I needed a cheek riser solution for my dedicated night vision 22LR.
I had an offcut of round profile guttering lying around so I thought it worth a try to see if I could DIY a solution before going down the Kydex or other solution route.
I cut off a suitable length of the guttering and wearing gloves I used my hot air gun to warm up the plastic.
Once warm I got it into a narrow "U" shape and after a few reheats away from the stock I managed to form it to sit at a useful height.
Of note is that if you don't get it right first time you can try any number of times, always warming the piece up away from the stock.
The warmed plastic is held tight to the long sides of the stock with gloves hands such that it sets to the sticks profile.
I then drilled holes for a couple of cable ties in the formed plastic at the height of the top of the stock wood.
I used a couple of cable ties to secure it to the stock and with the rear one around the back of the sling fixing stud to prevent the riser wanting to slide forwards.
The form the plastic takes means that to a certain extent it sits at the height that has been set quite naturally.
However, adding the cable ties at the height of the top of the stock means this will stop the riser sinking down.
I had an offcut of round profile guttering lying around so I thought it worth a try to see if I could DIY a solution before going down the Kydex or other solution route.
I cut off a suitable length of the guttering and wearing gloves I used my hot air gun to warm up the plastic.
Once warm I got it into a narrow "U" shape and after a few reheats away from the stock I managed to form it to sit at a useful height.
Of note is that if you don't get it right first time you can try any number of times, always warming the piece up away from the stock.
The warmed plastic is held tight to the long sides of the stock with gloves hands such that it sets to the sticks profile.
I then drilled holes for a couple of cable ties in the formed plastic at the height of the top of the stock wood.
I used a couple of cable ties to secure it to the stock and with the rear one around the back of the sling fixing stud to prevent the riser wanting to slide forwards.
The form the plastic takes means that to a certain extent it sits at the height that has been set quite naturally.
However, adding the cable ties at the height of the top of the stock means this will stop the riser sinking down.
