Where to get a custom picatinny rail made?

[Crosshair]

I have a Savage Mark II FV-SR 22 LR that I want to setup so that I can put my clip-on night vision in front of the scope for nighttime shooting. The problem is getting a picatinny rail long enough for both a scope and my NVD.

I could go the simple route and just get a 10"-12" cantilever rail and put it on top of the factory mount, but these all add a minimum of 1/2" of height. So the setup starts to get a bit ridiculously tall. All I need is a ~12" length of rail that is profiled on the bottom to fit the Savage receiver and have the 4 mounting holes drilled in the right spots.

What are some places to contact to have this done. I look online and what I find are places that have made custom mounts for various guns, but don't actually take custom work like what I am trying to do. I can find places that will sell the rail materiel, but I can't find someone who will turn that rail blank into something that will fit my Savage.

Thank you for any recommendations that you can give.

 

[troy fairweather]

Can't you just use a scope riser like used on ar-15s

 

[Crosshair]

Can't you just use a scope riser like used on ar-15s

CAN I? Yes. Do I WANT a scope that is 3" above the bore? Not particularly.

To line up with the NVD, the scope already needs to be mounted on the high side. The extra .5" of height, on top of the stock scope rail height, is simply asking too much.

 

[rabid wombat]

@Crosshair try https://www.egwguns.com/

No promises, but they are good!

 

[12Bravo20]

A picatinny rail long enough to hold both a scope and NVD will be very long. And with the Savage MkII at least half if not more of the length of the rail will not be supported at all. And if the rail is not made thick enough to handle the weight, it will flex on you. And a thicker rail will put the optics centerline that much higher over the bore.

 

[Varminterror]

You’ll need a bridge which integrates into the stock as well as mounts to the receiver. Personally, I’d rather have a 2 piece set up, so there’s no additional leverage applied to the receiver.

 

[Varminterror]

Drop this into your forend. Problem solved.

 

[rabid wombat]

Another thought…. https://www.larue.com/products/s-t-o-m-p-sniper-total-optical-mounting-package-lt-stomp/

Expensive, but Larue…it works

 

[12Bravo20]

Another thought…. https://www.larue.com/products/s-t-o-m-p-sniper-total-optical-mounting-package-lt-stomp/

Expensive, but Larue…it works

That would work with a 1 piece Savage MkII mount. The downside is that it would put the scope centerline pretty high over the bore.

I have the DIP Products 25MOA rail and it is twice as thick as the OEM 2 piece mounts. Here is a photo of the SIP 25 MOA rail

 

[Varminterror]

Another downside of the Larue STOMP is that it puts a lot of leverage against the receiver and rail mount screws - not exactly what I would want working, physically, against my tiny Savage Mark II receivers.

 

[12Bravo20]

Another downside of the Larue STOMP is that it puts a lot of leverage against the receiver and rail mount screws - not exactly what I would want working, physically, against my tiny Savage Mark II receivers.

I agree that is a lot of extra weight. I would not trust four #6-48 screws to hold up to that.

 

[jmorris]

I agree that is a lot of extra weight. I would not trust four #6-48 screws to hold up to that.

Yeah, I probably wouldn’t either if I had to stand under something held only by that but I do remember a Chevy caprice picked up by a gas tank strap (one 3/8” bolt) and it supported the entire car until the crane operator bounced it.

Don’t have the information handy for a 6-48 but they are probably a lot stronger than people give them credit for.

 

[12Bravo20]

Yeah, I probably wouldn’t either if I had to stand under something held only by that but I do remember a Chevy caprice picked up by a gas tank strap (one 3/8” bolt) and it supported the entire car until the crane operator bounced it.

Don’t have the information handy for a 6-48 but they are probably a lot stronger than people give them credit for.

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One thing that you have to remember about torque specs is that they are set for assembling steal to steal. The torque settings can and will change when you are assembling steal to aluminum or other softer materials.

I have gotten into quite a few arguments on Rimfire Central over this when it comes to the #12 -32 action screws for the Savage MkII. Everyone wants to quote industry torque specs for assembling steal to steal which is around 62 inch pounds. Savage specs call for 15 inch pounds. You will crush any solid wood, laminate, or synthetic stock if torquing the action screws to the industry standard.

Even though I am now running an aluminum chassis on my Savage MkII, there is no way I would torque the action screws to 62 inch pounds. In fact I am still torquing them to 16 inch pounds and the screws are holding just fine.

 

[JTrucker]

One thing that you have to remember about torque specs is that they are set for assembling steal to steal. The torque settings can and will change when you are assembling steal to aluminum or other softer materials.



I have gotten into quite a few arguments on Rimfire Central over this when it comes to the #12 -32 action screws for the Savage MkII. Everyone wants to quote industry torque specs for assembling steal to steal which is around 62 inch pounds. Savage specs call for 15 inch pounds. You will crush any solid wood, laminate, or synthetic stock if torquing the action screws to the industry standard.



Even though I am now running an aluminum rifle chassis on my Savage MkII, there is no way I would torque the action screws to 62 inch pounds. In fact I am still torquing them to 16 inch pounds and the screws are holding just fine.


I have a Savage Mark II FV-SR 22 LR that I want to setup so that I can put my clip-on night vision in front of the scope for nighttime shooting. The problem is getting a picatinny rail long enough for both a scope and my NVD.

I could go the simple route and just get a 10"-12" cantilever rail and put it on top of the factory mount, but these all add a minimum of 1/2" of height. So the setup starts to get a bit ridiculously tall. All I need is a ~12" length of rail that is profiled on the bottom to fit the Savage receiver and have the 4 mounting holes drilled in the right spots.

What are some places to contact to have this done. I look online and what I find are places that have made custom mounts for various guns, but don't actually take custom work like what I am trying to do. I can find places that will sell the rail materiel, but I can't find someone who will turn that rail blank into something that will fit my Savage.

Thank you for any recommendations that you can give.

Yeah, my friend had it happen. He went with 62 inch pounds and wood got crushed.
Hm, only 16 for aluminum? Sound a bit low, but if it holds - then it's fine I guess.

Regarding OP question: I'm not sure, but maybe you can ask if Talley makes custom ones? Gonna be one hella long rail to fit all you want.

 

[12Bravo20]

Hm, only 16 for aluminum? Sound a bit low, but if it holds - then it's fine I guess.

I started at 16 inch pounds as a base line since that is what I used with the Rhineland Leopard stock with pillars and the factory laminate stock. I may or may not try going up a little on th action screw torque. Everything is holding fine and the rifle shoots well as it is. The factory torque specs for the MkII and 93 are 15 inch pounds with all factory stocks.

 

[JGrelle]

I would highly recommend Murphy Precision, he can most likely make a custom rail for your application.
https://www.murphyprecision.com/