My Winter Project - Carbon Fibre Stock for Scout

[elimsprint]

Wow, that is some nice work. To finish close to the stock I sometimes use a fresh sharp medium file pushing in towards the stock from the back. You can wrap the file with fresh sandpaper if the straight file doesn't work well. My Ryobi random orbit works also making sure it is rotating from the back towards the stock.

 

[hometownhero]

That looks most excellent.

 

[Kody]

Wow, that is some nice work. To finish close to the stock I sometimes use a fresh sharp medium file pushing in towards the stock from the back. You can wrap the file with fresh sandpaper if the straight file doesn't work well. My Ryobi random orbit works also making sure it is rotating from the back towards the stock.

Thanks for the tip, I got it done today. I am not sure if I really like the look of the flip-flop butt pad on this stock but it is functional and light.

 

[easyrider604]

OMG! That's ecellent work, Kody! Would you be willing to sell me your first product? I got a Scout that might benefit from a lightweight stock.

Or you could just mold me a stock and I'll do the finishing work.

You may have just found yourself a side-business!

 

[Archer Sam]

Those stocks look awesome.. Cool process.
Scott....

 

[Kody]

OMG! That's ecellent work, Kody! Would you be willing to sell me your first product? I got a Scout that might benefit from a lightweight stock.

Or you could just mold me a stock and I'll do the finishing work.

You may have just found yourself a side-business!

Thanks easyrider. Labour of love....

I am not planning to go into the composite stock making business LOL but I can make you one if you are interested.

Kody

 

[easyrider604]

Yes, Kody, I am most definitely interested. Hopefully I can afford your labor of love, I totally understand what that means.

BTW, to sand the flip-flop foam, try putting stock in a freezer. It should freeze harden the foam enough to sand it. Freezing shouldnt harm the carbon fiber or resin, I think. Aircraft that fly 6 miles or more up, have CF parts and that's way way below freezing up there. But then, they may use special resins for those parts.

 

[Kody]

Camo job

Caved in to my kids and did a camo job on the second carbon stock. The lighting didn't work out all that well, its much darker/greener than in the pictures:







Kody

 

[elimsprint]

Thanks for the tip, I got it done today. I am not sure if I really like the look of the flip-flop butt pad on this stock but it is functional and light.

I think that looks great, I would just soften the edges a bit but all in all, this will shoot, lol.

 

[remington jim]

Very NICE Job - One of those in the Carbon Fibre would LOOK great on my CZ455 22 mag ! RJ

 

[Kody]

Project complete

Project conclusion:

I am satisfied with how the project worked out. There are 3 major benefits the new stock provides:
- Longer stock makes the rifle more fun to shoot. (13 inches length of pull versus 12 inches for the factory beech stock)
- Weight saving of 470 grams (the carbon stock weighs 430 grams versus 900 grams for my factory stock)
- The pointability of the rifle is unbelievable. The new stock is longer but due to its light weight, the balance point of the rifle has moved forwards by almost 2 inches (4 5/8 in forward of the trigger for the carbon stock versus 2 3/4 in for the factory stock...with the same scope and rings) . The rifle feels light and well balanced with weight forwards.

Carbon Scout with a CZ452 American; measuring centre of gravity:

 

[easyrider604]

Still amazed at how good the bare carbon Fiber looks. Well done!