HW 77 Buttpad Spacer - Replacement material?

[MattyBoy]

Dear All

I need to make a replacement white buttpad spacer for my old HW77

Please could anyone advise what the best choice / source of 1 or 2 mm plastic is?

Is it polypropylene? It's very hard/brittle/inflexible...

Thanks
Matty

[johnbaz]

Hmmm

Fairy washing up liquid bottles used to be good for new spacer matierial but they swapped to the clear plazzie bottles that can't be used for anything


John

[edbear2]

Cheap enough here for a small sheet to play with, and a good variety of thickness's too.......

http://www.directplasticsonline.co.u...ene_Sheet.html




500mm x 500mm is around £3.50


ed

[trowel]

If I remember some years ago one member suggested using the lids from white margarine or ice cream containers. Just cut to shape.

[MattyBoy]

Thanks for all the good advice chaps

I think I will start with the plastic lid idea

Cheers
Matty

[edbear2]

Thanks for all the good advice chaps

I think I will start with the plastic lid idea

Cheers
Matty

Hi Matty, just had a thought........how about a 5 litre / one gallon size container (oil / detergent whatever)....they are that little bit thicker

[HOMER]

Try your local Modelling supply shop for white plastic modelling card, I've always used it as an exact match fro HW Butt & PG cap spacing, normally available in 1mm increments.
Good luck
H

[Hsing-ee]

White-line spacers are terribly gauche. An American invention I believe, European stockers succumbed to the fashion in the 1970s. The best thing about losing your white line spacer is losing it. The butt pad should be replaced without it and the looks of your rifle will be greatly improved.

[leostar]

Find an old video box in white of course and away you go.Cut it roughly to shape then file and finish with 1200 wet n dry.Its a bit on the thick side but sand with glass paper on flat surface to reduce to suit hth and look forward to end result atvb Simon.

[RichardH]

White-line spacers are terribly gauche. An American invention I believe, European stockers succumbed to the fashion in the 1970s. The best thing about losing your white line spacer is losing it. The butt pad should be replaced without it and the looks of your rifle will be greatly improved.

Glad its not just me

[MattyBoy]

Glad its not just me

No there are 2 of you with the same odd view

I have decided that as I must replace the buttpad spacer that I will also replace the pistol grip spacer.

I have decided to change the colour from white to my favourite colour of... orange.

Don't laugh chaps it's going to look great

I purchased this .20 calibre of Leostar a week or so ago

Frontend Loader is, today refinishing the stock in a "copy" of the old lacquer - thanks Pat

And Mr. Harvey (the one who doesn't like white spacers...) is going to reblue the action next week - looking forward to seeing the result Rich

I have been polishing the internals today so in 10 days time or so I hope she will be back together and looking super sexy and hopefully shooting like a KT-tuned 77

Happy Days

[RichardH]

Orange??????

On balance i cant possibly hate white as much as i will hate that!

Pat talk some sense into him....quickly

Rich

[Hsing-ee]

It will look like a Liquorice Allsort.

[MattyBoy]

It will look like a Liquorice Allsort.

Fantastic Idea

I'll put 3 spacers - Orange, Black, Orange LOL

I'm getting REALLY excited about this now.

Orange 1mm plastic sheet just ordered of fleabayye

Good God I'm innovative

[RichardH]

Fantastic Idea

I'll put 3 spacers - Orange, Black, Orange LOL

I'm getting REALLY excited about this now.

Orange 1mm plastic sheet just ordered of fleabayye

Good God I'm innovative

Dear God

Please make the heathen stop

Rich