I'll have to wait for Dan's donated Riffe stock to arrive so that I can confirm the fit, but here's what I have so far. The Hogue isn't my favorit AR-15 grip, but it definately directs the hand higher up against the stock than does the standard Riffe handle.
Boy that looks bitchin,..back after dinner.
DP
Photobucket is on the fritz, I really want to see the pics.
Tin, how does the trigger guard width with compare with say a 1911 ?
Cheers Don
Tin, how does the trigger guard width with compare with say a 1911 ?
Cheers Don
Don - I don't know what the width of a 1911 trigger guard is, but mine is 5/8" wide.
As always your craftsmanship is impeccable. Any particular reason why you went with the angular style?
Any particular reason why you went with the angular style?
There were places (like along the sides) where I simply couldn't cut rounded corners with the tooling that I have available. The trigger guard could have been more sculpted, but it was near the end and I just got in a hurry to get it done.
Jeff, great work. Phil Herranan did the same thing for me on an old Riffe 0, but on a little more simple scale. Cut a section of pipe, and attached a Neptonics frame to it, and molded a plastic handle to that. I wish I still had the gun to show you pics.
beautiful Jeff... i like the chunky utilitarian look of it...it adds toughness to the look of a riffe....at least in my head <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">
great work...how many man hours? will it be something that is cost effective in the current model or would new materials be needed?
Jeff, great work. Phil Herranan did the same thing for me on an old Riffe 0, but on a little more simple scale. Cut a section of pipe, and attached a Neptonics frame to it, and molded a plastic handle to that. I wish I still had the gun to show you pics.
...how many man hours? will it be something that is cost effective in the current model or would new materials be needed?
Thanks. Probably about 8 man hours in this one, so not something that I would build. I may look into having a small batch made if there is any interest, but I think that they would be cost prohibitive if they were machined from a solid piece as this one was. They would really need to be cast in either plastic or aluminum, but that would be a considerable investment.
I don't know what will become of this one exactly, but I wanted to keep the safety as an option.
The UnderSea Mech (which is 98% of the Riffe Mechanism design) used a very nice Cam and Lever system
that I copied for my personal stuff. The rear mech machine screw would need to be replaced with the pivot lever and cam. I can roll mine off with my thumb. If your interested I could pull one out of my first Hybrid in a couple weeks.
Cheers, Don
Absolutely. I'd love to see it.
I'll mail it to you in a couple...OH Shite I just remembered the metal wishbone.:@
I boxing my house up this week for a end of the month move I write it in my B.Berry this time.
Cheers, Don
Thank you, Harold...
Beautiful!
Wow the handle itself looks like some kind of semi auto pistol. So clean. I still feel that the grip should be higher but there's not more that can be done.
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