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Offline RPRNY

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Handi SB2 Stock Change Help?
« on: December 14, 2011, 02:44:17 PM »
I checked the FAQ above and found a partial answer to my question. The stock bolt is 9/16ths but I am wondering what tool people have gone at it with successfully?  I don't happen to have a 12" ratchet extension. Is that the only solution or is there a clever work around that I'm missing.

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Richard
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Re: Handi SB2 Stock Change Help?
« Reply #1 on: December 14, 2011, 02:54:35 PM »
Two 6" extensions will work. ;D
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Re: Handi SB2 Stock Change Help?
« Reply #2 on: December 14, 2011, 03:10:40 PM »
That brings back memories of when I got my first Handi and then started the tinkering!
 
I've always been a Jack of all trades and collected a lot of tools over the years so it was no big deal when I found my extension wasn't quite long enough.     Used to piggy back extensions all the time working on my old klunkers over the years, but never thought I'd be doing that working on my rifle!
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Re: Handi SB2 Stock Change Help?
« Reply #3 on: December 14, 2011, 03:45:09 PM »
Nevermind.... I got creative and found that a 12" screwdriver worked well with a 3" extension and 9/16ths head. Not perhaps the most elegant solution, but it worked.

Cheers!


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Re: Handi SB2 Stock Change Help?
« Reply #4 on: December 15, 2011, 06:21:17 AM »
Cut a slot in the head and use a long screw driver.
Very elegant.                      reclusej
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Re: Handi SB2 Stock Change Help?
« Reply #5 on: December 15, 2011, 06:37:39 AM »
last one i did i used 3 3in and a deep well socket
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Re: Handi SB2 Stock Change Help?
« Reply #6 on: December 15, 2011, 06:51:04 AM »
It all goes back to being old and lazy.  I use a 16 inch extension and a 9/16 thin wall socket which I keep partly packed with some paper.  The thin wall socket gets into the tight synthetic stocks easier  You can actually pull back the extension without loosing your socket in the  stock ;)   The paper packing makes it much easier to hold a bolt tight to the frame to start it threading.

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Re: Handi SB2 Stock Change Help?
« Reply #7 on: December 15, 2011, 01:28:29 PM »
Quote from: reclusej on December 15, 2011, 06:21:17 AM
Cut a slot in the head and use a long screw driver.
Very elegant.                      reclusej
Early stocks actually had slotted screws NOT bolts!!
 
I have a dedicated thin wall socket, 12" extension and a ratchet, same as Peter...
 
A word of caution, Please be-careful the screwdriver or socket doesn't slip off. I have seen more then one butt stock ruined because the tool broke thru the side wall...
 
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Re: Handi SB2 Stock Change Help?
« Reply #8 on: December 15, 2011, 02:45:57 PM »
I took a cheap chinese socket, thinned it a little on the belt sander and welded it to a 12" extension. It's my dedicated Handi stock tool. :)
 
 
 
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Re: Handi SB2 Stock Change Help?
« Reply #9 on: December 15, 2011, 02:54:55 PM »
How many of you have "lost" a 9/16" socket inside a Choate stock? (Don't ask me how I know)...but now I have a super-long pair of needle-nose pliers on my bench....I sold one stock with socket included once...
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Re: Handi SB2 Stock Change Help?
« Reply #10 on: December 16, 2011, 11:30:53 AM »
Quote from: garbhead on December 15, 2011, 02:54:55 PM
How many of you have "lost" a 9/16" socket inside a Choate stock? (Don't ask me how I know)...but now I have a super-long pair of needle-nose pliers on my bench....I sold one stock with socket included once...

 
I have. >:(
That's exactly why I welded the socket to the extension. ;D ;D
 
 
 
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Re: Handi SB2 Stock Change Help?
« Reply #11 on: December 16, 2011, 01:55:40 PM »
My inelegant socket extension and screwdriver has done the job. Very pleased with the BC stock set on my 30-06 / 20 ga.





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