Decided last night to make one more attempt to non-violently remove the stock from my SAR-1. Tried before using my hand (pain) and then a rubber mallet as suggested by other posts. Zero results, that stock had not moved a millimeter!
It was down to the wire, I either wanted the Dragunov type stock on($10 value, needed for scope) or throw it away. I bent two screw drivers trying to pry the stock out, NO GOOD,"Their must be another screw somewhere" but alas there was none:banghead: The moment of truth was at hand
Out came the rusty saw and off came the stock down to the tang
I STILL couldn't remove/pry the wood out of the receiver! Next came the electric drill I drilled 4 holes, still no movement! Then I got mad! I drilled anywhere in that remaining piece of wood that could be drilled and it STILL would not come out! Thats it, I took a hammer and a screw driver (#3) and just cracked and beat the left-over wood and finally I was able to pry out the left over pieces. My thumbhole stock slid in just fine, all it needed was a little wack with the mallet. Took my Sar-1 to the range today, put on the 4X russian scope (side bracket mount) and I now have polio of the neck. The thumbhole stock isn't that much better for using a scope than the original stock was. I need one more inch of height and 1-2 inches of stock length. Maybe I'll get one of those plastic injected molding stocks now that I know how to remove the buttstock. I still have all my tools.
It was down to the wire, I either wanted the Dragunov type stock on($10 value, needed for scope) or throw it away. I bent two screw drivers trying to pry the stock out, NO GOOD,"Their must be another screw somewhere" but alas there was none:banghead: The moment of truth was at hand Out came the rusty saw and off came the stock down to the tang I STILL couldn't remove/pry the wood out of the receiver! Next came the electric drill I drilled 4 holes, still no movement! Then I got mad! I drilled anywhere in that remaining piece of wood that could be drilled and it STILL would not come out! Thats it, I took a hammer and a screw driver (#3) and just cracked and beat the left-over wood and finally I was able to pry out the left over pieces. My thumbhole stock slid in just fine, all it needed was a little wack with the mallet. Took my Sar-1 to the range today, put on the 4X russian scope (side bracket mount) and I now have polio of the neck. The thumbhole stock isn't that much better for using a scope than the original stock was. I need one more inch of height and 1-2 inches of stock length. Maybe I'll get one of those plastic injected molding stocks now that I know how to remove the buttstock. I still have all my tools.
