Custom 10/22/Axe/MaresLeg
Posted by Appropriate-Comb9150@reddit | GunnitRust | View on Reddit | 24 comments
Hello! I recently built a pistol and it was suggested I should share it here.
It’s technically a pistol, using the Ruger .22 Charger platform. (Same receiver as a 10/22, but never used as a rifle)
I cut down an old wood stock to make an “Axe“ handle.
The lever action loop is actually the magazine release. I originally 3d printed it, and then later used my 3d model converted to a dxf and sent it to a water-jet company to be cut from 1/2” aluminum plate.
The trigger is solid brass. I made a 3d model, printed it and used it as a pattern for a two-part sand mold. I cast molten brass, then machined and drilled it, filed and polished it.
10” barrel.
The brass tube magazine is simply decorative to complete the look. Barrel band and a few other parts are just 3d printed. Pistol uses Ruger 10/22 type magazines.
It was a fun project to build!
Trich139@reddit
Props on the brass casting! Glad to see the 3d print to sandcasting route getting more traction.
Moderni_Centurio@reddit
As a foundry/forge engineer, please do not use this trigger in intensive use. The way your poured your part (top to bottom) is going to make nasty defects inside the part : oxygen is going to be trapped inside the molten metal leading to multiple inside holes that can only be seen if you cut in half your part.
Appropriate-Comb9150@reddit (OP)
It will just be used for light plinking.
Heaven forbid the trigger would snap right in half, I could simply reinstall the original trigger.
Moderni_Centurio@reddit
Your call, but be careful 🫡
1_With_A_Bullet@reddit
Attempts to spin cock. Hits target with magazine.
Seriously cool. Needs a Wanted Dead or Alive thigh holster
MothMonsterMan300@reddit
That's so cool, love the ambition involved in casting your own brass trigger. Casting isn't particularly easy, great job.
Gonna keep it shiny or let it dull? You could force a patina on the brass and then clear-coat it to make it look like you pulled the whole thing out of a shipwreck!
Appropriate-Comb9150@reddit (OP)
I’m not sure. In my experience so far, real solid brass is SO pretty all polished up, but does tarnish fast. I do often like the look of having some use out of them. Bet a tarnished trigger would look really good with a beat-up stock.
MothMonsterMan300@reddit
It absolutely is gorgeous when you hit it with a cloth wheel. And with some naval jelly? Hurts your eyes when it catches the sun.
You can always just force a quick patina with vinegar for a few hours and do an assembly, then if you don't like it just brush em clean again! The oil from your skin will dull(and preserve, to a degree) it eventually and you'll have to brush it to get it bright again. I just personally love the range of blues and greens that are typical of aged brass.
Also for sure it would go along with a beat-up stock. Instead of hash marks or a jolly Roger, you could do "stippling" that is the dashed line to the "X" on a treasure map- maybe, that's a little too corny lol.
This would also be a good project to try your hand at leatherworking. This thing is begging for a chest rig with a few mag pouches, holsters for derringers/backups, and a frog on your hip for, of course, a boarding cutlass.
Appropriate-Comb9150@reddit (OP)
I’d love to make a holster or some other leatherwork for it. I have little experience with that sort of thing, but have always been impressed by people who are skilled at it.
PlatesNplanes@reddit
Well now I wanna hack up the hardwood 10/22 I just bought.
Appropriate-Comb9150@reddit (OP)
It started off as a very used, inexpensive second-hand stock. This was possibly the best use for it.
PlatesNplanes@reddit
Did a fantastic job with it my friend
Appropriate-Comb9150@reddit (OP)
Thank you!
PiRhoManiac@reddit
Love the build - the brass trigger is a fantastic touch. I think I'd be dropping magazines constantly with that loop mag release.
Appropriate-Comb9150@reddit (OP)
Dropping magazines is the running joke with this gun!
BootlegEngineer@reddit
That’s beautiful. Love the blonde stock
Appropriate-Comb9150@reddit (OP)
Thanks! I’m real happy how that turned out. I tested staining some of the cut-off pieces of the stock, and wasn’t pleased with any stains I tested on that wood. So, I just sanded it and applied a couple coats of Tru-Oil.
Redreddington0928@reddit
Ive got afew extra steel 10/22 frt levers
FapTapAnon@reddit
This is pretty cool. What's the feeding mechanism look like?
wlogan0402@reddit
10/22 mags
FapTapAnon@reddit
I should probably read more.
RandoAtReddit@reddit
10/22 mags.
xTex1E37x@reddit
Love this classy looking piece
Emach00@reddit
Super pretty.