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[apocalypticamerica]

Honestly, I always liked the Recon stock. But as we all know, one of it's big downfalls is how flimsy it feels. I guess I shouldn't have been surprised when I went to search for reinforcement write ups- most people just don't like it enough to spend the time! Well, I set out to reinforce mine, and while I didn't feel the need to write it up in great detail, I thought it might be nice to at least document the way I did it. This skips some basic steps but this is a pretty easy project.

Materials:
-phillips head screwdriver
-awl
-hammer (not required, but will make it a little easier)
-epoxy putty
-1/2" brass tubing, about 1 1/2' of length
-file/sandpaper

I already had everything except the brass, so total cost to me was about $4.00

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Firstly, take out all the screws to open 'er up. Then you're going to have to punch out the two pins on the connecting part of the stock. This is where you need the awl.


Instead of replacing the supports with the brass, I measured all the points and cut it to fit over the existing supports. So this nub needs to be sanded so our brass can slide over. Just a little bit.


Once you've measured and cut your brass, mix your epoxy putty, and use just enough to coat the plastic supports so that the brass slides over snugly. But excess can obviously just be wiped off. Unfortunately, I was by myself here and didn't take pictures because I was wearing gloves to work with the epoxy. But the other important step here was to pack the joints with the putty, so that there's no flex where the brass meets plastic in the middle and at both ends.

So here it is sanded and ready for paint


And... with the first coat of paint.


Total time (not including time for epoxy to cure 24 hrs) this only took me about 2 hrs. I wasn't super picky about sanding at the end before painting, so it's not super clean, but if you wanted to, it wouldn't take much longer. The stock has a much nicer weight though, and no flex whatsoever.

[Condorboy]

Very nice. First time I have seen this so I will have to try it!

[Brimstone Omega]

Nice work! I've put plates of poly–carb on those in the past to toughen then up, but it changes the whole feel and look of the stock. I like how your mod keeps the overall fell of the piece and retains the original profile. Brass does seam an expensive alternative, but if you have scraps that aren't going to be put to good use, this is an excellent use of those.

I'm assuming that the mag holder is not impeded by the added thickness of the brass, true? It really doesn't look as though it would from the pictures, just wondering.

Edited by Brimstone Omega, 28 October 2015 - 01:27 AM.

[apocalypticamerica]

'Brimstone Omega', on 28 Oct 2015 - 06:25 AM, said:

I'm assuming that the mag holder is not impeded by the added thickness of the brass, true? It really doesn't look as though it would from the pictures, just wondering.

Nope. Mag holder still works fine. Actually, a little better since it's overall a little bit more stable.

[CelloGuy]

Woah, thats what I am doing with conduit pipe, just if you were wondering, it works the same but it was cheeper for me to buy conduit. Good job!