My Bell & Carlson Tactical modification thread.
- Thread starter mr.rhtuner
- Start date
- Location
- London, Ontario
An interesting thing there. When I came across the air pockets and opened them up more to fill in the PC-7, Bell & Carlson already have an epoxy product holding the fiberglass stock to the metal aluminum block.
I contacted Bell & Carlson on Snipers Hide and was told its a thick epoxy used to support the block.
Well if I would have known, I would have done the whole stock and filled the holes in Fiberglass cloth and resin.
You learn as you go along. I still think it should hold fine IMO.
Like I said before, it's a learning process. Hey, if I screw up this stock, it's only 249.00 wasted. Better 249.xx then ruining a McMillan stock
Yup, live and learn. Even if it's only got a short likespan, you can just remove the offending parts for the next franken-stock.
to clarify..... epoxy resins can be used for fiberglassing..... they are just not compatable with "polyester based" fiberglass resins, putties and fillers.
that said.... applying epoxy putty over top of fully cured polyester porduct is probably o.k. as long as itis sanded well first. BUT the reverse don't work. Applying polyester product over cured epoxy will cause a reaction.
Very cool project though... and i forgot to mention that in my first post. Good to see someone gettin in and gettin dirty, you definately have some skills
- Location
- Saskatchewan
I like the two tone look of the OD Green and the black. It gives it personality.
With that Marine Tex, I realize that the bumps will stay but does it go shiny smooth like truck bed liner? Its hard to explain.. but I guess I want something that kind of feels "sticky" but itsn't. Like rubbery almost. Man, how to put it into words.
With that Marine Tex, I realize that the bumps will stay but does it go shiny smooth like truck bed liner? Its hard to explain.. but I guess I want something that kind of feels "sticky" but itsn't. Like rubbery almost. Man, how to put it into words.
On their website it doesn't say it can't be painted I would check there first.
- Location
- London, Ontario
Well I haven't touched the stock since I tuesday but when I was handling it, the Marine-tex was dry enough for me to grab it and it did have a 'rubbery' feeling. It felt great. If I had some gloves I know the grip would be superb.
Honestly, with the proper preparation, I'm sure you can paint over it. If you wanted it to hold the paint properly, you might have to sand it a bit to give it a rougher texture. If I paint over it, I'll lay down a few coats of olive drab and if the texture starts peeling someday...thats fine, just means I'm using the rifle lol
- Location
- Virden, MB
I spackled mine with bondo. Of course it is an automotive body filler, so it painted well.
EDIT: You've had almost 1600 views on this thread so far!!!
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- Location
- London, Ontario
Revolutionary! haha
I'll be painting it sunday then put it together, order some rounds and go shoot with it
about time...
- Location
- London, Ontario
Well some update:
Painted the rifle saturday afternoon, let it dry and put it together.
Sunday, I met up with a friend(eg6ajk) at his gun club and we zero'd in the rifle. The groups as my friend which is a much better shooter and has more experience then me, told me that the rifle shoots pretty good. Groupings were about less then a inch together @ 100yards, using reloaded bullets he put together for me. So that me
Thanks goes to Adrian(EG6AJK) for helping me out with bullets and guidance at the range.
So onto the pics:
before paint:
after paint:
Painted the rifle saturday afternoon, let it dry and put it together.
Sunday, I met up with a friend(eg6ajk) at his gun club and we zero'd in the rifle. The groups as my friend which is a much better shooter and has more experience then me, told me that the rifle shoots pretty good. Groupings were about less then a inch together @ 100yards, using reloaded bullets he put together for me. So that me
Thanks goes to Adrian(EG6AJK) for helping me out with bullets and guidance at the range.
So onto the pics:
before paint:
after paint:
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- Location
- Virden, MB
Looks good. You should be able to tighten up those groups with some work.
Is the action pillar/bedded or are you just using the bedding blocks? What did you use for paint?
Is the action pillar/bedded or are you just using the bedding blocks? What did you use for paint?
- Location
- Dah Soo,ON
She looks great man!
Bell & Carlson
Hi everyone, when you import gunparts from the US, the problem is not with the Canadian border, it's with the US custom. If the US custom opened your box, you never get your gunstock and your money.
International Shipments:
U.S. federal law prohibits the exportation of gunparts. We have spoken with the U. S. State Department and there is NO amount that can be legally import into the Canada without a permit. The law states that, in order to export gun parts, the Canadian need a permit and the US supplier need a permit. A U.S. Export Permit costs $1750 annually. It takes about 6 months to get one.
be advise
Hi everyone, when you import gunparts from the US, the problem is not with the Canadian border, it's with the US custom. If the US custom opened your box, you never get your gunstock and your money.
International Shipments:
U.S. federal law prohibits the exportation of gunparts. We have spoken with the U. S. State Department and there is NO amount that can be legally import into the Canada without a permit. The law states that, in order to export gun parts, the Canadian need a permit and the US supplier need a permit. A U.S. Export Permit costs $1750 annually. It takes about 6 months to get one.
be advise
This is going to get interesting. 
What round are we on of this debate? Isn't the outcome always the same?
Oh and just to make things clear we IMPORT stuff into Canada, people EXPORT stuff to us from other countries. Out....and.....In, as in IBTL
What round are we on of this debate? Isn't the outcome always the same?
Oh and just to make things clear we IMPORT stuff into Canada, people EXPORT stuff to us from other countries. Out....and.....In, as in IBTL
They shipped it 8 weeks ago?
