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Hi all,

I've bitten the bullet so to speak and taken the plunge.

I removed the stocks, marked up where I wanted to cut, and went for it.
I polished up some m8 stainless bolts with the hex heads cut off to use as the posts.
I used some m8 rivinuts in the cheekpiece, and some m6 stainless hex bolts with rivinuts in the stock to secure the cheekpiece.

Howa 1500 left side....

http://i1188.photobucket.com/albums/z40 ... jpg1-1.jpg

Howa 1500 right side

http://i1188.photobucket.com/albums/z40 ... jpg2-1.jpg

Savage 12 F/TR

http://i1188.photobucket.com/albums/z40 ... jpg3-1.jpg

Savage 12 F/TR

http://i1188.photobucket.com/albums/z40 ... gejpg4.jpg

I'm going to change the hex bolts. I'm going to cut them off and cut a slot so they're flush. But other than that I think I've done an ok job.

Vasbyt

i'd look for some st/st grub screws, but yeah, looks good to me!

They look very good indeed, what did you use to cut the wood?

ovenpaa wrote:They look very good indeed, what did you use to cut the wood?

Hi dude, you keeping well?

I used a scroll saw, hegner multicut1.

http://i1188.photobucket.com/albums/z40 ... jpg1-2.jpg

I was lucky enough to have it donated to me. clapclap

I'm still loving my comparator btw

Vasbyt

Vasbyt
Hats off to a guy with big balls, you have done a excellent job. I agree that the choice of fittings need to be improved upon but that's a small modification and given the quality of the cut and profile, I think you have done a great job....well done that man!

Ah, the Hegner has a good reputation and you have done a tremendous job with it as well, very well done indeed.

Ah, the Comparators tongueout

Looking good Gary! When are you going to show your face at one of our McQueen's comps?

Nice work tongueout - I'd love to be able to do something like that to my Marlin and Ruger GR rifles...

vasbyt.skollie what was the process for cutting the wood, did you build some sort of fixture or blocks to keep the butt section parallel to the centre axis of the stock and was it easy enough to turn the corners? I have often wondered about such things however I have absolutely no experience of using a fretsaw.

Hi Dave

I used a trued block of timber screwed to the butt to keep the stock "level". The scroll saw is very simple to operate and I only took one practice run sign01 before doing the stocks. I've never used a scroll saw before so it's a doddle, just take it slow. I did watch quite a few YouTube vids on fret/scroll saw operation to get the gist of it first though. .

I got the idea from http://www.waveform.eclipse.co.uk/WEB%2 ... 0Piece.htm

Go on you know you want to...... :goodjob:

Thanks for all the great comments, I appreciate it :shakeshout:

Vasbyt