{"id":3245,"date":"2014-02-24T21:51:53","date_gmt":"2014-02-25T03:51:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gunscarstech.com\/?p=3245"},"modified":"2014-02-24T21:51:53","modified_gmt":"2014-02-25T03:51:53","slug":"raising-the-comb-on-a-1022-takedown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunscarstech.com\/?p=3245","title":{"rendered":"Raising the comb on a 10\/22 takedown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So a while back, I was watching this video of Ryan Cleckner setting up a scope on a Remington 700:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How to Mount a Rifle Scope for Long-Range Accuracy | Shooting Tips with Ryan Cleckner\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/COoXVpGfXQE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I thought that was a neat trick with the wood cheek riser. It stuck with me. When I threw together the <a href=\"https:\/\/gunscarstech.com\/2013\/12\/18\/gun-porn-qd-scope-and-outback-suppressor-on-the-1022-takedown-tactical\/\">&#8220;assassins kit in pretty much every action movie in the 80s&#8221;<\/a> as commenter Michael put it, I noticed that the while the iron sights on the 10\/22 are naturally where my eyes sit when I have a good cheek weld, the scope is&#8230;well it&#8217;s a little high.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gunscarstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/IMG_4008.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3295\" alt=\"IMG_4008\" src=\"https:\/\/gunscarstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/IMG_4008-1024x682.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Okay so maybe it&#8217;s a lot high. I don&#8217;t know what the hell I&#8217;m doing as far as precision rifle shooting (yeah yeah it&#8217;s a .22lr&#8211;but fundamentals are fundamentals) so I&#8217;ve been trying to educate myself. In the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00838HOSC\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B00838HOSC&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=gucaante-20\">Magpul Precision Rifle<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=gucaante-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B00838HOSC\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>, the instructor says that the pressure your cheek puts on the stock of the rifle is &#8220;about like you&#8217;d do if you were going to sleep.&#8221; I had to move up enough to get my eye lined up with the scope that my chin was barely on the stock. That can&#8217;t be good for consistency.<\/p>\n<p>I may not know what I&#8217;m doing, but Ryan Cleckner does. So I copied him. I bought an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00162JKH0\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B00162JKH0&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=gucaante-20\">Allen Company Buttstock Shell Holder and Pouch<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=gucaante-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B00162JKH0\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> because it looks a whole helluva lot like the one he uses.<\/p>\n<p>And then I pretty much did exactly what he described:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gunscarstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/IMG_3996.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3287\" alt=\"IMG_3996\" src=\"https:\/\/gunscarstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/IMG_3996-1024x682.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nFirst I started off with a couple of pieces of 1&#8243; thick (actual) decking that were seven or so inches long and a wood shim. I didn&#8217;t want to carve on something all day.<\/p>\n<p>Then I put the pieces on the stock by sliding them underneath the pouch. I didn&#8217;t really get a good picture of that but you get the idea:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gunscarstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/IMG_4002.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3291\" alt=\"IMG_4002\" src=\"https:\/\/gunscarstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/IMG_4002-1024x682.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gunscarstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/IMG_4001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3290\" alt=\"IMG_4001\" src=\"https:\/\/gunscarstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/IMG_4001-1024x682.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The short piece of decking was a little too short:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gunscarstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/IMG_4009.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3296\" alt=\"IMG_4009\" src=\"https:\/\/gunscarstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/IMG_4009-1024x682.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And the longer one was just a wee bit too short:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gunscarstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/IMG_4010.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3297\" alt=\"IMG_4010\" src=\"https:\/\/gunscarstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/IMG_4010-1024x682.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But the combo of the short decking and the shim was about as perfect as can be:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gunscarstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/IMG_4003.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3292\" alt=\"IMG_4003\" src=\"https:\/\/gunscarstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/IMG_4003-1024x682.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gunscarstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/IMG_4011.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3298\" alt=\"IMG_4011\" src=\"https:\/\/gunscarstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/IMG_4011-1024x682.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And with the pad on, you can see how closely it lines up:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gunscarstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/IMG_4004.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3293\" alt=\"IMG_4004\" src=\"https:\/\/gunscarstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/IMG_4004-1024x682.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So with that all figured out, it was time to&#8230;*dramatic pause*&#8230;drill into the stock of my brand new gun.<\/p>\n<p>First I put pilot holes in the shim where I was going to eventually put the nails.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gunscarstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/IMG_4012.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3299\" alt=\"IMG_4012\" src=\"https:\/\/gunscarstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/IMG_4012-1024x682.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then, I taped the shim in place on the stock:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gunscarstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/IMG_4013.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3300\" alt=\"IMG_4013\" src=\"https:\/\/gunscarstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/IMG_4013-1024x682.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nAnd then drilled the holes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gunscarstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/IMG_4014.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3301\" alt=\"IMG_4014\" src=\"https:\/\/gunscarstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/IMG_4014-1024x682.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now the above picture is a little deceiving. The line down the top of the stock is not actually a centerline. It&#8217;s just where the paint dip stopped..<\/p>\n<p>With the holes drilled, i put the nails back in and glued the two pieces together. Elmer&#8217;s wood glue, clamped overnight, because an old carpenter told me to do that and old dudes know stuff so i listen to them:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gunscarstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/IMG_4015.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3302\" alt=\"IMG_4015\" src=\"https:\/\/gunscarstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/IMG_4015-1024x682.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gunscarstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/IMG_4016.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3303\" alt=\"IMG_4016\" src=\"https:\/\/gunscarstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/IMG_4016-1024x682.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gunscarstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/IMG_4017.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3304\" alt=\"IMG_4017\" src=\"https:\/\/gunscarstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/IMG_4017-1024x682.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After that? Press it in and cinch down the pouch. Easy Peasy!<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll do the same thing on my 700 after I get my scope mounted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So a while back, I was watching this video of Ryan Cleckner setting up a scope on a Remington 700: I thought that was a neat trick with the wood cheek riser. It stuck with me. 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