Didn't know whether to post this in the gunsmithing section or the .22 section, but since it is "gunsmith" heavy, I put it here. This isn't a simple conversion, it will need lots of "tweaks" and little things polished and relieved to work really slick.
NOTE: I AM NOT INTERESTED IN DOING THIS FOR ANYONE, I DO NOT HAVE AN FFL!!!!
This is for public use and anyone and any gunsmith can use it or sell it as they please.
It will fit into a standard BDL cutout stock.
Anyway,
I rounded up a 40X bbl'd action from Don in SC, looked things over and ordered every part I could find from Brownell's that had anything to do with .22 magazine parts or assy's from the parts section.
After careful scrutiny of the parts, I settled on the new Marlin bolt action for the conversion parts.
Parts and magazines are cheap and readily available (Wal-Mart has mags in stock). Here's the 3 parts needed (about $18) and magazine from Brownells...
Here's the 3 parts assembled, the magwell is made of glass-reinforced nylon, like an m-16 stock...
Fire up the Belt Sander and file and remove all the unneeded material (grind off the ejector flush, too)
Add a couple of 1/8" thick plates to the sides...
It's a PITA, until I figured out how to do it, I had to invent a special tool (patent pending
) to countersink the 6 each 5-40 screws inside the magwell....
To make the tool, just take one of the 5-40 countersink head screws and file a few teeth on it, put it inside the magwell in one of the predrilled holes, chuck it in a hand drill and pull out on it as you spin the drill. It will cut and melt it's way into the magwell as you spin the drill.
Take some measurements from the part and fire up the mill, cut a hole in the bottom of the receiver to fit, the front part of the hole should actually be touching the barrel. Then make a flat from the hole back to the center 8-36tpi threaded hole (Disregard the extra 1/4" hole shown in the pic, it's not needed)....
I started to try using the ejector on the Marlin assy, but kept running into problems, I finally settled on cutting off the front of the stock Remmy single shot feed assy. When I figured that out, lots of stuff fell into place and started working well.
Make a block to fit the two screw holes and also fit between the two side plates on the magwell you added, cut away everything not needed...
NOTE: I AM NOT INTERESTED IN DOING THIS FOR ANYONE, I DO NOT HAVE AN FFL!!!!
This is for public use and anyone and any gunsmith can use it or sell it as they please.
It will fit into a standard BDL cutout stock.
Anyway,
I rounded up a 40X bbl'd action from Don in SC, looked things over and ordered every part I could find from Brownell's that had anything to do with .22 magazine parts or assy's from the parts section.
After careful scrutiny of the parts, I settled on the new Marlin bolt action for the conversion parts.
Parts and magazines are cheap and readily available (Wal-Mart has mags in stock). Here's the 3 parts needed (about $18) and magazine from Brownells...
Here's the 3 parts assembled, the magwell is made of glass-reinforced nylon, like an m-16 stock...
Fire up the Belt Sander and file and remove all the unneeded material (grind off the ejector flush, too)
Add a couple of 1/8" thick plates to the sides...
It's a PITA, until I figured out how to do it, I had to invent a special tool (patent pending
To make the tool, just take one of the 5-40 countersink head screws and file a few teeth on it, put it inside the magwell in one of the predrilled holes, chuck it in a hand drill and pull out on it as you spin the drill. It will cut and melt it's way into the magwell as you spin the drill.
Take some measurements from the part and fire up the mill, cut a hole in the bottom of the receiver to fit, the front part of the hole should actually be touching the barrel. Then make a flat from the hole back to the center 8-36tpi threaded hole (Disregard the extra 1/4" hole shown in the pic, it's not needed)....
I started to try using the ejector on the Marlin assy, but kept running into problems, I finally settled on cutting off the front of the stock Remmy single shot feed assy. When I figured that out, lots of stuff fell into place and started working well.
Make a block to fit the two screw holes and also fit between the two side plates on the magwell you added, cut away everything not needed...
