Axis Bolt Knob mod done...

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10-31-2013, 10:00 PM
Fatalis

Axis Bolt Knob mod done...

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

http://i981.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps94c39e89.jpg
10-31-2013, 10:11 PM
Fatalis

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

http://i981.photobucket.com/albums/a...psdeab1fec.jpg

http://i981.photobucket.com/albums/a...psa4cdf20d.jpg
10-31-2013, 10:13 PM
LoneWolf

Epoxy?

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10-31-2013, 10:16 PM
Fatalis

Yeah...Quiksteel, fantastic stuff...molded it like silly putty, shaped it with a rasp and file, sanded with 800 grit, primed and painted.
10-31-2013, 11:35 PM
LoneWolf

Not to shabby!

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10-31-2013, 11:42 PM
Fatalis

Quote:

Originally Posted by LoneWolf

Not to shabby!

Thanks...
11-01-2013, 03:35 PM
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.
11-01-2013, 03:37 PM
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.
11-01-2013, 05:28 PM
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.
11-01-2013, 05:31 PM
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!
11-04-2013, 05:33 AM
DrThunder88

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

Quote:

Originally Posted by 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.

That's what I did! Here's the crummy video I did.
11-05-2013, 09:43 PM
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/a...ps94f8a587.jpg