Savage 99 restification project
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S Mac
Sept. 10, 2021 Steve left us. You are missed.
On the subject of bugs in wood, years ago I had a chunk of hickory l was planning to make a hammer handle from. One quiet evening I heard a strange noise, finally determined what I was hearing was a boring bug in the hickory. I was surprised that it was audible.
Ian
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I may not live to see my grandchildren, but I have a wonderful wife, zero debt, decent retirement fund, a little patch of Texas to call my own, a good house, lots of tools and toys, and a perfect baby girl to raise, so I wouldn't trade a thing. It's work being over the hill and bringing up a little one, but she's teaching me patience, how to be more careful and deliberate in everything I do, and to live in the moment. I don't feel like life is passing me by anymore.
A lot of the details of this project I can do during my lunch breaks at work, it's just getting to that point that takes a lot of time. I like having things like this to work on during lunch, takes my mind away from work stress.
A lot of the details of this project I can do during my lunch breaks at work, it's just getting to that point that takes a lot of time. I like having things like this to work on during lunch, takes my mind away from work stress.
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freebullet
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Fine work!
And a great outlook!
And a great outlook!
fiver
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that's pretty good.
he did miss his hand to trigger fitment a bit though.
he needed to lower where his hand goes on the grip about 1/4" then add the palm swell.
he has it set up so he pulls up on the trigger not back on the trigger.
he also missed setting up the pitch angle on the stock so that he has full fitment against his shoulder.
that's a big thing in negating recoil and muzzle rise.
anyway you now have an idea what I'm talking about.
he did miss his hand to trigger fitment a bit though.
he needed to lower where his hand goes on the grip about 1/4" then add the palm swell.
he has it set up so he pulls up on the trigger not back on the trigger.
he also missed setting up the pitch angle on the stock so that he has full fitment against his shoulder.
that's a big thing in negating recoil and muzzle rise.
anyway you now have an idea what I'm talking about.
Ian
Notorious member
Larry didn't discuss cast or cant, either, I guess you can ignore cast to a point and leave it neutral if you get the Monte Carlo part correct. I've been through a couple of shotgun stock fitments but neither time was any of it really broken down and explained to me.
I left the rough comb profile quite high on this Savage, you can ignore the steep back slant for now, that was a cut angle of convenience because I roughed the stock out on the table saw rather than band saw. I'll level the front some more before it's over and if I have to, put a little drop to the butt plate. I took some of the over-all drop out of the stock by curving the perch belly more and raising the toe about half an inch, and as I inlet the tangs I'm very slightly changing the angle there, too, to remove about 1/4" more drop at the toe. That alone should put the bore line and butt drop right where I need them to be, all I have to do then is work out the sight height, comb height, and comb thickness/taper after that. Trying to correct the fit for me yet somewhat keep to the lines that make these rifles what they are is a bit of a compromise.
BTW, I worked on it a couple more hours and got the stock slabs up against the receiver, now I have to sink it in about 1/8" more to form the tabs that tuck in behind the sides of the receiver, and final-fit the tangs. So far, so good.
I left the rough comb profile quite high on this Savage, you can ignore the steep back slant for now, that was a cut angle of convenience because I roughed the stock out on the table saw rather than band saw. I'll level the front some more before it's over and if I have to, put a little drop to the butt plate. I took some of the over-all drop out of the stock by curving the perch belly more and raising the toe about half an inch, and as I inlet the tangs I'm very slightly changing the angle there, too, to remove about 1/4" more drop at the toe. That alone should put the bore line and butt drop right where I need them to be, all I have to do then is work out the sight height, comb height, and comb thickness/taper after that. Trying to correct the fit for me yet somewhat keep to the lines that make these rifles what they are is a bit of a compromise.
BTW, I worked on it a couple more hours and got the stock slabs up against the receiver, now I have to sink it in about 1/8" more to form the tabs that tuck in behind the sides of the receiver, and final-fit the tangs. So far, so good.
