Project 2A1 Rascal The saw and pencil come out.
Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2014 7:00 pm
This afternoon was officially time out for us at long last, so first job was to get the pencil and wood saw out and decide just what length to reduce the 2A1 to, I was not unduly worried by the barrel length as this is not a long range rifle however proportions were a priority so I had been playing with some some basic photo editing software and we had come up with this.
Next job was to translate the image to the rifle itself. The band will need to be moved back some 60,0mm/2-3/8" to allow the nose cap to come back to a reasonable position and this means not only chopping and profiling the wood, I also need to plug the existing hole for the inner band which is not a problem as it will be covered by the nose cap.
At the same time as all this I want to fit a more robust forend wood cross bolt and machine in a finger grip on either side hence the bits of mashing tape with various lines drawn on. The final proportions are very similar to that of a short Marlin 1894 and the barrel length will be 420,0mm/16.5" which will still give 2500fps with a 147 grain jacketed bullet and around 2750Joules/2000ft/lbs of muzzle energy assuming the jacket holds together.
At the same time as all this I want to fit a more robust forend wood cross bolt and machine in a finger grip on either side hence the bits of mashing tape with various lines drawn on. The final proportions are very similar to that of a short Marlin 1894 and the barrel length will be 420,0mm/16.5" which will still give 2500fps with a 147 grain jacketed bullet and around 2750Joules/2000ft/lbs of muzzle energy assuming the jacket holds together.
Looking forward to the end result.
