Hand stops

[wonderwolf]

I shoot my match rifles a lot and I also loan some of mine out to friends who do not have their own equipment. Some of the matches I see as just equipment races anyways. I have a M12 that I had a tiny European rail hand stop for. Made out of aluminum and was very hard to tighten and get loose and move if needed. One of my friends is a very strong fellow and tightened the stop down so hard when he used the gun that I had to get a large pair of channel locks to get it loose again. So I made some larger thicker steel hand stops for my rifle and I think I'll make about 6 more for the junior small bore club that I help coach as those little buggers slip every day of the week and are hard to move once tightend down. I knurled one and left the other smooth. just to see how it works. I gotta say I'm very happy. And I'm gonna make a large 5 pound weight as well to put on my gun for offhand shooting (this will bring the gun up to 20 pounds and makes for great muscle training offhand which I shoot a ton of).

I had to use a 9/16-18 tap and a 33/64 drill but I hogged it out using a 1/2" cause it took me forever to find a 33/64 drill in the shop and for some reason it was ground down to almost a flat and needed to be hogged out first. These were really simple to do but took some tunning to get just right cause the sling swivel is curved.


The one on the left is factory....the 2 on the right are the new MAN HAND STOPS

[turbothis]

i am tottally lost on what those do. they go on the pistol grip???????

[Geilt]

i am tottally lost on what those do. they go on the pistol grip???????

They are attached to a slot or channel style rail on the underside of the handguard. Normally used for shooting off-hand on match rifles. Essentially they lock in and act as a 'stop' or reference point to ensure you have the same grip on the stock each and every time. You would want to remove it if you're shooting from a rest as they would interfere with the smooth ride on the bag.

[nalioth]

:ttiwwop:

Show us these MAN HAND STOPs in action, please :)

[wonderwolf]

These particular ones are built for prone shooting...when you get in your sling you hand slips forward and stops on the.....hand stop...They make hand stops/rests for offhand shooting as well. I'll try and get some pics of them on my rifle today....I just got done sandblasting some other projects and I dont have a hood or a box to do it in so I feel like I was on the beach in a tornado lol....

[wonderwolf]

Got my dad to take some pics...there was no way I was gonna get in my jacket just for a picture but I wore my glove. The gun is a hefty 14 pounds without sights...a scope adds about 2ish with the cover my "sniper shades"/ sun shades (our silhouette matches are shot in the PM facing west...so I made up a light reducer with black tape and it keeps the scope very clear...a decisive advantage in the match). Iron sights weight about 1.5 pounds...I loaned the rifle out to a guy who has never shot anything heavier than 8 pounds before. After 10 shots he said he couldn't keep it up anymore. The rifle itself bucks the wind very well. I've tried "sporter" rifles during matches and its hard to keep the rifle on target when the rifle weights 6-8 pounds. A 5 pound weight I think will help keep my upper body trained since I'm not shooting as much high power this year as I have in the past.

[nalioth]

Excellent pix.

Thanks muchly! :thumbup:

[rep30cal]

That is a short version of the one on this rifle, it is contoured
to fit the palm of your hand.

[wonderwolf]

That is a short version of the one on this rifle, it is contoured
to fit the palm of your hand.

I thought about making one like that out of aluminum but it would be alot of file and sander time. I know a couple of guys who really like that contoured style and some who really don't. I've only used the disc version and It suites me well. This new one should be better though.

[casey439]

wonderwolf you would be surprised on how fast the stock comes off the aluminum with a good sharp file i'm not dissing your larger disk but the contoured one looks sweet. you might give it a try when you get the spare time

[wonderwolf]

I could do one like that but I think the disk actually allows the sling to get more tension on the backside of your hand then when shooting prone. I'll try one of those contoured stops next time I'm out with somebody who has one.

[wonderwolf]

This is what I call a offhand weight...It brings the rifle up to 18.1 pounds even with scope. This really keeps that figure 8 down in offhand :bash: