If you can find one of these:

Made by Federal Ordnance a long time ago.  They have been out of business for many years.

This does not suck

This is a favorite of mine.... although a bit hard to find... and currently rather expensive.
Definitely doesn't suck, though!

Long out of production Rhineland 1022R

I Upgrayedd my underfolder....Two Ds for a double dose of awesome.

I put a 16" threaded barrel (can use) and a M1 carbine front sight on it and replaced the scope with a Weaver 2.5X C3 post scope I found. While I was about it I painted the hand-guard to sorta match the wood.

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Where did you get the barrel?

I've been happy with my old choate / Butler Creek folders.

I gave my gunsmith a few take-off barrels I had accumulated and he cut/threaded one of them for me.

ok, I like the M1 carbine front sight.

Hmm, you've got me thinking about doing a project today...

The addition of a forward sling-mounting-point on the Choate may eliminate two issues I have with the setup below. It carries comfortably at my side but swings against the pocket knife clip that is always there. It would be nice to not have to worry about scratching up the gun, mount/sight, and re-positioning the knife. Driving a cart or 4-wheeler I lay the slung gun across my lap, which seems to constantly knock the secondary light/laser switch to the "Everything Off" setting. Then later when I go to flip the light on with the main switch, nothing happens and I'm fumbling around to locate that tiny lever. Arrgghhh. Gun-across-the-back might work better.

Most of y'all have seen this before, but I replaced the factory swivels on mine with Quick Detach cups. A friend removed the top swivel, cut the hole to the proper dimensions, and I took care of the bottom with bedding compound. It will be really easy to add another cup to the front and also to the heel of the stock. Now where are those extra cups...

From the factory:


You can get just the cups or swivels and cups together, as needed:


Hollow bottom filled in and new cup; lower hole from original swivel filled in and sanded; "Choate" writing removed:




Flush on the top of the plate and bottom of the grip when the sling is removed:

@CS223

Done; added 2 more QD cups to the Choate and think this will work out pretty good.

They're really simple to install, if you might like to do some yourself.



I filed this one down a bit to match the curve of the stock and then sanded it smooth and flush.