Gunsmithing Can anyone inlet a Manners or McMillan for an Armalite AR50?

[dang472]

I've left a message with Manners a few days ago about their T50 and McMillan says they don't do it in-house. I'm pretty sure the only major hangup is the stupid wedge setup for the recoil lug on the stock AR50. I'd love a Manners all done up in Multicam by Short Bus if one of these crafty gunsmiths can make this happen.

 

[Boxcar]

Contact Pheonix custom rifles or Long Rifles Inc. They get their stock blanks pre-inlet. They might be able to help you out.

 

[blksno]

Definitely call up Chad at LRI. Order up your flavor of Manners in a blank without an inlet. He can make it right!
Might not be a bad idea to roll with the MCS-T50 given the size of your action...but that's something to talk over with the man.

 

[LRI]

LRI's inletting work is done with some fairly sophisticated CAD software and use of CNC machining centers. One of very, very few shops able to offer this. Each action is fully rendered along with the barrel. The inlets are created using surfacing tool paths, allowing for a very accurate mirror image footprint of where the barreled action, floor metal, and peripheral hardware reside. Here, I intentionally inflate the cavity size by .05" in all directions as I feel its a better way to bed a gun rather than the paper thin skin bedding that is the norm.

There's one caveat here though. This process is part of our pillar bedding services. I've never offered the inletting work as a stand alone option. I guess we could, but I'd still want the customers barreled action in my hands to ensure it left here. Years ago I did work like this at Dakota Arms for an entry level M97 rifle we were contemplating on offering. It was 1:1.

Happy to help.

C.

 

[Tarheelpwr]

LRI's inletting work is done with some fairly sophisticated CAD software and use of CNC machining centers. One of very, very few shops able to offer this. Each action is fully rendered along with the barrel. The inlets are created using surfacing tool paths, allowing for a very accurate mirror image footprint of where the barreled action, floor metal, and peripheral hardware reside. Here, I intentionally inflate the cavity size by .05" in all directions as I feel its a better way to bed a gun rather than the paper thin skin bedding that is the norm.

There's one caveat here though. This process is part of our pillar bedding services. I've never offered the inletting work as a stand alone option. I guess we could, but I'd still want the customers barreled action in my hands to ensure it left here. Years ago I did work like this at Dakota Arms for an entry level M97 rifle we were contemplating on offering. It was 1:1.

Happy to help.

C.

Wow, that has to be one of the best bedding jobs I've ever seen. Let alone the inletting.

 

[tmanners]

I've left a message with Manners a few days ago about their T50 and McMillan says they don't do it in-house. I'm pretty sure the only major hangup is the stupid wedge setup for the recoil lug on the stock AR50. I'd love a Manners all done up in Multicam by Short Bus if one of these crafty gunsmiths can make this happen.

HI Dang, We looked at doing this about 5 or so years ago. If I remember correct, the issue is not the inlet, I think that it was the long rear tang. If the action was set up correct in the stock for the proper distance to the trigger shoe. I think that the long square rear tang actually would break through the side of the stock. Send me a PM with your phone number and I will give you a buzz. Thank you very much,

 

[dang472]

I've included so pics of the action for anyone interested. I sent them over the Chad at LRI to see if we can come up with something. This is one Big Sum' Bich'. I forgot that it actually has a normal recoil lug setup. The wedge in the Armalite stock is in the front of the lug and helps hold it tight I guess.

 

[Edds]

There's one caveat here though. This process is part of our pillar bedding services.

Do you offer an inletting and pillar bedding service without painting?

 

[LRI]

Tom Manners and I spoke earlier this week about this. There's a few different ways I can approach this. One is glassing up the stock to accomidate the tang and the other is machining the receiver's tang feature to better fit the stock.

Either way is acceptable. The Armalight action has a big ass (tang) and could stand a diet. Look forward to messing with this, these jobs are fun.


As for stocking guns.

I get really "busy" when stocking a rifle. Tangs are filed/sanded on. So are the stocks. It's a lot of work taking a blank direct from the mold to what we show here and the other sites. Those who like how we do it, have come to expect things a certain way.

I have no interest in deviating from that. It's what put us on the map in the beginning of this company.

All LRI full builds/stock jobs require a paint job. You can get as mild or wild as you like. We build a finished piece. Not parts stuck together.


C.

 

[dang472]

That sounds awesome Chad. We'll stay in touch for when you want this thing. I'm in no rush so if it works better for you this winter or after the Group Buy, I'm fine with it. It will be neat having one of the few AR50s in existence in a conventional stock aside from the Benchrest crowd. I seem to have a knack for finding these one-off stock projects as evident by my TAC338 wedged into a Whiskey 3.