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[Exo]

I had this project kicking around in my pile for several months, I wanted to make a permanently-attached stock made out of wood. I got tired of waiting around to get my willpower up to go play with my wood, so I came up with this: Why not put a tacticool stock mount on there? I had a spare one from a Spectre, and the colors matched fairly well.

So, here's what you'll need:
Hotglue or other form of glue, preferably 2 part epoxy.
Hacksaw
File

E-tape
Spare tacticool stock mount, mine's from a Spectre
1" PVC, 3/4" PVC, 1/2" CPVC
1 BBURB

I think that should be everything you'll need.

During this write-up, I will not be noting where I think you should put glue, that is up to the user. This WILL require some gluing in order for everything to stay together permanently.

So, take your Tacticool Mount Part (from here-on: TMP), and put a ring of 1" PVC into it, make sure that the ring is flush with the edge or lower than the edge of the TMP. Place a ring of 3/4" of equal size into the 1" ring, and wrap 1 layer of e-tape around the combined rings. It should slide snugly into the TMP.



Now, take your BBURB, open it up, and remove the green cup from the top of the blaster, right above the grip. Cut a length of CPVC about 1.5" long, and insert the CPVC into the cup. This is a tight fit, and you will see some stress marks appear in the plastic. If you wish to avoid that, just file down the CPVC a little at the end, so that it is thinner. Wrap several layers around the exposed CPVC, enough for a snug slide fit into the first ring we created. You will need to trim the CPVC length so that you have something that looks like the second picture.



You will need to cut the shell slightly for the stocks to attach. Once your glue is dry, insert the cup with the attached TMP back into its original position. And everything is done!



That is all. The intelligent ones among you will have noticed by now that your stocks will be angled up slightly once attached. I have found that that is not a comfort issue for me, if you were to hold the blaster so that the stock was at a normal angle, then your shots will be angled. If you hold the blaster so that the blaster is level with the ground, then the stock will be angled and the blaster will be low in your field of veiw. But, if you put a BBUSB in the integration slot, then the top of the BBUSB should be right at eye-level, perfect for pseudo-iron sights.

Edited by Exo, 11 February 2013 - 12:38 PM.