I already have a Flex-equipped Mossberg firearm and I would like to create a "Flex Raptor" grip that can very quickly be substituted for the firearm's Flex stock whenever I desire.
So what I'd like to do is acquire a Raptor grip, then, where the Raptor joins/couples with the firearm, grind out in the end of the grip a space that will accommodate the "female" metal part from, say, a Flex pistol grip. (On the Flex pistol grip I will grind away all of the synthetic material, leaving only the Flex female metal "socket"/receptacle.)
After grinding out a space in the Raptor that closely accommodates the Flex receptacle, I will then coat the interior surface of the hole with "something", push the Flex female part into the Raptor (and by so doing fill any voids between the two), remove any excess "something" that squeezes out, allow the "something" to fully cure and then, voila, I have a Flex Raptor Grip that I can repeatedly install and remove from the firearm in just a couple of seconds.
I have a few questions about doing this.
First, do you think what I suggest is doable?
Second, if you think it is, what should that "something" be that would both fill in the voids and very well secure the Flex female part permanently into the grip?
Third, the OEM Raptor has a hole through it which accommodates a bolt which secures the grip to the receiver. Is this bolt something which also prevents the grip from bending, you know, as a kind of "rebar"? That is, if the bolt is not present and the Flex socket is the only thing securing the grip to the receiver, will the grip bend, or is the synthetic material -- as the manufacturer puts it, "glass-filled polymer construction (that) is virtually indestructible" -- strong enough to keep its shape? (After all, the OEM Flex synthetic stocks are probably of similar material, and they do not bend without a long metal bolt in them ........ very much, anyway.)
Fourth, if the OEM bolt does provide reinforcement in the grip, could I, say, secure a nut to the back of the Flex metal socket into which a shorter bolt could be screwed -- better securing the grip to the Flex socket and providing the grip with more rigidity?d
(I think it would also be possible to drill a hole in the back of the Flex socket, put a bolt through the hole in the grip and this hole in the socket, and then put a nut on the bolt inside the socket. There is a hole in the male Flex adapter through which the bolt that secures it to the receiver passes. To fit into that hole, the nut that secures the grip to the socket would have to be as small as the head of the bolt that secures the adapter to the receiver. Yikes!)
Anyway, I'd appreciate hearing any suggestions on how to create this Flex grip (not on whether or not I SHOULD do it, which is a matter I'd really rather not get into).
(I'm even considering having a duplicate of the Raptor machined from a solid block of aluminum. First, scan a Raptor and either the interior of the Flex socket or the exterior of the male Flex adapter, and then machine the block to create a single Flex-capable unit. No way that thing is going to bend or break.)
Thanks.
So what I'd like to do is acquire a Raptor grip, then, where the Raptor joins/couples with the firearm, grind out in the end of the grip a space that will accommodate the "female" metal part from, say, a Flex pistol grip. (On the Flex pistol grip I will grind away all of the synthetic material, leaving only the Flex female metal "socket"/receptacle.)
After grinding out a space in the Raptor that closely accommodates the Flex receptacle, I will then coat the interior surface of the hole with "something", push the Flex female part into the Raptor (and by so doing fill any voids between the two), remove any excess "something" that squeezes out, allow the "something" to fully cure and then, voila, I have a Flex Raptor Grip that I can repeatedly install and remove from the firearm in just a couple of seconds.
I have a few questions about doing this.
First, do you think what I suggest is doable?
Second, if you think it is, what should that "something" be that would both fill in the voids and very well secure the Flex female part permanently into the grip?
Third, the OEM Raptor has a hole through it which accommodates a bolt which secures the grip to the receiver. Is this bolt something which also prevents the grip from bending, you know, as a kind of "rebar"? That is, if the bolt is not present and the Flex socket is the only thing securing the grip to the receiver, will the grip bend, or is the synthetic material -- as the manufacturer puts it, "glass-filled polymer construction (that) is virtually indestructible" -- strong enough to keep its shape? (After all, the OEM Flex synthetic stocks are probably of similar material, and they do not bend without a long metal bolt in them ........ very much, anyway.)
Fourth, if the OEM bolt does provide reinforcement in the grip, could I, say, secure a nut to the back of the Flex metal socket into which a shorter bolt could be screwed -- better securing the grip to the Flex socket and providing the grip with more rigidity?d
(I think it would also be possible to drill a hole in the back of the Flex socket, put a bolt through the hole in the grip and this hole in the socket, and then put a nut on the bolt inside the socket. There is a hole in the male Flex adapter through which the bolt that secures it to the receiver passes. To fit into that hole, the nut that secures the grip to the socket would have to be as small as the head of the bolt that secures the adapter to the receiver. Yikes!)
Anyway, I'd appreciate hearing any suggestions on how to create this Flex grip (not on whether or not I SHOULD do it, which is a matter I'd really rather not get into).
(I'm even considering having a duplicate of the Raptor machined from a solid block of aluminum. First, scan a Raptor and either the interior of the Flex socket or the exterior of the male Flex adapter, and then machine the block to create a single Flex-capable unit. No way that thing is going to bend or break.)
Thanks.
