Got the idea to Gucci up my SOCOM. Mostly I wanted a bipod for prone shooting since this is the majority way I shoot all long guns. I was looking at the Sadlak but this HB2R was only $6 and Harris web site said it was made for M14s both wood and plastic so I dropped the coin.
I also wanted a hand hold that keeps my fingers away from the rather quick moving op rod that yes, stupid me has that T-shirt. I was going with a simple vertical stick but we all know that is not exactly how you hold a stick and I got my eyes on the AFGs, felt it on an M4 and said yep, that is what I want. To mount it, I looked around and saw the Magpul rail, got the longest I could find at 9 slots and it fit perfect with the AFG2.
The Gucci parts list.
Harris HB2R bipod stud, Magpul 5L pic rail and Magpul AFG2. Not much to many m14 Gucciers but it is a start for me.
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The tool used. I found the front area was very difficult to get the Dremel down in the stock to grind out the plastic. I ran the router bit long in the chuck. But this little router bit worked very well at chewing up the soft plastic.
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Harris stud. I used the existing hole in my SOCOM stock for the stud, router the plastic down enough that it sat below the existing stock. Used the sandpaper wheel to smooth of the plastic fingers and then a sandblock to smooth it all out. I degreased the stud and applied a good amount of blue LockTite on the stud. Of course the thread pitch did not allow the stud hole to be perpendicular to the stock so I placed a washer first to get the threads to align perpendicular. Plus, I was doing this anyway for extra load distribution along the stock. Once on the stock. I used the course sandpaper wheel to grind down the bolt and nut plate for clearance.
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HB2R Installed.
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Magpul 5L pic rail. I was not sure exactly where to place the rail but since there was already a divot in the SAI plastic stock, why not. Plus, I wanted enough room between the mag well and the rail/AFG for my hand to carry my SOCOM this way so, this seemed logic place for the rail. In the center of the divot was a circle in the plastic stock, so I tapped a pilot, drilled a tiny pilot hole and then used a drill bit just big enough that I had to force the bolt through the hole. Snugged up the nut plate in place and then for the other hole, I tapped a pilot hole just proud long for some tension. With the rail temp installed, I outlined the both ends with a Sharpie on the outside of the stock where the rail goes, removed the rail and then used the Dremel sandpaper wheel to make the area between the the marks flat. This gave some surface area contact for a flat base of the Magpul rail on a round stock. Router this area was much easier than the front area. I outlined the nut plate with a Sharpie, routered away along the lines until deep enough for clearance, again used the sandpaper wheel on the the fingers hanging and block sanded to smooth it all out. The course wheel to grind it all down smooth and for clearance.
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Once it looks like I had enough clearance, I would slide the barre/action into the stock and work the action very slowly feeling for anything, then pulled it out and looked for any marks showing rub spots. A trick to do is, place lipstick where you think you might have a high area, place the barrel/action into the stock, work the action, pull the top half back out and look for lipstick rub spots on the op rod, spring, etc.
Installed
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Finished (for this project only) SOCOM at the range yesterday.
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I hope this helps somebody, if not then good too but if was a fun project. Something to know though, the way the stock is made, the closer to the mag well you get, the stock gets thicker, the AFG had to be pulled apart to get it on the rail, there is not enough clearance with the stock thickness near the mag well to slide it on and of course it will not go on from the front, this was another reason I placed the rail where I did.
Lastly, the sling loops may hit the bipod support with spring. A quick Dremel on the loops will give room for the sling loops with bipod installed.
Thanks for looking, I will do a range report too as I found out some interesting things, good and bad.
I also wanted a hand hold that keeps my fingers away from the rather quick moving op rod that yes, stupid me has that T-shirt. I was going with a simple vertical stick but we all know that is not exactly how you hold a stick and I got my eyes on the AFGs, felt it on an M4 and said yep, that is what I want. To mount it, I looked around and saw the Magpul rail, got the longest I could find at 9 slots and it fit perfect with the AFG2.
The Gucci parts list.
Harris HB2R bipod stud, Magpul 5L pic rail and Magpul AFG2. Not much to many m14 Gucciers but it is a start for me.
The tool used. I found the front area was very difficult to get the Dremel down in the stock to grind out the plastic. I ran the router bit long in the chuck. But this little router bit worked very well at chewing up the soft plastic.
Harris stud. I used the existing hole in my SOCOM stock for the stud, router the plastic down enough that it sat below the existing stock. Used the sandpaper wheel to smooth of the plastic fingers and then a sandblock to smooth it all out. I degreased the stud and applied a good amount of blue LockTite on the stud. Of course the thread pitch did not allow the stud hole to be perpendicular to the stock so I placed a washer first to get the threads to align perpendicular. Plus, I was doing this anyway for extra load distribution along the stock. Once on the stock. I used the course sandpaper wheel to grind down the bolt and nut plate for clearance.
HB2R Installed.
Magpul 5L pic rail. I was not sure exactly where to place the rail but since there was already a divot in the SAI plastic stock, why not. Plus, I wanted enough room between the mag well and the rail/AFG for my hand to carry my SOCOM this way so, this seemed logic place for the rail. In the center of the divot was a circle in the plastic stock, so I tapped a pilot, drilled a tiny pilot hole and then used a drill bit just big enough that I had to force the bolt through the hole. Snugged up the nut plate in place and then for the other hole, I tapped a pilot hole just proud long for some tension. With the rail temp installed, I outlined the both ends with a Sharpie on the outside of the stock where the rail goes, removed the rail and then used the Dremel sandpaper wheel to make the area between the the marks flat. This gave some surface area contact for a flat base of the Magpul rail on a round stock. Router this area was much easier than the front area. I outlined the nut plate with a Sharpie, routered away along the lines until deep enough for clearance, again used the sandpaper wheel on the the fingers hanging and block sanded to smooth it all out. The course wheel to grind it all down smooth and for clearance.
Once it looks like I had enough clearance, I would slide the barre/action into the stock and work the action very slowly feeling for anything, then pulled it out and looked for any marks showing rub spots. A trick to do is, place lipstick where you think you might have a high area, place the barrel/action into the stock, work the action, pull the top half back out and look for lipstick rub spots on the op rod, spring, etc.
Installed
Finished (for this project only) SOCOM at the range yesterday.
I hope this helps somebody, if not then good too but if was a fun project. Something to know though, the way the stock is made, the closer to the mag well you get, the stock gets thicker, the AFG had to be pulled apart to get it on the rail, there is not enough clearance with the stock thickness near the mag well to slide it on and of course it will not go on from the front, this was another reason I placed the rail where I did.
Lastly, the sling loops may hit the bipod support with spring. A quick Dremel on the loops will give room for the sling loops with bipod installed.
Thanks for looking, I will do a range report too as I found out some interesting things, good and bad.
