FGYT Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 Got my Licence a Few months back and first Slot filled was for a 17HMR Original plan was cheapish second hand CZ some months before i had found and bought a set of second hand Accuracy International Stock skins found a few builds dropping various Rimfires into Airsoft AI rifles Skins by a CZ455 I decided to Make a Chassis my self as it looked easier in a lot of ways than adapting an airsoft chassis Quickly found that although i could buy AI spares for the Butt pad cheek piece and folding hinge they are ridiculously expensive (Hinge was £300 = $455) So back to airsoft as i can buy parts fine a new set of bits from China ARES who make the AI approved Airsoft version and is accurate so is interchangeable etc here are the Airsoft parts all delivered under £100 (could make the box section as well but its cheap to get with the rest and no real difference in the end ) AI being a british company back in the 80's and being a design engineer myself was easye nough to understand how they though so the AI chassis is based on basic 1" and 1.25" 10swg wall aluminium Tube easy enough to get lengths on eBay 1st assy (no hinge etc yet) then measured up and put into CAD Airsoft parts arrived Still hadnt HAd my Fire arm licence approved then so kept adding to the CAD and changing a few things. By now i had Decided ot get an Anschultz 1517 and the shorter 14" barrel this made the Rifle fall under the Min over all length of 600mm with the folded stock so I extended the Chassis fwds of the barrel now all legal again and looks fine with the Reflex Moderator would bb fine with a Fixed stock or a min barrel length of 15" for the folder Finally got my Ticket in Feb abd bought my Anny Shot it std for a while as i didn't have time to finish the in letting yet Also Modified the 4rnd mag to take 5 rounds :bthumb::AR15firin a Quick vid on the std rifle (including how I modded the mag for 5 rnds ) Finally last week got the Whole package together (well will retinker as and when ) Packed and fitted with my DIY Night vision with Wireless Video Goggles Finally i tried to do a over view Vid but the wind was to bad and drowned out hte Talking so i chopped it to a slide and clip show till i can do it again and found 5 other Vids of other AI airsoft builds for a playlist and it works Superbly with a magpul Gen4 sling for carry and use especially with the Night vision Goggles etc very stable and well balanced as a bit extra weight helps here thanks for looking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FGYT Posted June 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 Moving on Am now developing he Chassis Tube with some V blocks and hop to fit AI AT skins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breacher Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 Really interesting job there !!! You got me thinking now re an old Parker Hale .270 I have going to waste.............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geek Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 What a great project - well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWShooter Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 Looks good, make sure your OAL is over 24" with the mod off and the stock folded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FGYT Posted June 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 Looks good, make sure your OAL is over 24" with the mod off and the stock folded. Yes it is thats why the ALu chassis sticks out hte front of the AI skins as the 14" barrel would be to short by 1" If i had used a CZ with a 16" barrel or the 18" 1517 it would have been fine without that bit so its actually a little over 618mm OAL with the buttstock fitted and folded (600mm being the min legal OAL ) Daft thing is that take the action out of the stock its only 500mm OAL and fully functional but its the usual UK law relies totally on the law abiding not to break it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brown dog Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 What a great project - well done 100% agree. Looks excellent! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shuggy Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 What a super job. Although personally I think that I would prefer the aesthetics of a longer barrel, without the stub out the front. Nice bit of Solidworks CAD! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gandy Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 Cracking effort really professional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jay666d Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 Wow... That is a really great job! Nice work on the CAD too! :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gundoc Posted June 12, 2015 Report Share Posted June 12, 2015 That's a really nice bit of work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terryh Posted June 12, 2015 Report Share Posted June 12, 2015 Nice to see and idea/desire come to life. Excellent post! T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Al Posted June 12, 2015 Report Share Posted June 12, 2015 Nice work! Could you post a link to the airsoft parts please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Hancock Posted June 12, 2015 Report Share Posted June 12, 2015 Great looking rifle. IMHO, yes a couple of inches to the barrel length would be my preference and I'm surprised there is not more custom / tuning for the smaller calibres - or perhaps I don't see them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FGYT Posted June 12, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2015 Nice work! Could you post a link to the airsoft parts please? Hi Yes i contacted and bought from ARES Direct in China (this model is supposed to be approved by AI so as Close as i can get to genuine parts without selling a Kidney as SS Wanted Approx £300 just for a hinge unit sounds like a Gov contract price to me ) Or you could buy a Airsoft rifle second hand they go for £100-£200 other copies arnt as good a Copy internally etc but a few have converted them (see the playlist of vids after mine in the Link above OP) Exploded Diagram http://www.aresairsoft.com/for%20web%20only/tech_pdf/exposeplan/msr-003_expose_plan.jpg I ordered these parts F4~F9 + A17~A25 : USD38 F14: USD8 Stock parts (A1~A10, A13*2, A16, A36, A45, A46) : USD80 ** A13*2 only available in standard screws, the BIG KNOB version are no longer available was $20 postage so all in approx £100 THis is a second hand set i also have But bought with new as well bar the Sling mount as im fitting QD Cups I didnt bother with some of the screws as i ahve then her mostly M4 CSK bearing in mind the Cheek piece is £65 ish with no metalwork now the plastic part may be a different plastic but its not £60 different (Im a mechanical Design engineer by trade ) The hinge is cast not machined and i wouldnt like to run that on a Fullbore in a Combat situation but it is fine for a bit of Light Bunny bashing in Dorset still a little steep at £300 tho the chassis I made is just 32mm (1 1/4" ) and 25mm (1" ) box section of Ebay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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