making my sully stock better. lighter and rubber butt. pics

[nimdabew]

I really like it. I would buy a Sully right now if they had the checkered cheese grater that comes on A2 stocks as an add-on buttstock extension, but have been putting off the stock because of the lack of decent pads. This may just get me to buy one though.

[SMT85]

dont know if this is the right section for this if not i apologize.
sorry if their is to much reading, the pics explain it all more or less.

i am no gunsmith but just another civilian shooter trying to improve.
in hoping that one day someone would release a great fixed carbine length stock that i would like
but no one seems to have done that yet. i dont want to pin a collapsible for my own reasons being im in a ban state, aka nj, and prefer the feel of a fixed stock.
( i have an ace entry feels cheap to me imo not saying that it is but that is my preference)




i had cut the stock up to save weight, while this is my preference some may find it useful for their application as well.
heres some pics of the cut out and sanding i did awhile ago. mags are pinned 15, and vltor is pinned as well

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b218/quadracer85st/IMG_03821.jpg
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b218/quadracer85st/IMG_02811.jpg

now, anyone that has this stock knows that the butt of the stock has a very slick checkered pattern on it
that gets slippery being the polished type polymer plastic material it is.
for me this is far from ideal. some like it but not me.

i have issues with the stock sliding around when wearing a chest rig and it slides all over the shoulder strap.
i have looked online and couldnt really find anything that would help witht the issue. i thought about skateboard tape
but wanted something that was apart of the stock.

i run the stock with the extended butt plate. so i did some thinking and took it off and went into the garage to begin.
i found an old rubber car mat in the garage that looked useful, colored the back of the stock with pencil and pressed it on paper to get a pattern.
cut it out and ended up with this.
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b218/quadracer85st/IMG_06811.jpg
its about 1/4 thick
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b218/quadracer85st/iphone789.jpg

i wanted it to recess in the stock so i grabbed the extended butt plate put her in the vice grabbed a dremmel with a cutting wheel an went to work.
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b218/quadracer85st/iphone782.jpg
checkered it
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b218/quadracer85st/iphone783.jpg
chiseled it out
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b218/quadracer85st/iphone788.jpg
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b218/quadracer85st/iphone787.jpg
sanded the edges of my rubber pad and back side of my rubber pad
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b218/quadracer85st/iphone794.jpg
used some clear liquid nail after using rubbing alcohol to clean everything and dropped her in
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b218/quadracer85st/iphone796.jpg

[SMT85]

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b218/quadracer85st/iphone795.jpg
let it sit over night with weight to apply pressure
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b218/quadracer85st/iphone797.jpg
next day took it out of the vice. some excess liqid nail oozed out a little tried to clean it up the best i could but not really a big deal.
i accomplished what i wanted to accomplish. put her back on the stock. problem was solved, i now have a rubber butt pad with out adding length to the stock.
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b218/quadracer85st/iphone801.jpg
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b218/quadracer85st/iphone802.jpg
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b218/quadracer85st/iphone803.jpg

im happy with the end result and am confident its not peeling off or coming out unless i cut it out.
the liquid nail is set and it feels great when shouldering the weapon. no more sliding around for me.
hope someone finds this usefull and maybe can give someone a way or an idea on how to improve their sully stock if they have the same issues.