laminate stock

Mint!

Next lot cut as blanks, Paul I'll weigh it tonight for you and give you a text with freight $

Thanks Scott , far from finished just yet tho :) tonight's instalment is the adjustable height cheekrest. Rather than try and fit me to the rifle, the bonus of either buying a target stock, or building your own, is that you can fit the rifle to you.
More comfort definitely , but as a side effect, you end up with less muscle tension while taking a shot.
Muscle tension , from forcing yourself into position, can pull you off target, so less of it is a better thing :)
A good example is Ian's tx, as a new rifle it shot really well, but the shape, even though they're pretty good, made Ian have to arch his back and crane his neck down to meet the rifle. Changing the stock to one with a higher cheekrest and a hamster sat him more upright so less tension through his back, the higher cheekrest brought him more into alignment with the scope and eliminated some of the neck craning, more relaxed he shot a lot better ( giving me the hurry up a fee times along he way. End result a lot higher score almost instantly.

Started by laying out masking tape through the area I was planing to mark/cut. This stops splintering when run through the bandsaw, and also gives you something to plan the cut(s) on instead of drawing it straight onto the wood. Marked the cut line, and also marked where the posts would run, makes it easy when the two pieces are apart for drilling angles etc.

Drilled the sides first, then the inserts got put in. Do this first so when you drill the top holes for the posts you'll clean through any if the inserts at the same time ,
Drilled from the top through for the posts and sleeves, installed the sleeves (tight press fit, some light taps with a hammer got them in tho
Next was to drill into the comb and instal the posts. Pretty simple and easy, longest part was making sure the all lined up

Inserts



Checked proper alignment and movement, and resined the posts in
End result, feels pretty sweet and goes up and down to meet me.





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Ian (nunga) will be fabricating the hooks, cheekrest adjusters, and adj hamster mechanisms.
I've got all the gear for wood, and plenty of ideas for metal :)

Sent through a cheekrest adjuster plan today, wait and see how the costing goes but it might be a viable option to self install for those wanting to do their own ( same with the hooks) the adj hamster mech will be very similar to the RAW ones popping up on everyone's guns, but I'd imagine they won't cost $250US plus freight :)

No pics tonight, but getting down to the finer points of fitting the action to #2.
The inletting fits, but still has to go down about 4mm, which I'm going to do by hand. It's a lot more work but it will be a more precise fit.
Still looking for some 6-6.5mm stainless rod for the cheekrest adjusting posts, and need to pick up the Allen head bolts (to lock to height of the posts ) but that's pretty easy.

Stock #1 has had the action fitted already, so no issues there, same rods and bolts needed, but all drilled and ready to have the rods bonded into the cheekrest.

Then come the accessories, both stocks will need buttplates (adjustable with hooks) and still contemplating on how to flush mount an adjustable hamster in stock #1.

The next lot of wood will get laminated over the weekend, enough for two more stocks, and maybe a grip set for a steyr or similar, and a couple of hamsters.
See what happens when there's nothing good on tv :)