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Lay out your rifle profile on the 2-inch by 4-inch by 3-feet stock pine, excluding the barrel. Cut a 3/4-inch wide by 6-inch long by 4-inch deep mortise through the gun stock from the top of the 2-inch side to the bottom, all the way through the wood. Square all the corners of the mortise. - 2). Drill a 2-inch deep, 1/4-inch diameter hole in the exact center of the barrel end of the gun stock. Apply 5-minute epoxy to one end of the allthread and insert into the hole. Drill a matching 2-inch deep, 1/4-inch diameter hole in the exact center of one end of the gun barrel. Apply 5-minute epoxy to that end of the barrel, around the allthread. Screw the allthread into place.
- 3). Use the coarse sanding belt to rough grind the stock into shape. The butt of the gun should be slightly fan shaped, and all edges should be smoothed from the sharp angles of the 2-inch by 4-inch by 3-feet wood to rounded contours.
- 4). Cut a 5-inch diameter circle of 1/2-inch thick oak. Drill a 1/4-inch hole through the center. Sand the wood circle smooth and paint it silver. Allow the paint to dry.
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Drill two 1/8-inch diameter, 1/2-inch long pilot holes in the positions indicated in the diagram that accompanies this step. Countersink the holes. Drill matching holes in one end of the piece of 1/2-inch by 1/16-inch by 2-inch piece of spring steel. Attach the spring steel to the gun stock using 3/4-inch long brass wood screws. - 6). Sand the gun smooth all over using medium, fine and extra fine sanding belts in that order. Paint the entire gun fluorescent orange, yellow or green. This is to avoid the potential tragedy of having your gun mistaken for the real thing.
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Drill a 1/4-inch diameter hole through the 4-inch side of the gun stock in the position indicated on the diagram that accompanies this step. Slide the 1/4-inch diameter dowel partway through the hole. Position the silver-painted oak circle so that the dowel will go through it. Coat one end of the dowel with 5-minute epoxy. Push dowel through the hole until about 1/2--inch sticks out the other side. Coat that end with epoxy as well.
Push the dowel flush with both sides of the gun stock and allow the epoxy to dry. Make sure that the silver-painted trigger mechanism is still able to move freely. Pull the trigger several times to test the sound. The trigger mechanism should snap against the spring steel, making a loud crack. If the trigger does not snap against the steel, remove the screws and reposition the steel until the noise is loud enough and the trigger pulls with just a slight effort.
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