mcr-85
WKR
I posted this on a thread in the youth forum but figured I could post it here as well.
I just chopped down a Remington 700 in .223 for my boy recently. I had a gunsmith cut the barrel to 18" and re-crown it. Then I cut around 3" off the stock. I cut part of the cheek rest off so I got the dremel out and reshaped that and hand sanded it smooth. I built a recoil pad with a 1/4" sheet of plastic and a flip flop. It doesn't look amazing but it will look a little better after some paint.
The gun fits him great right now, maybe a touch long still and his little brother will get it when he gets a little bigger. It will be easy to find another stock for when they grow out of it.
He did a little shooting on Sunday and did good with it. My goal is calling coyotes and to have him shoot a coyote this fall.
I just chopped down a Remington 700 in .223 for my boy recently. I had a gunsmith cut the barrel to 18" and re-crown it. Then I cut around 3" off the stock. I cut part of the cheek rest off so I got the dremel out and reshaped that and hand sanded it smooth. I built a recoil pad with a 1/4" sheet of plastic and a flip flop. It doesn't look amazing but it will look a little better after some paint.
The gun fits him great right now, maybe a touch long still and his little brother will get it when he gets a little bigger. It will be easy to find another stock for when they grow out of it.
He did a little shooting on Sunday and did good with it. My goal is calling coyotes and to have him shoot a coyote this fall.