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Holy hell, want!
Where do you get all the parts for the conversion?
I agree this is how they should look from the factory.
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I purchased most of the parts from
here.
Tech Sights Mini 14 Model RR200 ( Only for Mini 14s manufactured before 2005)
Choate M-14 Look-a-like Flash Hider (For 9/16" Dia barrels - 181 Series)
Accu-strut Socom (http://www.accu-strut.com/)
M16A1 Buttpad (heavily modified)
Fiberglass M14 Handguard (heavily modified)
M14 Front Sling Plate and Screws
I cant remember which Rear Sling Swivel I used. It was a wood screw end one from Numrich.
USSR Stain from the cmp forums (
here)
Straight Aftermarket magazines from gunbroker.com (not manufactured anymore that I could find)
Citri Strip for stripping the stock
Conversion Steps:
- Cut off pressed on blade sight with a dremel and drilled a slot in the barrel for the Choate flash hider roll pin. Install flash hider and cut off front sling mount.
- Saw off the contour at the back of the stock for new buttpad and strip finish with Citri Strip.
- Refinished with USSR stain and applied boiled linseed oil several times.
- Drilled dummy vent hole at the front of the stock as well as holes for the M14 Front Sling Mount.
- Install Socom Accu-strut with provided instructions.
- Install Tech Sights with provided instructions.
- Drill out rivet on factory handguard retention clip and save. Cut down M14 Handguard and drill hole for screw that will secure the factory handguard clip to the handguard. I drilled through the third ringed slot from the front and installed screw. JB weld was used to anchor screw and shaped to look like the barrel band from a M14.
- Filled in back handguard ringed slot with JB weld. Used high temp brown paint for the handguard, and black paint for the fake barrel band.
- Used drill press to drill a hole through the safety selector.
- Cut down m16A1 buttpad and ground to fit the profile of the Ruger stock.
- The hinge door screw slot was reversed to provide a second drill hole, the trap door functions, but there is no cleaning storage space in the stock . I also modified the old curved Ruger buttpad to fill the slot in the top of the stock. JB weld the two buttpad pieces (Ruger factory one and M16A1 together).
- Fill gap between buttpad and stock with black gasket sealer material.
- Painted buttpad black.
The handguard and buttpad modifications are by far the most time intensive for this conversion.