handirifle
05-09-2013, 03:22 AM
My mind never stops trying to figure stuff out. Key word being"trying", it don't always happen, but sometimes it does.
What the old grey matter has been boiling over lately is making a Savage that will accept ready made detachable magazines. I think I might be on to something, but it's gonna be slow going (cause I AM).
Enough lead in, what I discovered one night at my work bench, was that the 223 magazines from my Mini 14's just slide nicely into the magazine well for a 308 stagger feed. They fit into the back leaving what I feel will be enough room for me to engineer a lever release to allow it to drop out.
I have a stock coming in the near future to experiment with, so I don't ruin my good one. This will allow me to use ANY mag that will fit the mini's.
Like I said it will be slow cause, we have a family member's wedding this Sat, and then the wife and I are takin a short vacation. THEN I can devote some time to it.
I have been devoting my last 2 1/2 months to restoring an old 3 wheeler for a youth ranch. It's done and now on to my ideas.
This is how I got it.
http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n82/handirifle/wholehauler_zpsf378f256.jpg
This is how I delivered it 2 1/2 months later. Too much to list here.
http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n82/handirifle/Readytoroll_zps590de1e7.jpg
http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n82/handirifle/Allopen_zps7465fb03.jpg
I hope my Savage projects come out as nice.
I will keep posting my progress on it.
What the old grey matter has been boiling over lately is making a Savage that will accept ready made detachable magazines. I think I might be on to something, but it's gonna be slow going (cause I AM).
Enough lead in, what I discovered one night at my work bench, was that the 223 magazines from my Mini 14's just slide nicely into the magazine well for a 308 stagger feed. They fit into the back leaving what I feel will be enough room for me to engineer a lever release to allow it to drop out.
I have a stock coming in the near future to experiment with, so I don't ruin my good one. This will allow me to use ANY mag that will fit the mini's.
Like I said it will be slow cause, we have a family member's wedding this Sat, and then the wife and I are takin a short vacation. THEN I can devote some time to it.
I have been devoting my last 2 1/2 months to restoring an old 3 wheeler for a youth ranch. It's done and now on to my ideas.
This is how I got it.
http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n82/handirifle/wholehauler_zpsf378f256.jpg
This is how I delivered it 2 1/2 months later. Too much to list here.
http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n82/handirifle/Readytoroll_zps590de1e7.jpg
http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n82/handirifle/Allopen_zps7465fb03.jpg
I hope my Savage projects come out as nice.
I will keep posting my progress on it.