Custom Designs by LJ-MF-B

[LJ-MosinFreak-Buck]

Since deciding to take on a custom Mosin-Nagant project using a very crappy gun as a donor (still need to find), I've came across an idea to make a couple drop-in stocks for my K31. I've been tinkering around with Microsoft Paint and have had some interesting hours put into designing these. Both designs I'm about to display require NO MODIFICATION TO THE RIFLE AT ALL!!!

The scope mount and mounting system are all of my own design, though may be borrowed from other systems (AK scope rail, what have you) in a differen't way. Instead of installing a rail, I'm planning on inletting and bedding a steel block into the rifle stock to take the mounting role. No drilled and tapped recievers, rifles go back to factory original in minutes.


My first idea with the K31 is a Mannlicher styled stock with steel side-saddle block scope mount. Stock material will be black walnut with ebony wood nose-cap, with checkered pistol grip. Action will be fully bedded.

Here's a picture.



My second idea is to make a drop-in, zero mod tactical/sporter stock using same scope mounting method. Unsure of stock materials. This picture has a visual representation of the side-saddle block scope mount.

Here's a picture.



I will gladly accept any feed-back, along with requests.

Thanks for looking!

 

[Fast Frank]

Interesting concept on the scope mount.

I like it because it would easily mount a scope on something that doesn't readily accept one.

I don't like it because it's not mounted steel-on-steel with the action or barrel.

Sure, that walnut is fairly rigid, and bedded properly it should pretty much maintain it's position...

But think for a moment how much the scope would have to move to cause a noticeable change at 100 yards. I'm betting that shifting the location of the scope the amount of the thickness of a human hair would not only be obvious, it would be unacceptable.

More power to you if you can get this to work, but I'm thinking that the reason why this isn't a common mounting method isn't because nobody has thought of it yet- It's because it won't hold zero.

 

[LJ-MosinFreak-Buck]

I know of this, and I'm still trying to think of a way to get this to work without losing zero. I'm thinking that if I run the saddle mount to both bolt holes in the reciever and pillar bed the stock, it should hold it nice and tight, along with making the block of the mount contoured to the reciever. That's what I've come up with so far.

 

[Andrew Wyatt]

make the mount part of a bedding block.

 

[LJ-MosinFreak-Buck]

Andrew Wyatt,
Now there's an idea. That's something to look into.

 

[alemonkey]

make the mount part of a bedding block.

That's what the Finns did when they build the TK-85 sniper rifle on the Mosin Nagant action.

 

[LJ-MosinFreak-Buck]

Then that set-up must work fairly nicely if it worked for the Finns.