MkII Stainless Bottom Metal, laminate stock
A quick post of a stock and bottom metal upgrade for my MkII Heavy Barrel.
I swapped my polymer stock for a laminate, but the bottom metal needed some serious help. My goal was to have bottom metal properly anchor the stock, as with this model, there is not a lot of laminate stock between the receiver bosses and the metal.
Heavy barrel - seems to call for heavy bottom metal. I got some bottom metal made from 1/8" Stainless Steel. I eventually located the required length 12-32 (unobtanium) button head screws. Still need to seal the wood and add short pillars prior to hitting the range.
The pics can tell the full story...
Stamped 1/8" stainless steel
https://i.imgur.com/73f1yiZ.jpg?1
~3mm = 1/8"
https://i.imgur.com/3nRJuK0.jpg
Milled out the stock for the metal
https://i.imgur.com/SPqD6lo.jpg?1
No metal protrudes past of the laminate
https://i.imgur.com/2ksvEMX.jpg?1
Snugged in the screws
https://i.imgur.com/q3ICkLK.jpg?1
Stainless Bottom metal installed
https://i.imgur.com/SG8FS2E.jpg
Footnote - this is a heavy barrel, I opened up the barrel channel with a deep socket wrapped in sandpaper... very free floating now.
https://i.imgur.com/wLnxWkr.jpg?1
