Sexy QB Mod Part 2

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ETA · #1 Post by **ETA** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 5:45 pm

After much sanding and 5 coats of Tru-Oil. Lightly buffed final finish with 000 steel wool to remove the gloss.

Very well fitting and comfortable stock.

It is a stock QB78 action and barrel with: moderate valve internal mod, extended slim probe, port mod, custom barrel shroud and RJM metal band.
It is equipped with Tasco V/T 2.5-10x42AO mil dot and BKL mounts.

#2 Post by **webstien** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 5:57 pm

What a beaut!

That thing must be a real pleasure to shoot. Mouse fart quiet?

ral_jiktar · #3 Post by **ral_jiktar** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 6:19 pm

damn, just stained my underwear.

DoctorFrankengun · #4 Post by **DoctorFrankengun** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 6:22 pm

Excellent

airgunfun · #5 Post by **airgunfun** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 6:22 pm

Sweet.

Aaron · #6 Post by **Aaron** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 6:27 pm

i want that gun

but otherwise yes mazing gun

#7 Post by **lauchlin** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 7:18 pm

Very nice i just bought a qb-78 were did you get that stock from or did you make it

grumppee · #8 Post by **grumppee** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 7:30 pm

AWESOME!...

killercrow · #9 Post by **killercrow** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 7:37 pm

thats very nice! one question though, are you gonna leave the forearm like that, or cut it to fit?

TCooper · #10 Post by **TCooper** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 8:25 pm

Very nice! Are you planing on using bulk fill or powerlets with this rifle? It looks like removing/replacing the end cap could be tricky... or am I missing something?

Toss

ETA · #11 Post by **ETA** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 8:38 pm

Thanks guys!!!

Webstien,
The heavier laminate stock improved the balance of the QB, less nose heavy. The more vertical thumb hole grip is a lot more comfortable to hold. Not quit mouse fart,

but a lot better than stock.

Lauchlin,
I got the stock from Richard Microfit Gunstocks in the US. They now do QB78 inletting on all their stocks. http://rifle-stocks.com/

killercrow wrote:thats very nice! one question though, are you gonna leave the forearm like that, or cut it to fit?

That is an excellent question killercrow. I spent a lot of time pondering that question. The stock came with a very elegant long forestock. I did not want to turn it into an ugly stubby stock. I did some photo editing to see how it looked shortened. Not good.

The stock QB have an unusually long barrel. The longer forestock make it look shorter and more proportional. So, I enlarge the inletting at the front for access to the cap. It is a bit fiddly. No pain no gain.

I might make a black 7/8"OD extension handle for the cap to fill up the void and shorten the shroud.
Down the road maybe a longer Cro-Moly tube body for a PCP conversion.

#12 Post by **sniper** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 8:40 pm

WOW ... there is not enough words to decribe it.
nice, beautiful, awesome, gorgeous ....... I want one ......

killercrow · #13 Post by **killercrow** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 8:41 pm

yeah man, an extension on the tube woul finish that up real nice. it just needs something there. i'm gonna be building a stock up pretty soon, thinkin about trying to make some laminate... how would one go about doing that?

ETA · #14 Post by **ETA** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 8:42 pm

TCooper wrote:Very nice! Are you planing on using bulk fill or powerlets with this rifle? It looks like removing/replacing the end cap could be tricky... or am I missing something?

Toss

Thanks Todd,
It is a bit tricky. A bit tight in the finger space. Once loosen, the cap goes down a bit and out through the channel.

ETA · #15 Post by **ETA** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 9:32 pm

Thanks Sniper!

Killercrow, you can get stocks without inletting from Richard Microfit and inlet it yourself for any action. I can imagine the vast amount of work that go into carving one of these stocks out of a block of wood instead of using a duplicator.

Here is a pic of the QB without the shroud, about 2.5" shorter. More balanced look.