Hey Guys,
As a number of folks may know in each of the past few years I have started working on some time of semi-custom project gun for myself. In 2006 I completely stoned and polished by hand a VZ-24 Mauser 98 action, while in 2007 I refurbished and customized a Browning A-Bolt shotgun.
This year I took on yet another project. In the series of posts to be presented below I will describe the project from start to finish, sharing what I have learned in the hopes that members might be inspired to take on some type of similar projects themselves in the future.
This year’s project was focused on solving a dilemma for all Savage 210 shotgun owners. The gun, which already shoots like a rifle, fails to handle like a rifle due to the unnecessary “magazine” well that extends from the bottom of the stock. This mag wel, (as seen on the stock pictured below), was originally designed in order to make the capable of holding of three shells, (one in the chamber, tow in the “well”). Realistically, with a gun as accurate as the 210 there is absolutely no need for the gun to be a three shot gun. In fact, after owning the gun for almost a decade I have never been in a situation where a third shot was presented to me and I would not have been able to simply reload the gun if I wanted to take.
Determined to resolve this problem and create a semi-custom gun for myself I set forth on the project that will be described below.
First however, let me say, as is the case with any project of this type there are any numbers of possible ways to reach the same results. So, while I will post the way I went about it, I am sure others can, and will, find many other alternative methods and improvements that can be adapted to this project....
To get started the first thing I did was to find a second Savage stock for my gun. This way, no matter what happened, I would always have a usable stock to fall back on. I was fortunate to find a camo stock for $35 shipped off ebay...
JC
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As a number of folks may know in each of the past few years I have started working on some time of semi-custom project gun for myself. In 2006 I completely stoned and polished by hand a VZ-24 Mauser 98 action, while in 2007 I refurbished and customized a Browning A-Bolt shotgun.
This year I took on yet another project. In the series of posts to be presented below I will describe the project from start to finish, sharing what I have learned in the hopes that members might be inspired to take on some type of similar projects themselves in the future.
This year’s project was focused on solving a dilemma for all Savage 210 shotgun owners. The gun, which already shoots like a rifle, fails to handle like a rifle due to the unnecessary “magazine” well that extends from the bottom of the stock. This mag wel, (as seen on the stock pictured below), was originally designed in order to make the capable of holding of three shells, (one in the chamber, tow in the “well”). Realistically, with a gun as accurate as the 210 there is absolutely no need for the gun to be a three shot gun. In fact, after owning the gun for almost a decade I have never been in a situation where a third shot was presented to me and I would not have been able to simply reload the gun if I wanted to take.
Determined to resolve this problem and create a semi-custom gun for myself I set forth on the project that will be described below.
First however, let me say, as is the case with any project of this type there are any numbers of possible ways to reach the same results. So, while I will post the way I went about it, I am sure others can, and will, find many other alternative methods and improvements that can be adapted to this project....
To get started the first thing I did was to find a second Savage stock for my gun. This way, no matter what happened, I would always have a usable stock to fall back on. I was fortunate to find a camo stock for $35 shipped off ebay...
JC
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