Chop shop tikka stock

[Castle Rock]

Nice work

 

[Tom-D]

@Tom-D thanks for sharing! i've been doing mental gymnastics the last 48hrs thinking about how i'd achieve something like this given my tools and skills.

any chance you grabbed a before and after weight? not that i'm an ounce chaser, more so out of curiosity. also, how does it balance?

I actually didn't sorry i can do a weight as it sits now. I can say it didn't feel like the weight changed at all from what it was

 

[Castle Rock]

What are the other details, what barrel and cartridge

 

[basko152]

Wow. I wish I had this kind of skill. Nice work.

 

[Tom-D]

What are the other details, what barrel and cartridge

20” bugholes barrel in 223. I don’t really know much about the barrel brand it was already fitted when i bought it. Haven’t had the chance to shoot it yet

 

[HighUintas]

Once all the stippling was done i started with a light stain and then decided to go heavier to
Match the 2 timbers better. And then i tried an epoxy coat instead of lacquer or oil and that went to hell on me. I must have not gone heavy enough on the hardener and the temp was cooler than expected the night i did it so it never really set properly so i had to gum up about 100 sanding pads to get it back to bare timber before i could continue
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So after that point i didnt take many photos due to my frustrations. But eventually i got it all off and re stained and then just used a clear coat which has ended up alot better. And from there it was pretty much just bed the action and assemble. I have currently dodgied up the old recoil pad as i think due to the re-sand i took abit of material off which made the timber but smaller than the pad so i will get a grind to fit pad for it in the near future.
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That's pretty tight, classy work for a guy that wears camo crocs

Great job. That's a really clever idea. How do you think it will hold up durability wise with side impacts and torques?

 

[Tom-D]

That's pretty tight, classy work for a guy that wears camo crocs

Great job. That's a really clever idea. How do you think it will hold up durability wise with side impacts and torques?

Thats a fair call in all fairness they were discounted.

It seems pretty solid. Im not sure about big drops it might crack but i suppose thats possible with most wood stocks anyway. To a degree the lamination should add strength as well and this is also why i only did the palm swell to the one side to keep more meat in the weakest part.
I did this one the same way and have been using it about a year now with no issues at allView attachment 1048227

 

[Millermonster]

Really nice craftsmanship!

 

[JoeK]

bravo,

 

[StupidLightweight]

Awesome project. Just imagine how many wood stocks are out there just waiting to get Rokstokerized.

 

[Grillnugz]

Wow, excellent work!

 

[PointlessArcher]

Hey guys just thought id share a project i knocked out over the past few modifying a timber tikka stock into something more similar to a rokstok that was alot easier than doing a full timber stock from scratch. Iv done this once before on another stock that i had but that one i epoxied over this time i wanted to keep the timber look.
Ill not i decided for the sake of looks on this one i wouldn't modify the forend i can always do it later and re finish if i want too.

first step is level the stock and mount it solid to a benchView attachment 1039866

Second step was to use a simple router sled to skim the butt down to a fin View attachment 1039868View attachment 1039869View attachment 1039870
I then trimmed down the edges of the fin abit to make it easier to then rebate i to 2 other boards that will sandwhich around the centre finView attachment 1039871View attachment 1039872View attachment 1039873
next step was to just glue and clamp the boards together around the rebated fin.
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Im not much of a poster on here so i didnt realise there is a 10 image limit so ill have to continue in the next post

Very cool! Just shows anything can be modified to fit your own needs!