I don't know if its my stature, neck length or what but on my Savage Mark II FV I just couldn't get a good cheek weld and it would make shooting off a rest difficult. If you notice in the attached pictures, the stock seems to have a very hard dip to it. I got to looking around online and saw Kydex cheek rests and thought I could make one of those. I found a template online, purchased a sheet of kydex (needed it anyways) and got to work.
I started with a 12x12 sheet of .93 Kydex that can be purchased from Tandy Leather or Amazon, heat gun, toaster oven, Mechanix wear gloves, tin snips, speed square, belt sander and marker. I first drew my template onto a piece of computer paper and fitted it to the rifle to see how it looked. I then transferred it to the shiny/back side of the Kydex and traced it with a silver sharpie. I cut it out with tin snips, sanded the rough edges a bit, turned my toaster oven to 250 degrees and placed the cut Kydex in the oven for about 3-4minutes. Don't go any longer or hotter or you will melt it.
Put on your thick gloves and remove the tray from the oven and carefully center the Kydex over the rear of the buttstock and hold it in place until it cools/hardens. I had a couple spots that were warped, but the heat gun on them for a few seconds and they flatten right out.
I finished off rounding the edges with the belt sander and smoothing some stuff out. Once completed I cut small pieced of duct tape to check my fit and it fits perfect. Now, my girlfriend loves shooting this rifle at the range so instead of using rivets, or drilling into my stock I purchased several strips of extreme Velcro to make the riser adjustable. If anyone has fit issues with a rifle I highly recommend doing this modification. Also, if anyone would like one of these for a savage Axis or Mark II PM me and I will see what I can do with a PIF of one of these. I am playing with the idea of making it rounded outwards instead of inwards and maybe flattening the corners so they don't grab. I know its not pretty bit it works great. Its very solid and doesn't budge.
After some thought and looking at this riser I made I think I will be cutting and sanding the backside flush instead of that goofy curve. I think it would look much better. I will repost pics when its complete.
I started with a 12x12 sheet of .93 Kydex that can be purchased from Tandy Leather or Amazon, heat gun, toaster oven, Mechanix wear gloves, tin snips, speed square, belt sander and marker. I first drew my template onto a piece of computer paper and fitted it to the rifle to see how it looked. I then transferred it to the shiny/back side of the Kydex and traced it with a silver sharpie. I cut it out with tin snips, sanded the rough edges a bit, turned my toaster oven to 250 degrees and placed the cut Kydex in the oven for about 3-4minutes. Don't go any longer or hotter or you will melt it.
Put on your thick gloves and remove the tray from the oven and carefully center the Kydex over the rear of the buttstock and hold it in place until it cools/hardens. I had a couple spots that were warped, but the heat gun on them for a few seconds and they flatten right out.
I finished off rounding the edges with the belt sander and smoothing some stuff out. Once completed I cut small pieced of duct tape to check my fit and it fits perfect. Now, my girlfriend loves shooting this rifle at the range so instead of using rivets, or drilling into my stock I purchased several strips of extreme Velcro to make the riser adjustable. If anyone has fit issues with a rifle I highly recommend doing this modification. Also, if anyone would like one of these for a savage Axis or Mark II PM me and I will see what I can do with a PIF of one of these. I am playing with the idea of making it rounded outwards instead of inwards and maybe flattening the corners so they don't grab. I know its not pretty bit it works great. Its very solid and doesn't budge.
After some thought and looking at this riser I made I think I will be cutting and sanding the backside flush instead of that goofy curve. I think it would look much better. I will repost pics when its complete.
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