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Alstone · Moderator & Site Supporter

I bought an AGS/PC1 stock last year for my QB78 the only problem was that it needed a bit of work to get the QB action to fit, to do the necessary cutting to let the trigger unit into the stock, I wrapped the stock in cloth and clamped it in a workmate, this worked to a certain extent, but with lack of control of the router it caused one or two gouges in the woodwork, so I had to strip the finish off fill the gouges and re-stain, which was a bit of a pain as the original finish was excellent, and my efforts were not so good.

Having bought three more of the same stocks this year I decided to jig up for the work, and save having to re-stain the stocks.

This is the result I came up with. Screw the stock onto a piece of wood with a slot for the router to pass through, the slot was also the correct length for the QB trigger unit, so all I needed to do was set the depth and feed it along the slot, the router was also guided by guides at each side of the board.

This method cut a perfect slot with clean edges and no damage to the original finish. I also kept the stock fastened to the board to cut the forestock angle.

It may have taken a bit of time making the jig but it saved a hell of a lot of re-staining, I would think you could use this method on other stocks that need a bit of routing.

BEFORE AND AFTER

BEFORE AND AFTER

THE STOCK SCREWED TO THE JIG, THE SCREWS GO INTO THE CHANNEL FOR THE cO2 TUBE, SO THE HOLES ARE HIDDEN WHEN FINISHED.

ROUTING

A NICE CLEAN FINISH

CUTTING THE FORESTOCK

BEFORE AND AFTER

Al

SMP · Silver Status Member

Great job on the stock Al

I frequently use guide jigs with guide collars on my router. They take awhile to make but eliminate all the sweating when the router turns on Laughing

Slavia · Moderator

Looks good. For me, about 90% of my time is spent thinking through how I can do something with the tools at hand. Another 9% is making the fixtures, setup, and making a sample piece. The remaining 1% is actually making the cut.

Stevesteve · New Member

Very nice Al,

You probably have a ready market for pre-modded stocks on the UKCAGF.

Add a few squid for your efforts and your own stocks will soon be paid for Smile

Cheers,
Steve

Alstone · Moderator & Site Supporter

I did a bit more routing on the AGS stock today, the first job was to cut a square hole to fit the shot counter in, I have made a new case for it and curved it to match the stock.
This is a killer job one slip or mistake and the stock is scrap, I did jig up for it and took a lot of care.

Next I needed to cut a groove in the fore stock to let the barrel band in, this was another job that could ruin the stock if it didn’t go well, my solution was to get a 1” cutter for my Dremmel and made a 7/8” collar to fit behind it, this holds the cutter in place and cuts a nice neat slot.

Al