Looking for Rail blanks in Canada
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fingers284
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- Location
- Alberta Cowboy Ranges
the last one I sourced out were a simple order to Amazon, inexpensive and a fair choice on lengths & radi bases.
If you require a custom radi, that is going to require a very good machinist with very expensive
cutters/equipment.
My suggestion would be to buy a flat bottom rail and have any ol' machinist cut a square slot length ways in it that touches the high spot of your action at the screw holes as well as both corners of the cut...I've done this for myself quite a bit and is easily done and just as sturdy as a full contour cut
If you require a custom radi, that is going to require a very good machinist with very expensive
cutters/equipment.
My suggestion would be to buy a flat bottom rail and have any ol' machinist cut a square slot length ways in it that touches the high spot of your action at the screw holes as well as both corners of the cut...I've done this for myself quite a bit and is easily done and just as sturdy as a full contour cut
This idea, then epoxy-bed it.
fingers284
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Alberta Cowboy Ranges
I have never seen or used steel, any i have sourced is Alum.
gobigorgohome
Regular
- Location
- Saskatchewan
If you have a buddy with access to a nice CNC mill, just have him order 4140 key stock and have it cut to what ever you want. Once the initial program is developed for cutting the slots and such, altering the radius on the bottom and where the screw holes go is pretty minimal.
Give the boys at Alberta Tactical Rifle a call. They make stainless steel and aluminum scope rails all the time.
Jonnyofalltrades
Regular
- Location
- North-central Saskatchewan
Having spent most of my career operating, programming, or maintaining CNC machining equipment, that's a very expensive solution. If you get buddy to whittle it out while he's on nightshift, his employer is getting cheated, or he gets caught and disciplined. As far as a legit machine shop doing that for you as a one-off, be prepared to pay.
Having said that, some shops are remarkably lenient about guys doing after hours projects.
I was never lucky enough to work in one of them.
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Check this guy out. He's a member here, but I can't recall his username.
https://www.prprecisionrifles.com/products-1
On the Tikka rails, he states stainless or 4140. I never opened any of the others, but it might be worth asking about custom rails.
https://www.prprecisionrifles.com/products-1
On the Tikka rails, he states stainless or 4140. I never opened any of the others, but it might be worth asking about custom rails.
I have gotten custom steel rails from atrs and K&S. True one offs for oddball guns. Also had egw in the US do a 3ft long custom length of picatinny rail milled for a rifle, for 75$. Called them and they took the order over the phone.
How you order from EGW there web site says no international orders . They are the only place I found blank scope mounts also. I have a rifle the mount doesn't exsit any place in Canada and guys searched for me and found one in a gun shop in the US but they never even responded to a email about it. I have bought dozens of scrape scope mounts hoping one might have at least two holes line up .
