Reply With QuoteNice score! A little bit of time, patients, and elbow grease and you pieced together the rifle you wanted for next to nothing. How much does your rig weigh ?
So here is the long story of how i got this gun for basically free!
Ok, so about 2 years ago i bought an old beat up Savage Mark ii from a gentleman for about $60 bucks. This thing had alot of surface rust and the stock looked like someone left it in the dirt for 2 years then just wiped it off with a dry paper towel. . It was the standard version without the accutrigger and just had the sporter barrel with the iron sights. But for $60 how could i say no? The action still worked the bolt wasnt rusted and the bore was still clean and bright! Well when i got home i started to look at it and think "what can i do to make this gun seem less...sad?" Well a few years before that i did a mod using an old airsoft gun (g36c) and a mossberg 702 plinkster. it made the gun look great and very fun to shoot. So i figured maybe i could recreate that "Military/Tacticool" look in a bolt action form. I found this L96 airsoft stock online as a broken gun for about $40 bucks... i figured, if it didn't work i wouldnt be out much money. Well as luck would have it, when i got the Airsoft gun it actually functioned completely fine, i just had to fix a spring in the trigger. so i took of all the parts i didnt need and instantly posted them for sale on ebay.. guess what they sold for?? $40! So now i'm left with the plastic frame and an aluminum block that held the Airsoft action and barrel in place and i had $0 invested in it. so i went to town with my dremel and some JB weld and after about a weeks time i had the action sitting in the aluminum block perfectly. i was so thrilled to FINALLY have it done because i had invested close to 20 hours total to make it right. So about one year passes and i was loving my little plinker. Thats when i came across an AMAZING deal. a guy was selling his FVSR for $175. i was happy with buying that and calling it a day, but as we got to talking he told me he had also purchased a Boyds Tactical for the rifle too! after a little haggle i was able to score the rifle with the original stock AND the Boyds with all the metal workings for $250! I know, that alone is worth a write up isnt it? lol. well i quickly went to installing the FVSR into my custom stock and put the old savage back into its original stock that i had cleaned up and made look like a normal stock again and not something someone cleaned their butt with. So at this point i realized, "i dont need 2 of the same gun with 4 total stocks. (2 normal plastic stocks, 1 boyds tactical, and my custom). I posted the basic Mark ii online in its original stock and re blued by me for $150. it sold that day. I also posted the other plastic stock on Ebay and it sold for $50. I kept the Boyd stock for a few months and would switch back and forth, as i liked them both very much but obviously i played favorite to my custom stock. I finally decided it was time to clear place for a new gun and the Boyd stock found its self of the chopping block. Off to Ebay it went for $125. And now... well now we are caught up to current time and i have my trusty Savage Mark ii FVSR and my Custom L96 stock... all for a grand total investment of about +$15 and about 30 hours of my time invested in the stock and all the bartering. Id say all in all it was a good investment. Hope you guys enjoyed the LONG read. if you have any questions or comments feel free to ask. Im a long time Savage fan and new to the forum. I look forward to getting to know everyone!
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Last edited by twillis07; 03-04-2016 at 12:24 PM.
Nice score! A little bit of time, patients, and elbow grease and you pieced together the rifle you wanted for next to nothing. How much does your rig weigh ?
That is actually a really good question. I will take a weight on it tomorrow when I get home from work. I just recently took out this weight that was in the butt stock. I'm guessing it was to make the old airsoft seem more heavy. That lightened up the rear a lot but now it seems front heavy with the barrel, bipod and newly mounted flashlight. I'm almost afraid to see how heavy it is. Lol
9lbs.. that's the weight with the scope, bipod, and light.
super sweet. So the airsoft stock had a solid aluminum block in it and you hogged it out and bedded it in with jb? how does it shoot?
That is exactly what I did. Shoots great. I'll have to get some decent glass and get some groups from it.Originally Posted by Lorenzo
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