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October 11th, 2017

The Transformer — Anschutz Stock Adapted for F-Open Rifle

Anschutz 1411 stock gunsmithing project wood work palma rifle f-class F-Open stocking

Here is an interesting project by one of our Forum members. Martin C. (aka “Killick”) modified an Anschutz 1411 Match 54 rimfire prone stock to become a comfortable, great-tracking F-Class Open Division Stock. No Killick didn’t sacrifice a perfectly good rimfire rifle for this project — he bought the Anschutz stock by itself on eBay, then transformed it…

Killick explains: “This project started about seven years ago. I bought the Anschutz prone stock on eBay and whittled it a bit into a Palma rifle with a Barnard action and block and a Doan Trevor cheek piece and scope rail. Then about two years ago I decided to re-task the stock/action assembly into an F-Open rig. With more whittling, gluing, sanding, body fillering, sanding, filling, sanding, more sanding…and sanding, forming, priming, sanding, painting, waiting, painting, painting…painting and before you know it, Bob’s your uncle.”

Here is the eBay-sourced Anschutz 1411 stock, with new high-gloss blue finish, as initially modified for use in Killick’s centerfire Palma rifle. Looks nice!

Anschutz 1411 stock gunsmithing project wood work palma rifle f-class F-Open stocking

Next step was the addition of a 3″-wide wood fore-end for F-Open duties with front rest:

Anschutz 1411 stock gunsmithing project wood work palma rifle f-class F-Open stocking

Anschutz 1411 stock gunsmithing project wood work palma rifle f-class F-Open stocking

Almost done here… just needs priming and final painting:

Anschutz 1411 stock gunsmithing project wood work palma rifle f-class F-Open stocking

Here is Killick’s completed F-Open rifle with its much-modified Anschutz stock now finished in fire-engine red lacquer. This image shows the detail of the grip and customized cheekpiece.

Anschutz 1411 stock gunsmithing project wood work palma rifle f-class F-Open stocking

To learn more, visit Killick’s Anschutz Stock F-Class Project Thread on our Shooters’ Forum.

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October 11th, 2017

Vortex Flip-Up Scope Caps with Dope Disk

Vortex Scope Cap Flip Flip-up cover Dope Disk Ballistics Card

We’ve used these Defender Flip Caps on varmint rifles and they work great — and having your ballistics dope inside the flip cap is brilliant. The E-10 eyepiece Flip Cap is “stretchable” to fit eyepieces with outer diameters of 40-46 mm (1.57-1.81″)*. The caps for the front objective come in a variety of sizes from 24mm to 56mm. The spring-loaded E10 eyepiece cap offers three stop positions: The first is the vertical position, which will put your optional dope disk “front and center” for easy viewing. The second position is 45° back from vertical and the third is at 90° from vertical, laying flat back.

Introduced last year, the Vortex Defender Flip Cap is already a “best seller” on Amazon.com. Most purchasers have been quite happy with this product, which have proven very durable. Here is a typical review: “I’ve used scope caps from different manufacturers but these are by far the best! The fact that they can be stretched to fit eyepieces of varying size puts them over the top. Besides the fact that they are indestructible.”

Vortex Scope Cap Flip Flip-up cover Dope Disk Ballistics Card

Make Your Own Custom Dope Disk
Vortex Dope Disks cost $9.99. These are truly “custom” — you enter your own ballistics data on the Vortex Website to create an insert that fits inside a Vortex E-10 eyepiece flip cap. Disks are made from a durable plastic, custom laser-engraved with user-specific ballistics data. Choose single-column, two-column, or reticle-style display (shown above), and select the font size (big fonts help older eyes). CLICK HERE for Dope Disk Data Entry Page.

This video explains how to create a Dope Disk:

*Note: The E-10 eyepiece cap sleeve may cover the in/out eyepiece focus adjustment on some scopes, so you should set that adjustment before installing the cap.

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