Gunsmithing Home grown cheek rest

[TimK]

Got the idea for this from a thread around here somewhere. Modeled mine after a Karstens.

My total cost should have been $4, but I ended up making 3 because I kept screwing up the bending process. Total cost was actually $10. I used black ABS instead of Kydex, and it works perfectly.

Cutting it out is easy, bending is not. I tried a hot air gun the first time and that was slow and hard to do. Next time I tried the microwave. That heated unevenly and bubbled the plastic. Finally, I put the sheet in the oven at 250° for just a couple of minutes. Perfecto! The sheet was nice and pliable, and I just draped it over the stock.

Had I known the oven trick the first time, my total time would have been 20-25 minutes.

 

[frollo]

Re: Home grown cheek rest

looks pretty pimp did you just drill some screws into the stock or were some plugs drilled bedded and what not for the mounting?

i'm more of a newb so sorry to anybody who thinks this is an obvious question

 

[TimK]

Re: Home grown cheek rest

It's attached with a funky bolt I found at the hardware store. Basically, it's two long bolts going all the way through the stock.

 

[jpretle]

Re: Home grown cheek rest

Tim, What thickness ABS and where can one get some?

 

[TimK]

Re: Home grown cheek rest

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: jpretle</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Tim, What thickness ABS and where can one get some? </div></div>

3/16" ABS, though 1/8" might work, too. I just looked in the yellow pages under "plastic" and found a place that would sell me a little scrap.

 

[nicholst55]

Re: Home grown cheek rest

I love simple solutions! Cheap ones, too!

 

[Bigbrotheretter]

Re: Home grown cheek rest

I have been looking for something like this too pop up!!
Thank you!
What if your gun has a cheek piece on the stock?... How do you mold over that?

 

[geargrinder]

Re: Home grown cheek rest

Be careful in the cold. ABS is way more brittle than Kydex. Especially in the cold. Hate to have it shatter with your face on it.

 

[Lt. Arclight]

Re: Home grown cheek rest

Very nice job.

 

[Bigbrotheretter]

Re: Home grown cheek rest

So what type of plastic material do you recommend to use?

 

[motodog]

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i have a used garbage can that is really thich abs and i have used that to make a couple i have some extra material that i put on the pay it forward thing and i got probly enough for a few more if youall want some pm me with your adress and ill send it out free for yall

 

[UNCIVILIZED]

Re: Home grown cheek rest

A little bit different way to go, & a bit more substantial. Still KISS though. Lots of good pics & how to info as well.

http://www.snipershide.com/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showgallery&Number=1366122

 

[hue001t]

Re: Home grown cheek rest

looks good much better that duck tape!

 

[TimK]

Re: Home grown cheek rest

I would have used Kydex if I could have found a source for it locally. I'll be shooting with the ABS rest in the cold today, so we'll see how it performs in 30 degrees.

I do have one that I made where I forgot to put in the slots before I bent it up. It would work fine to drill straight through it. Wouldn't be adjustable though. If anyone wants it, shoot me a PM and I'll send it to you.

 

[TOP PREDATOR]

Re: Home grown cheek rest

or "already made" with much adjustability...

http://www.snipershide.com/forum/ubbthre...629#Post1426629

scroll down a little...
http://www.snipershide.com/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=1579946#Post1579946

 

[greybeard]

Re: Home grown cheek rest

I used a piece of mud flap leftover fron a ATV radiator guard I made. Believe it was some sort of polyelthelene, black and would bend and mold with heat. Have yet to bolt using tape to test, with a wood spacer under, then might drill and bolt.