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So a while back I was drinking and surfing and ended up buying a Crickett aluminum rifle chassis. Problem was, I don't own a Crickett rifle, just a pistol.

Since the buffer tube attachment was annoying in a pistol config, better get a rifle then. This is the result.

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I'm really looking forward to seeing how well I can shoot this. The stock trigger is rather light already. Scope is my old reliable Bushnell 3-9.

I am a little miffed Keystone not only don't include a grub screw for the stock but don't even tell you what size it is. I had to email them and wait for a reply to order the right size.
 
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NCLivingBrit said:
So a while back I was drinking and surfing …

… I am a little miffed Keystone not only don't include a grub screw for the stock but don't even tell you what size it is. I had to email them and wait for a reply to order the right size.
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Friends don’t let friends drink and surf!

Thats pretty neat; we have a cricket that is passed around the family as need dictates (typically for a year or less at a time) and I didn’t even know an aluminum frame existed!

So, what size is the screw? (Assuming it can be found in lost well stocked hardware store fastener sections?
 
73Chall said:
Friends don’t let friends drink and surf!

Thats pretty neat; we have a cricket that is passed around the family as need dictates (typically for a year or less at a time) and I didn’t even know an aluminum frame existed!

So, what size is the screw? (Assuming it can be found in lost well stocked hardware store fastener sections?
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8-32x3/16 half dog socket set screw.

I've got some arriving Monday.
 
NCLivingBrit said:
8-32x3/16 half dog socket set screw..
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Half Dog? What are you smoking to come up with that name for a fastener? I've been turning a wrench on all sorts of vehicles and industrial equipment for 41 years and ain't never heard tell of such a thang.
So I look it up... "Oh, THAT'S what those are called."
I'm done for the day, learned something new already.
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Get Off My Lawn said:
Half Dog? What are you smoking to come up with that name for a fastener? I've been turning a wrench on all sorts of vehicles and industrial equipment for 41 years and ain't never heard tell of such a thang.
So I look it up... "Oh, THAT'S what those are called."
I'm done for the day, learned something new already.
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Not my name mate, I had to look it up to lol
 
I love playing around with wacky stuff like this, just to see if I can make it work. Spent one summer developing brass cased pumpkin ball loads for .410 H&R with a friend, just to see how accurate we could get ‘em. Cheap fun!
 
Red Marley said:
I love playing around with wacky stuff like this, just to see if I can make it work. Spent one summer developing brass cased pumpkin ball loads for .410 H&R with a friend, just to see how accurate we could get ‘em. Cheap fun!
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It was either this or cut the buffer tube part off the receiver and that would have meant painting, so I assembled this instead lol

Has to look up pumpkin ball, neat! I think this is going to be a cheap gun to try and shoot a different way for me. Usually I'm a "lots of rounds on target", almost all my shooting is on steel (when I hit it) and not overly fussy about groups and precision. If I can smack an 8" torso gong at a brisk clip and appropriate range I'm usually fine.

Single shots are a nice way to make me slow down and focus on the fundamentals of the process. Plus this will be cheap as heck to shoot.
 
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