Horsem4n Posted May 26, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 26, 2012 thats ok. i dont think they will be to bothered with me defacing a toy. hell, red jacket is still here and theirs was just lazy. PS, SMG mags dont belong in assault rifles. never liked that look. Link to post Share on other sites
BigBabyMoses06 Posted May 26, 2012 Report Share Posted May 26, 2012 Sliding stock? Appears to be room for one. Do what you wish with the hardware in front and the pistol grip. Doesnt have to be MP5, i dont think that would fit well, but it would be easy to add a place for 2 pipes to slide along side of the body, and have a wire stock of sorts. Thinking a mix from a grease gun and MP5. Link to post Share on other sites
WhiteHawksan Posted May 26, 2012 Report Share Posted May 26, 2012 can you get an EBR? Might be a tad wide, but that or an MP5 slider would be perfect for a slidey stock. Link to post Share on other sites
Horsem4n Posted May 27, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 27, 2012 i actually have an ebr stock for a g3. ill give it a shot, may look nice. Link to post Share on other sites
Murdoc Posted May 27, 2012 Report Share Posted May 27, 2012 i actually have an ebr stock for a g3. ill give it a shot, may look nice. That's much better idea; than using CTR stock on it. IMO with "M4 style" stocks it won't be short enough, even if fully folded. I mean it won't have any positive tactical benefit; compared to thompson's fix stock... Link to post Share on other sites
Horsem4n Posted May 27, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 27, 2012 except for, well, a more tactically comfortable length of pull to get into the thumb over bore stance. anyway, i have been cranking away at this thing since around 3 today and its 7:30. i have the front set and adiquite rails installed, i am going to get something to eat and im then going to finish butchuring the stock mount to fit the thompson receiver and bolt it on. post pics later. Link to post Share on other sites
Horsem4n Posted May 28, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2012 Alright, so I have everything mounted. I still have to secure the stock mount, but its on there pretty good as it is. There was only a couple modifications to the body of the Thompson itself. I flattened the bump off the back of the upper and drilled the holes to mount the rails. Things left to do: Secure the stock further, Find proper rail riser, Fill in ugly spots around the stock work, Paint job, Mount some hardware, Do some internal work, Get the barrel threaded. And whatever else I think of. Its a little too long though still. The LOP is as long as a full size m16 and extends to ridiculous. Link to post Share on other sites
crackisbad Posted May 28, 2012 Report Share Posted May 28, 2012 that looks... not bad? Paint it all black and I think that would help immensely; the wood grip throws me way off. Link to post Share on other sites
Murdoc Posted May 28, 2012 Report Share Posted May 28, 2012 And whatever else I think of. Its a little too long though still. The LOP is as long as a full size m16 and extends to ridiculous. Yeap... terribly long(same problem at the CTR). Can it be folded more if you cut out some material between the rods(I never had an EBR, so I don't know)? Do you need that cheek piece al all? Or could the cheek piece slide over the receiver? Will be full black or tan/black? Link to post Share on other sites
BigBabyMoses06 Posted May 28, 2012 Report Share Posted May 28, 2012 Wow. Major props. I love it. If a kit was available for real steel like that, id buy one... or even airsoft. Shorten the stock more if you can? Link to post Share on other sites
PureSilver Posted May 28, 2012 Report Share Posted May 28, 2012 That... does not look as horrible as I thought it would. In fact, it's growing on me, as long as you strip that RAS and paint it black. With regard to the stock, can you remove the cheekpad etc so that it will fit further along the receiver? Link to post Share on other sites
Horsem4n Posted May 28, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2012 The check piece isn't limiting the stock at all, its all the mount piece. That's as far as this stock can fit on without me removing the stock mount piece and mounting the stock directly to the reciever, which won't look white as nice IMO. I could remove more material from the mount so it fits closer. But it would take a milling machine and I wouldn't want to even begin attacking that with a dremmel. What's left is all solid aluminum, no hollow areas left. Murdoc, I wouldn't have had the same issue with the ctr stock as I would have cut and mounted it directly to the lower receiver. Look how short the LOP is in my concept images. I may revisit the stock in the future. I plan to paint it all black once Im done. Link to post Share on other sites
WhiteHawksan Posted May 28, 2012 Report Share Posted May 28, 2012 will look quite nice when it's all painted up and I'd probably go with an AFG because of the LoP Link to post Share on other sites
BigBabyMoses06 Posted May 28, 2012 Report Share Posted May 28, 2012 Can we get some pics of you shouldering it? Link to post Share on other sites
Horsem4n Posted May 28, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2012 Yeah, I get out of work at 3 today. There's a nice big mirror in my apartment, ill take a couple pics. Link to post Share on other sites
Horsem4n Posted May 28, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2012 k's, heres me: and with the stock fully extended i have a head rest: its not uncomfortable and its still much better than the stock, er... stock... but i still wish it was shorter. Link to post Share on other sites
bankz5152 Posted May 28, 2012 Report Share Posted May 28, 2012 Nice work dude! Very unique! Link to post Share on other sites
BigBabyMoses06 Posted May 29, 2012 Report Share Posted May 29, 2012 Love it. Might have to ask you for a how to some day Link to post Share on other sites
Apocalypsemeow Posted May 29, 2012 Report Share Posted May 29, 2012 Wow I remember seeing the Red Jacket one and didn't really like what they did, a classic gun like that should should have been left alone. This is air soft though, it's all just metal and plastic with no real history behind it and what you've put together looks great. It's got a nice profile and most importantly it looks like it would be fun to use, really good job I think Link to post Share on other sites
Hoot Posted May 29, 2012 Report Share Posted May 29, 2012 Wow you made it look pretty good. Surprised at how solid it looks, I agree 1 color would be good. Props for some ingenuity! Link to post Share on other sites
Horsem4n Posted May 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2012 Thanks guys. Still have quite the road ahead for refinement, but title get done compared to so many of my other projects. Link to post Share on other sites
sandstorm Posted May 30, 2012 Report Share Posted May 30, 2012 That's not half-bad. Wouldn't think it too out-of-there as a continuous-refinement version in a world where WWII started earleir and kept going much longer. Or as something deviced to bring more stopping power to CQB. Link to post Share on other sites
Murdoc Posted May 30, 2012 Report Share Posted May 30, 2012 All of the guys at my local forum said: "That will look horrible". I'm happy that they're not right. When I started this madness(airsoft) I didn't buy thompson because there was no chance to put optics on it(so I turned to AK). And you solved that problem too. Congrat! Link to post Share on other sites
bradw76 Posted June 9, 2012 Report Share Posted June 9, 2012 Love the idea.. Link to post Share on other sites
Stinky Posted June 17, 2012 Report Share Posted June 17, 2012 Nice project, would like to see it in all black. More pics? It seems the stock extension makes it to long. Can you cut down the rear middle area so it retracts more and extends to the length in the shouldered pic? If you have no mill access, you could dremel to 1-2mm from final cut and file the rest down. Just did this on an m4 to AK stock mod and it is somewhat tedious but gets the job done and can be made to look clean with a good set of needle files for the last surfacing. Link to post Share on other sites
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