewing on that hole with a screw should it come apart a bunch of times. (Why it would I have no idea, but whatever..)

Not much to it, but it sure makes life a little easier with a purpose-built part.

 

[pmclaine]

Interesting you should bring this up now.

My rifle arrived at your place Tuesday.

In my instructions regards the mount of the front Wichita Swivel and the BT Industries two inch Bipod rail I inquire if you think it would be better to use a short piece of steel inset into the stock channel, threaded for the accessories, than buried in epoxy, rather than use the individual hardware parts included with each accessory.

It would be similar to how McMillan uses an insert in their HTG M40A1 stocks to secure Wichita swivels.

Got to think it would be a strong install and should something be torn out you have the option to move slightly north or south of the damaged threading and redrill tap to restore the damage.

With my wood stock a length of steel inside the lightening cut may add some structural strength so if I ever get too aggressive with taking the slack out of the bipod Im not torguing the wood stock into the barrel.

 

[leftyk82]

Do you think this would be an improvement to a plate riding in a channel, like on the KRG enclosed foreend? Or is the current plate here sufficient?

 

[LRI]

Do you think this would be an improvement to a plate riding in a channel, like on the KRG enclosed foreend? Or is the current plate here sufficient?
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If its not broke, don't try to fix it. It's been my experience that KRG makes pretty nice stuff.

 

[chevy_man]

Do you think this would be an improvement to a plate riding in a channel, like on the KRG enclosed foreend? Or is the current plate here sufficient?
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Yeah, well, that's not going anywhere. I think that would be tinkering for the sake of tinkering with no measurable change. Provided you torqued the screws appropriately to start.

 

[trob_205]

Looks like a Gucci AF magpul MOE attachment plate!! I don’t have one handy but that’s all the supplied plate looks like is a magpul MOE attachment plate.

 

[Brux]

So how do you add a sling stud to the rear of a EH6A?