Thread: Lockdown light weight carbon wrap stock build - Here we go

So its not terrible, the experience was tho lol. id not bed till after this next time... I'm not sure about the quality of this carbon but its what I had. Must have sharp scissors and tweezers and loads of gloves lol

Have you weighed it?

I weighed it, sitting at just over 500g. then I trimmed a bit and started the next process

So it trimmed up ready to coat with epoxy again. id definitely not bed it first when doing another... if I ever do another lol.

Great stuff. When you say you would bed it later, would you cut the inletting oversized and wrap the carbon over the edges?

So this is the little Grendel. so light to carry. A bare Tikka t3 weighs 2.7KG aprox. so this has scope, rings and suppressor and still comes in under the weight of the bare Tikka rifle. I bought it as a 222 without a mag follower so its a single shot at present. I originally planned to carbon wrap the wrist but haven't got there yet. I am playing with the idea of fitting a tikka mag and bottom to this one also... would be even more tricky than the one I've just done as Id have to trim the back off a 223 mag as it wouldn't fit due to the trigger position. Maybe better to just find a mag follower lol... any thoughts guys?

yes id over cut the channel and wrap it, then bed after finishing the carbon process... at least that's what I think I'd do lol

See if the Howa mini magazine and trigger guard would work.

curing well. bit of lifting and nibs that will need to be sanded off.

I’ve been following this with interest, as I was thinking about doing a similar thing myself. I’d planned to use XPS insulation board, possibly laminated over a balsa-ply central stringer. What would be the pros & cons of using paulownia instead? And does anyone know if anyone stocks it in Christchurch, or would I need to get some sent down from the growers in Hamilton?

So I did this before the resin set.... was it a good idea? of course I buffed the action with nugget. there was too much fiber sitting off the top edge so I figured the action would squash it down and ill be re bedding it anyway. will i have issued breaking it free I wonder...lol

So this is what it started out looking like

out of interest...as Im plurry positive others want to ask...how much did that stick cost you????
the off cut you can post to Gibo...he will get at least 1 maybe 2 lures from it LOL.

Man I was relieved it popped out clean. time for sanding the nibs off then sanding the whole surface ready for next coat. I may let each coat harden and sand back between coats to keep it as light as possible.

would love to keep it sub 600g if possible... I might be dreaming lol