So Ive talked about how accurate my 802 is for 250 dollar rifle, and i enjoy shooting the little gun quite a bit. One thing Ive always disliked was the stock that came on the gun. It isnt bad as far as cheap .22 sporter stocks go, but it felt weird with the guns 21" heavy barrel.
The problem is that there arnt any replacement stocks for the 802. Boyds does list stocks for both the 702 semi, which looks like it might work, and the 817 17hmr that I now know is a lot of work to make fit.
Not knowing if either option would be close enough for me to fit, I havent bought one till last week, when i ran across an 817 provarmint (which i the stock design wanted) on closeout.
I snapped it up and crossed my fingers that it would be a drop in...or at least be close enough that i could make it work.
Turns out its.....close enough to make work.
It appears the 817 receiver is actually quite a bit bigger around, and longer than the 802. The screw hole spacing is about 1 inch farther out. Last but not least the trigger group assembly, box thingy, is significantly longer.
What this means to someone wanting to drop and 802 action into the 817 stock, is that while you can drop it in, nothing lines up.
So to make it work i had to add some wood here and there, drill a new forward action screw hole, add fill to the sides of the action inlet, and make new cutouts for the safety, bolt handle, and because the action sits lower in the stock open up the rear so the bolt could move freely.
The barrel channel also wasnt deep, or wide enough, again I THINK because the 802 action sits about 1/4" lower in the stock than the 817, or heavy barrel on the 802s actually larger around than the 817 straight barrel.
This was more work than i REALLY wanted to do on this little gun, but im actually pretty happy with how it came out.
Im happier with this gun than i was with my much "nicer" Savage 93r17btvss.
All i have left to do is figure out how to make the bolt handle more comfortable, I think ill wait till i can snag a cheap spare before i start messing with mine tho.
I also modified where the stop was for the magazine, it let the mag ride to high and tied up the bolt sometimes.
One of the neat things about this gun, is it will feed 5 .22 shorts from the mag as long as the mag didnt ride up. So with the modification i can shoot .22 shorts, longs, and long rifles. Which is nice as i do shoot around the house some, and i MUCH prefer cb caps, which i can only get in shorts here.
I do still need to plug the unused front action screw hole....forgot about that till just now.
The problem is that there arnt any replacement stocks for the 802. Boyds does list stocks for both the 702 semi, which looks like it might work, and the 817 17hmr that I now know is a lot of work to make fit.
Not knowing if either option would be close enough for me to fit, I havent bought one till last week, when i ran across an 817 provarmint (which i the stock design wanted) on closeout.
I snapped it up and crossed my fingers that it would be a drop in...or at least be close enough that i could make it work.
Turns out its.....close enough to make work.
It appears the 817 receiver is actually quite a bit bigger around, and longer than the 802. The screw hole spacing is about 1 inch farther out. Last but not least the trigger group assembly, box thingy, is significantly longer.
What this means to someone wanting to drop and 802 action into the 817 stock, is that while you can drop it in, nothing lines up.
So to make it work i had to add some wood here and there, drill a new forward action screw hole, add fill to the sides of the action inlet, and make new cutouts for the safety, bolt handle, and because the action sits lower in the stock open up the rear so the bolt could move freely.
The barrel channel also wasnt deep, or wide enough, again I THINK because the 802 action sits about 1/4" lower in the stock than the 817, or heavy barrel on the 802s actually larger around than the 817 straight barrel.
This was more work than i REALLY wanted to do on this little gun, but im actually pretty happy with how it came out.
Im happier with this gun than i was with my much "nicer" Savage 93r17btvss.
All i have left to do is figure out how to make the bolt handle more comfortable, I think ill wait till i can snag a cheap spare before i start messing with mine tho.
I also modified where the stop was for the magazine, it let the mag ride to high and tied up the bolt sometimes.
One of the neat things about this gun, is it will feed 5 .22 shorts from the mag as long as the mag didnt ride up. So with the modification i can shoot .22 shorts, longs, and long rifles. Which is nice as i do shoot around the house some, and i MUCH prefer cb caps, which i can only get in shorts here.
I do still need to plug the unused front action screw hole....forgot about that till just now.
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