Thread: New lightweight stock

Great idea mate. Would be interested in final costs... You could start a wee sideline business with a product like this.

Hey chalkeye, you should join forces with homebrew , the two of you could do marvels :-)
He needs a stock for his sharp rifle!

Originally Posted by Shooter

Great idea mate. Would be interested in final costs... You could start a wee sideline business with a product like this.

I'd absolutely love to do that. Currently I've got a lot of work to do finishing this prototype and perfecting the design.
Scaling it up to be cost effective would have it's own challenges (namely a CNC router and place to put it), but I'm definitely game!

where abouts in the country are you mate?

Dunedin

Amazeballs !!!

holy shit batman .this version is even more amazing than the last.someone is looking at a very special rifle doozey of an xmas present

Here is the Question, Would you be keen on producing a few of these maybe just rough halves? I have 3 Howas and one in long action.
And if so what sort of cost would we be talking,
IF you just ran them on the CNC and I took them from there.

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There were a number of issues with this design, some which were expected, some not:
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[*]The foreend was REALLY hollow - fine as far as deflection & stiffness, but it had the result of resonating when you cycled the bolt

[*]I also screwed a sling stud into this, which obviously ripped out after not very long



I have a couple ideas that may be too late. To stop the sling stud pulling out we use the nut type that has a nut on the inside and a washer to spread the load over a greater surface area on the internal. You could also use a layer of fibre glass or similar to help there. The second version where it is not a single cavity looks to be a better version / idea.

All the best and I watch with anticipation.

Originally Posted by William

Here is the Question, Would you be keen on producing a few of these maybe just rough halves? I have 3 Howas and one in long action.
And if so what sort of cost would we be talking,
IF you just ran them on the CNC and I took them from there.

Have sent you a PM. Long story short, this is still in the prototype phase. As you can see I'm about to make a hilarious stuff-up, so I want to be much more happy with the design before I make them for others!

Originally Posted by timattalon

I have a couple ideas that may be too late. To stop the sling stud pulling out we use the nut type that has a nut on the inside and a washer to spread the load over a greater surface area on the internal. You could also use a layer of fibre glass or similar to help there. The second version where it is not a single cavity looks to be a better version / idea.

All the best and I watch with anticipation.

For the P2 prototype I made an insert inside the stock around the sling stud area, for exactly this reason. Unfortunately I rushed, really and it's poking through a little bit, but that's an easy fix for P3:



Test fitting of the action went pretty well - because of the large step size I specified getting the parts cut (to reduce time & cost) they still needed quite a bit of hand-fitting.


Measured twice and cut once doesn't really work if you measure the wrong thing:

Just call it a short action?

Amazing work Chalkeye, I'll keep watching for updates. I love the first prototype in ply, it has that great laminate look.

I might hold off on a Boyds an wait for you to start mass production!

Only just spied this thread, that is very cool indeed, and 500g is well light.

Nice work there dude. Definitely a big step up from the spearguns.

Thanks Q. I have some more pics since I re-shaped the stock - will put an update together in the next few days.