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<blockquote data-quote="NesikaChad" data-source="post: 386613" data-attributes="member: 7449"><p>How I do it:</p><p></p><p>It helps to have a milling machine for this.</p><p></p><p>Gut the stock from one end to the other. Just get the filler out of there anyway you can.</p><p></p><p>I make a mandrel generally shaped like the barreled action, only oversize. aluminum, wood, whatever. It's just a plug so you don't have to be overly technical with this.</p><p></p><p>I then get some carbon twill weave fabric and chop it up into a big ol pile of kitty hair disaster. (long sleeve shirt that you can afford to throw away after highly recommended)</p><p></p><p>Now cut the same fabric into strips. I use a minimum of 10.</p><p></p><p>Now use carbon ribbon cut the length of the barrel channel/inlet X2 so that you can loop it back around and go around where the recoil lug is going to eventually be.</p><p></p><p>Mix up resin. I use acraglass liquid.</p><p></p><p>Paint a generous layer of resin straight in the stock to wet it down. Rub it in with a gloved finger.</p><p></p><p>Dump it in your kitty hair and make a giant hair ball.</p><p></p><p>Lay that in the stock and spread it as even as you can. Pack it in with a dowel rod. </p><p></p><p>Pour the resin on a glass plate and lay your strips of fabric in it. Squeegy to ensure the fabric is completely wetted through.</p><p></p><p>Now begin laying your 1st strip.</p><p></p><p>Do the ribbon next</p><p></p><p>Then another strip of twill</p><p></p><p>repeat back and forth till you've used up the material.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Now (coated with release agent before hand) lay your mandrel in there and clamp the snot out of it. Stuff is going to go everywhere so ensure you have the stock masked off and your working over a covered surface.</p><p></p><p>Wipe the excess resin as best you can and let her cook.</p><p></p><p>Getting the mandrel out can be a chore sometimes so just be careful.</p><p></p><p>when your done you've essentially taken your stock and turned it into a carbon axe that any Nordic tribesman would be proud to rape and pillage with.</p><p></p><p>Properly done you can now drive over your stock, drag it behind vehicles on a chain, throw from buildings, and generally beat the **** out of with little concern of actually hurting anything. It'll be a bit heavier but that's ok cause we are all strapping American lads who can afford to tote around an extra few ounces.</p><p></p><p>If you just have an off day and consume all your ammunition, chase the little bastage down that needs killin' and commence to bludgeoning it to death with good ol fashioned sweat and blunt force trauma.</p><p></p><p>I do this to all my tactical/severe duty rifles and I can assure you never once has a client/agency ever sent a stock back.</p><p></p><p>It's more work but if you want it "end times" proof its the way to go.</p><p></p><p>Tip: Use only enough resin to get the material wet. The fabric is the working end of the relationship. Resin just binds it all together. More is not better in this case.</p><p></p><p>Tip: If your careful and have the ability to do it, make your mandrel to the same contour as your barrel, only oversize by the number of laminates you use. Done right it makes for a very, very sexy looking barrel channel afterward. </p><p></p><p>Good luck.</p><p></p><p>C</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The reason for all this is just stiffening up the barrel channel isn't enough. It'll just flex right in front of the recoil lug. Especially if the gun is built with a "Kenworth axle barrel contour." You have to tie the back end of the stock with the front. This is where the ribbon really holds it own as it can go around the recoil lug pretty easy. Think of an "I" beam on both sides of the barrel that then wrap underneath.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NesikaChad, post: 386613, member: 7449"] How I do it: It helps to have a milling machine for this. Gut the stock from one end to the other. Just get the filler out of there anyway you can. I make a mandrel generally shaped like the barreled action, only oversize. aluminum, wood, whatever. It's just a plug so you don't have to be overly technical with this. I then get some carbon twill weave fabric and chop it up into a big ol pile of kitty hair disaster. (long sleeve shirt that you can afford to throw away after highly recommended) Now cut the same fabric into strips. I use a minimum of 10. Now use carbon ribbon cut the length of the barrel channel/inlet X2 so that you can loop it back around and go around where the recoil lug is going to eventually be. Mix up resin. I use acraglass liquid. Paint a generous layer of resin straight in the stock to wet it down. Rub it in with a gloved finger. Dump it in your kitty hair and make a giant hair ball. Lay that in the stock and spread it as even as you can. Pack it in with a dowel rod. Pour the resin on a glass plate and lay your strips of fabric in it. Squeegy to ensure the fabric is completely wetted through. Now begin laying your 1st strip. Do the ribbon next Then another strip of twill repeat back and forth till you've used up the material. Now (coated with release agent before hand) lay your mandrel in there and clamp the snot out of it. Stuff is going to go everywhere so ensure you have the stock masked off and your working over a covered surface. Wipe the excess resin as best you can and let her cook. Getting the mandrel out can be a chore sometimes so just be careful. when your done you've essentially taken your stock and turned it into a carbon axe that any Nordic tribesman would be proud to rape and pillage with. Properly done you can now drive over your stock, drag it behind vehicles on a chain, throw from buildings, and generally beat the **** out of with little concern of actually hurting anything. It'll be a bit heavier but that's ok cause we are all strapping American lads who can afford to tote around an extra few ounces. If you just have an off day and consume all your ammunition, chase the little bastage down that needs killin' and commence to bludgeoning it to death with good ol fashioned sweat and blunt force trauma. I do this to all my tactical/severe duty rifles and I can assure you never once has a client/agency ever sent a stock back. It's more work but if you want it "end times" proof its the way to go. Tip: Use only enough resin to get the material wet. The fabric is the working end of the relationship. Resin just binds it all together. More is not better in this case. Tip: If your careful and have the ability to do it, make your mandrel to the same contour as your barrel, only oversize by the number of laminates you use. Done right it makes for a very, very sexy looking barrel channel afterward. Good luck. C The reason for all this is just stiffening up the barrel channel isn't enough. It'll just flex right in front of the recoil lug. Especially if the gun is built with a "Kenworth axle barrel contour." You have to tie the back end of the stock with the front. This is where the ribbon really holds it own as it can go around the recoil lug pretty easy. Think of an "I" beam on both sides of the barrel that then wrap underneath. [/QUOTE]
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