reinforcing a synthetic stock

[Goose25]

I installed a choate synthetic stock on my SKS recently and find it to be a little flimsy. I also recall reading about people reinforcing there stocks, but can't quite remember the procedure.

how is this done?

 

[art.h]

take strands of fiberglass cloth from heavy woven cloth, using a dremel tool resting against a straight edge and cut channels in barrel channel and stock cut outs as close to fiberglass strand size as possible. Saturate fiberglass with good quality resin and place in grouves. Cover exterior of stock with the lightest available cloth and good resin. This turns the stock into a core and stiffens it. Glass bed to improve. Better to buy well from the start.
it works but lots of work and not pretty, Art

 

[Mark Dube]

Adding rigidity to stock

I use a process similar to art.h, but internal to barrel channel only, and I use carbon arrow shafts rather than loose or sheet glass fiber.

Good luck

Mark

 

[art.h]

good idea never tried that have used aluminum bolts but they squecked after a few hundred rounds art h

 

[thwack]

You could try aluminum channels epoxy'd into hollowed out grooves. Just remember to drill lots of indentations into the aluminum channels and the hollowed out grooves fro the epoxy to bite into.