The first step is collecting the necessary parts. I have the gun and the stock (which is made of either maple or birch)
I found this set of slings from a Enfield No.1 Mk3, I'll modify the front one to fit the Rugers barrel band and the rear will get inletted into the butt stock
I bought this handmade 1" leather sling on ebay.
I didn't care for the sliver Chicago bolts, so I bought some brass ones
I was planning on building a custom saddle ring, but I was lucky enough to pick up this one from a Krag-Jorgensen Carbine
I went shopping on the Bolt Depot and picked up some oval head screws for the butt plate, saddle ring and rear sling
I also found this rear sight, I think it's from a Winchester .22 (model 67??)
Hipshot installed an extended mag release, because it sort of resembles the lever used to open the action of some of the old carbines, so I got one too
Now we mark a line to start changing the taper to the rear of the barrel band
Some rough guidelines, don't worry, I am not removing all of the material outside of the lines, I am just using the lines to remind me not to remove too much inside the lines.
Time to start with the more difficult task, inletting is a skill I want to master, so this is a good opportunity to get some practice.
I trace the outline with a sharpie
Then I start removing wood. I am using an Exacto knife tool, I thought it would be easier to be precise with this. I will remove the material well inside the line, then fit the saddle ring plate
almost there
pretty much done, I'll clean up the channel and edges a bit, but it fits flush on the back end and looks at home
Wow! Excellent work. I too tried this project but gave up after I cracked the stock while trying to put in the sling swivel. That is going to turn out great!
I was warned by some wood workers in the know, not to try and stain the stock with typical wood stain. I was instructed to use a dye. I had found a guy on line who made a replacement birch M1 Carbine stock look like a military issue walnut one, so I followed his lead.
I used some Fiebings dark brown leather dye and a cotton swab
I followed with some brown shoe polish
here is what it looks like in the natural light, there are some dark areas, but I think it looks pretty authentic
here I laid it over the top of an unmodified factory stock so you can see what changed
I installed the extended magazine release and performed an action job.
The rear leaf sight I bought would not fit, so I installed this Williams peep sight. While the picatinney rail doesn't look period correct, the peep sight does.
Next I installed the barrelled action into the stock and checked the fit of the barrel band.
As I expected it would not fit as the new location is farther up the barrel where it is thicker. I needed to remove some material with a file
Now it fits
I then cleaned up the barrel band to prepare it for satin black paint
I have a TALO straight stocked carbine that I put the picatinny/peep combo on and it just didn't look right either. It now has the one pictured. :bthumb:
Here it is "done" for now, I will be adding a dove tail filler blank and swapping the peep site for the version without the picatinney rail.
I'll have more pictures on my blog soon
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