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Ruger 10/22 With Tapco T6

Started by bwollard, March 30, 2009, 09:13:32 PM

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bwollard

March 30, 2009, 09:13:32 PM
I and putting together my rifle (Ruger 10/22 with Tapco T6) for the upcoming Appleseed in April. I am not sure how to install sling swivels on the Tapco T6 stock. The stock came with a rear sling swivel but it is just under 1.25 inches. This seems too narrow to me.

What do I do about the front?

CaptG

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March 30, 2009, 09:25:50 PM
Uncle Mike's makes sling studs with a nut for the inside and others that are made to screw into wood. Midway has them. You can drill the fore end and install the ones with the nut. On my SKS with Tapco, I drilled and threaded a stud I already had for a wood stock and then stuck a ball of  paste type epoxy on the inside of the stock to help strengthen it. So far it's held up.
G
"If you will not fight for the right when you can easily win without bloodshed; if you will not fight when your victory will be sure and not too costly; you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a small chance of survival. There may even be a worse case: you may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves."
Winston Churchill

Longshot

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March 30, 2009, 09:38:39 PM
BV,

I used M-14 swivels from Numrich Gun Parts on mine. The Tapco rear swivel is plastic, and thicker than steel ones, which makes standard sling clips hard to use. I left the forward lower rail cover in place, and thru-drilled twice, then machine-screwed the front swivel in place. The rear M-14 swivel mounting portion is a little thicker than Tapco's, so you have to file out the slot in the stock, or grind down the swivel mount a bit. Sounds like a lot of work, but it's not, and you get a very strong, working copy of the real military setup.

PM me if you want the part numbers.

Longshot
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bwollard

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March 30, 2009, 10:22:59 PM Last Edit: March 30, 2009, 10:32:42 PM by bwollard
Quote from: Longshot on March 30, 2009, 09:38:39 PM
BV,

I used M-14 swivels from Numrich Gun Parts on mine. The Tapco rear swivel is plastic, and thicker than steel ones, which makes standard sling clips hard to use. I left the forward lower rail cover in place, and thru-drilled twice, then machine-screwed the front swivel in place. The rear M-14 swivel mounting portion is a little thicker than Tapco's, so you have to file out the slot in the stock, or grind down the swivel mount a bit. Sounds like a lot of work, but it's not, and you get a very strong, working copy of the real military setup.

PM me if you want the part numbers.

Longshot

Thanks ... PM inbound


Also, What sling do I need to purchase?

Longshot

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March 30, 2009, 10:52:14 PM
Sorry,

Here's the part number for the slings from Numrich.

#984970


LS
" In the beginning of a change, the Patriot is a scarce man; brave, hated, and scorned. When his cause succeeds, however, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a Patriot." Mark Twain..?

"An unarmed man can only flee from evil, and evil is not overcome by fleeing from it."  Jeff Co
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