R3M stock
I’ve noticed in recent newer stocks, there’s a round metal hole near the end of the stock that goes on both sides of the gun. Anyone know what that is for?
Unboxing video from a different owner than the above: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-ReYgJ4SKk#t=0
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Looks like a pretty innovative fix as to not requiring a major redesign and particularly not creating another point for stock compression.
Better than another screw in back pulling straight down.
It would be easy to impart stress tightening front and back and depressions in the wood but with this the rear position is fixed in place and stock compression won’t be a issue.
Kudos to Ed.
So now you have 2 ugly points of anchor on the sides of a nice wood stock…rather than hide the anchor point on the bottom….hey I guess ….as for me I don’t like anything on the side of my rifle taking away from its beauty….even those people who put swivel studs on the side….but whatever floats your boat.
I’m not getting the “two” anchor points on the side.
One on the side in the rear and in the front through the bottom/trigger guard.
I guess you could count the one attachment point in the rear being seen from either side as two?
Aesthetics are subjective and your dislike for the look I’ll not argue.
I’ll put precedent on a good foundation as to action/stock fitment and see the new rear attachment point as a very positive move, addressing issues that a through the bottom screw pulling the action down into the stock would create.
To not have stock depression it takes wide smooth surface area whether flat or round at the contact surfaces.
Something that would require quite a different action foot print you might as well call redesign.
That would really put a crimp in multi shot kits becoming available. 😛
As to,”we found a Eddie fan!” regardless were I am if you were to scale my ‘fanness” I still access things and move to being more so,neutral, or less so.
Indeed seeing Ed address this concern brought up, considered the issues such a fix entails, and then implement a fix in new guns makes me “more so”.
YMMV
I actually like the look of the new screw added. Gives the gun a touch of character. I am actually thinking of bedazzling it too. Don’t hate!
Looks like a pretty innovative fix as to not requiring a major redesign and particularly not creating another point for stock compression.
Better than another screw in back pulling straight down.
It would be easy to impart stress tightening front and back and depressions in the wood but with this the rear position is fixed in place and stock compression won’t be a issue.
Kudos to Ed.
So now you have 2 ugly points of anchor on the sides of a nice wood stock…rather than hide the anchor point on the bottom….hey I guess we found a Eddie fan!….as for me I don’t like anything on the side of my rifle taking away from its beauty….even those people who put swivel studs on the side….but whatever floats your boat.
Is there a necessary modification/kit to obtain this “rocking” feature? Any idea of cost/availability?
Is there a “kit” available to fix the “rocking” mod, without buying a whole new gun???
Kindest regards,
Uncle H 😯 😯 t
Nor in my .22 standard.
To get it you must over tighten that single screw a couple times and the narrow rectangular front of the action will compress in the wood stock.
In defense of those who have done this it is not hard to do.
Usually this will result in the air tube being bottomed out in the stock and causing an uneven gap between the barrel shroud and air tube as the front of the action tilts forward and not rocking.
But if you then don’t tighten so much to keep an even gap you get the rocking.
The ultimate fix is a pillar in the stock for the front screw coupled with this new back fastener feature.
If Ed did that as well I’ll chit my pants.
But as the back of the action is hardest to address I’ll take it and perhaps give a good titghening to the front screw and then bring the resulting depression back with Steel bed.
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Looks like a pretty innovative fix as to not requiring a major redesign and particularly not creating another point for stock compression.
Better than another screw in back pulling straight down.
It would be easy to impart stress tightening front and back and depressions in the wood but with this the rear position is fixed in place and stock compression won’t be a issue.
Kudos to Ed.
I feel hurt oldgoat that you would hate to agree with me 😥
I really hate to admit it but: I have to agree with Jetta on this one. 😯
I’m not liking the looks of the screw in the back of the stock.
Maybe my 30 cal R3 won’t have it. If it does: I don’t think that I will send it back to Tony! 😆
If it does have the rear screw, I can always fill the 2 holes with Plastic Wood and paint the stock with black bed liner. I still think that Edguns look better in black.
I pillar mounted my 25 cal R2.5 action; I used a screw that went up thru the butt and screwed into a threaded block of aluminum that I had bolted to the rear of the hammer assembly housing. The aluminum block bolted on in the same area that the new rear screw is located.
I added an aluminum block under the trigger housing also. The pillar mounts allowed me to raise the whole action out of the stock. I was wondering if the declining air tube pressure and any slight change in the air tube’s OD would cause a POI shift if the air tube was touching the stock.
The gun did shoot better but; I also added a BSA barrel at the same time.
I have my 25 cal R3 set up for the pillar mounts; I just haven’t used them yet. The worst thing about the pillar mounts is; being very sure that you have everything measured correctly before you drill the hole in the butt of the stock! It has to be right on the first try.
The Russians have been doing this mod for a while with an extra screw through the butt plate..
I like the new oscillating cam design of this new one as it will have plenty of adjustment to pull down tight on any stock. I think there is a lot of variation in the stocks tolerances but you get that with timber…it is an organic material the never stops moving.
The external cosmetics however resemble the stock screw on a WW2 Russian Mosin Nagant: 😯
This is the Russian weapon makers spirit coming through for sure..
My stock definitely “ROCKS” :7: :8: but there is zero movement in it with only the trigger guard screw. 😆
Is there a necessary modification/kit to obtain this “rocking” feature? Any idea of cost/availability?
Is there a “kit” available to fix the “rocking” mod, without buying a whole new gun???
Kindest regards,
Uncle H 😯 😯 t
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You may be able to fix that easily. Some guns just have to find the right mood. Many of them like some background music- often Russian music played by the Red Army Orchestra. I’m sure yours prefer Barry White though. Light up some candles and talk to it softly before attempting those weird things you usually do with it and the rocking will start when the mood is right. You may have to practice a bit before it works but fear not- all these guns have it hidden somewhere deep inside. The keywords are “getting in that mood”. Don’t forget the lotion/ gun grease!
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Attention: My Edgun R3 .25 Long does not “rock” in the stock. My barrel/breech are rock solid in the stock, with one bolt holding it in place.
Is there a necessary modification/kit to obtain this “rocking” feature? Any idea of cost/availability?
Is there a “kit” available to fix the “rocking” mod, without buying a whole new gun???
Kindest regards,
Uncle H 😯 😯 t
I JUST SAW IT !!!!
That resembles the Bobcat/Beluga stock now. With closer look it looks a bit like the ugly magazine-hole on the Beluga buttstock. Ed,Ed,Ed – you promised never to copy, just lead. What do i win ?? 😎
Preferably I rather have like to see an anchor bold at the bottom of the butt stock instead of both sides of the stock….it would have looked cleaner.
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Beluga esque … 😯 Good it got fixed though.