Axis Bolt Knob mod done...

[Fatalis]

Next...setting the action in the new Boyd's FT Thumbhole on Tuesday and the world will be right...

http://i981.photobucket.com/albums/ae296/thejazzyonej/IMG_0328_zps94c39e89.jpg (http://s981.photobucket.com/user/thejazzyonej/media/IMG_0328_zps94c39e89.jpg.html)

[Fatalis]

A couple of shots with it in the rifle...

http://i981.photobucket.com/albums/ae296/thejazzyonej/IMG_0332_zpsdeab1fec.jpg (http://s981.photobucket.com/user/thejazzyonej/media/IMG_0332_zpsdeab1fec.jpg.html)

http://i981.photobucket.com/albums/ae296/thejazzyonej/IMG_0330_zpsa4cdf20d.jpg (http://s981.photobucket.com/user/thejazzyonej/media/IMG_0330_zpsa4cdf20d.jpg.html)

[LoneWolf]

Epoxy?

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[Fatalis]

Yeah...Quiksteel, fantastic stuff...molded it like silly putty, shaped it with a rasp and file, sanded with 800 grit, primed and painted.

[LoneWolf]

Not to shabby!

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[Fatalis]

Not to shabby!

Thanks...

[Cold Trigger Finger]

Is the existing knob on the factory bolt solid or hollow?
I have thot about doing something similar but drilling and tapping and putting a machine screw in then molding JB Weld around it.

[LoneWolf]

The knob is solid, but the handle is hollow right before the first recess. I was able to thread it still and install an after market knob.

[Cold Trigger Finger]

OK. I hadn't thot about cutting the knob off and threading the shaft. . .

I'll have to think about that. . At this point the only thing I want to do to my 223 Edge is restock it. . It is so accurate that I don't want to chance messing it up. . I was bummed the last time I was in Anchorage that I couldn't find an Axis or Edge in 243. I want to get one for myself and one for a nephew.
I want to make one into a switch barrel for myself. 243 and 6.5 Creedmoor. That one I want to extend the bolt handle on.

[LoneWolf]

I ground the knob down and threaded it to keep it nice and long. That's where you get the extra leverage from! I got the D.D. Robbins tactical knob from Brownells.

Also shown in my build thread!

[DrThunder88]

I like how it matches the camo. That's a nice touch as well!


Is the existing knob on the factory bolt solid or hollow?
I have thot about doing something similar but drilling and tapping and putting a machine screw in then molding JB Weld around it.

That's what I did! Here's (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8TUEt7bcSA) the crummy video I did.

[Fatalis]

All done...(Unless I come across an Axis SR barrel in .308 w/muzzle break). Bolt knob mod fit just fine with the new Boyd's FT Thumbhole as well...

http://i981.photobucket.com/albums/ae296/thejazzyonej/IMG_0329_zps94f8a587.jpg (http://s981.photobucket.com/user/thejazzyonej/media/IMG_0329_zps94f8a587.jpg.html)