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Member Section => Tactical Rifle & Carbine => Topic started by: Big Frank on December 20, 2024, 02:53:46 PM
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I still have a folder full of pics so I guess I never got around to posting this.
https://www.fletcherrw.com/product/opentop-11-22/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=re0YPNudvVU
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The beginning of the story.
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More + bolt mod. I was going to do the bolt mod, but when I tried drilling a hole in my bolt but couldn't drill a hole with my bits.
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That's all folks.
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Wonder if one could “convert” a stock receiver. One day when I have more money than sense I might look into it.
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Wonder if one could “convert” a stock receiver. One day when I have more money than sense I might look into it.
It's possible, mill the top off the receiver, then mill grooves inside for the new top piece to fit into then design retention device to hold it in place (screws or pin, but different from what is being used in this design) so you don't infringe on his patent.
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I like the concept... the only two faults I see with it are no rail on the top cover nor way to mount a rail/rear sight unit, and its not being available in Takedown format. (Had it been green on both of those and available at deadline, it would have been a Must Have on my Charger MWS project... and now I can't build an improved "version 2.0" until either I relocate out of WA or somebody imposes sanity on the idiots in Olympia at point of Federal bayonet.
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The Fletcher 11/22 has an extension with a Pic rail for sights. And the TandemKross barrel has m-mod barrel sleeve for mounting sights.
But modifing your own receiver: My first concern about taking the bolt out the top was getting the recoil spring and bolt handle out of the way. I see in the video that’s not a problem. The big problem is if you mill the top down will there be enough side plate above the bolt for mounting the new top plate? I don’t think there will be. A different attachment method may have to be devised.
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I like the concept... the only two faults I see with it are no rail on the top cover nor way to mount a rail/rear sight unit, and its not being available in Takedown format. (Had it been green on both of those and available at deadline, it would have been a Must Have on my Charger MWS project... and now I can't build an improved "version 2.0" until either I relocate out of WA or somebody imposes sanity on the idiots in Olympia at point of Federal bayonet.
Not only can you buy one with a Picatinny rail on the cover, you can buy a Picatinny rail cover separately for $40 if you bought a rifle without a rail. You could buy a spare and have one set up for irons and one for optics, something that was never possible before. Standard covers are $35. AND they have a Takedown OpenTop 11/22 replacement receiver for Ruger 10/22 Takedown rifles and Chargers. No more excuses not to buy one. :) They have short, iron sight receivers and extended receivers. Five different receivers altogether.
https://www.fletcherrw.com/product/pic-rail-covers/
https://www.fletcherrw.com/product/takedown-opentop-11-22-receiver/
https://www.fletcherrw.com/product/iron-sight-opentop-11-22-receiver/
https://www.fletcherrw.com/product/opentop-11-22/
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One of the two rifles they sell is an OpenTop Takedown Rifle with a Magpul X-22 Backpacker stock. They cost $995 with a Ruger BX Trigger, and $1,320.00 with a Franklin Armory Binary Trigger. It has a $295 Beyer Ultralight barrel and only weighs 4.4 lbs.
https://www.fletcherrw.com/product/fletcher-opentop-takedown-rifle/
https://beyerbarrels.com/barrels/1022_barrels