Stock ideas

RED_beard92 · February 5, 2014, 09:16 PM

I’m thinking about doing a little upgrade on my hunting/survival gun. It is a modern firearm, a Baikal mp94 12ga over 30.06 to be exact. I like the idea of having some extra storage in the gun (doesn’t have to be a lot of storage). I heard of a couple of guys hollowing out the buttstock but I got a different idea. I love the old flintlocks and that brass door that they have on their stock. I don’t know if the door has a technical term or not, but the door is used to store patches, extra flint etc. I was wondering if there was a way to go about this. Or is it more of a pipe dream?

SIGSHR · February 6, 2014, 01:03 AM

A "patchbox" is the term I have always heard, on flintlocks they ranged from the elaborate brass ones seen on Pennsylvania and Kentucky rifles to a simple sliding wooden cover. Depending on your woodworking skills, installing one would require a bit of inletting.

Pahoo · February 6, 2014, 11:42 AM

I have seen this application and the one that comes to mind, is the Savage-24, survival. It has a trapdoor type construction, on the buttstock. Oh yes, then there are the SKS's that have a push button door, on the buttplate and stores a toolkit, in the buttstock. I know it can be done and in your service, a pretty good idea. ....

Funny you should mention patch boxes. I have an older Pennsylvania flintlock with a rather ornate patchbox, when I first got this M/L, I opened up the box and found the usual spares, wrapped in cloth and under that, in the stock, was and old compass. I thought that was pretty neat !! ...

Be Safe !!!

DaleA · February 6, 2014, 06:05 PM

Go for it.

One of the fiew times a Dremel tool might actually be the right tool for the job.

Didn't Army M16's have hollow butt stocks?

RED_beard92 · February 7, 2014, 05:52 PM

After finding out it is called a patch box i found some stuff on the internet that may help me a bit. The only concern that i have is that i fear the recoil may crack the stock if i hollow out TOO much, i shoot 180 grain 30.06 shells and high brass express 12 ga shells out of the guns 20in barrel. The LAST thing i want to do is destory the stock, if the stock gets damaged then im in a bad way cause its a break action.

February 5, 2014, 09:16 PM	#1
RED_beard92 Member Join Date: August 21, 2013 Location: The Appalachian Mountains Posts: 66	Stock ideas I’m thinking about doing a little upgrade on my hunting/survival gun. It is a modern firearm, a Baikal mp94 12ga over 30.06 to be exact. I like the idea of having some extra storage in the gun (doesn’t have to be a lot of storage). I heard of a couple of guys hollowing out the buttstock but I got a different idea. I love the old flintlocks and that brass door that they have on their stock. I don’t know if the door has a technical term or not, but the door is used to store patches, extra flint etc. I was wondering if there was a way to go about this. Or is it more of a pipe dream? __________________ Nothing Exceeds Like Excess

February 6, 2014, 11:42 AM	#3
Pahoo Senior Member Join Date: February 16, 2006 Location: IOWA Posts: 8,783	Why not ??? I have seen this application and the one that comes to mind, is the Savage-24, survival. It has a trapdoor type construction, on the buttstock. Oh yes, then there are the SKS's that have a push button door, on the buttplate and stores a toolkit, in the buttstock. I know it can be done and in your service, a pretty good idea. .... Funny you should mention patch boxes. I have an older Pennsylvania flintlock with a rather ornate patchbox, when I first got this M/L, I opened up the box and found the usual spares, wrapped in cloth and under that, in the stock, was and old compass. I thought that was pretty neat !! ... Be Safe !!! __________________ 'Fundamental truths' are easy to recognize because they are verified daily through simple observation and thus, require no testing.

February 7, 2014, 05:52 PM	#5
RED_beard92 Member Join Date: August 21, 2013 Location: The Appalachian Mountains Posts: 66	After finding out it is called a patch box i found some stuff on the internet that may help me a bit. The only concern that i have is that i fear the recoil may crack the stock if i hollow out TOO much, i shoot 180 grain 30.06 shells and high brass express 12 ga shells out of the guns 20in barrel. The LAST thing i want to do is destory the stock, if the stock gets damaged then im in a bad way cause its a break action. __________________ Nothing Exceeds Like Excess

February 6, 2014, 01:03 AM	#2
SIGSHR Senior Member Join Date: September 13, 2005 Posts: 4,700	A "patchbox" is the term I have always heard, on flintlocks they ranged from the elaborate brass ones seen on Pennsylvania and Kentucky rifles to a simple sliding wooden cover. Depending on your woodworking skills, installing one would require a bit of inletting.

February 6, 2014, 06:05 PM	#4
DaleA Senior Member Join Date: September 12, 2002 Location: Twin Cities, MN Posts: 5,313	Go for it. One of the fiew times a Dremel tool might actually be the right tool for the job. Didn't Army M16's have hollow butt stocks?