Bolt Action Trilogy

[XEMON]

Hello y'all,

So i made a thing ... a bit hacky, a bit rough around the edges ...
I though y'all might enjoy the ride

I put more picture here: Bolt Action Trilogy
(The site a work in progress, lots of dead end and missing info, don't judge 😅)

It all started with a very rough trilogy from Ballistic Ben 's triler


A bit of chopping things off on the bandsaw



And i have the parts ready for teh under barrel ASA:


Cut the slots:



And make a custom bolt:
The front and back of the bolt are fixed while the portion that hold the bolt handle can spin.
As all good project nedds some brass, i used an old casing for ht ebolt handle.


et voila, a super compact under barrel 12g bolt action cocker!



What y'all think?

Thanks for your time,
X

[Swedgin!!]

Wow!! That’s Rad 🤘🏽

[grendal50]

That's awesome! I have a halfway done trilogy "scout" that is in progress.

[XEMON]

I have a few slabs that will end up in that direction ... eventually 😅

[RhoXi]

Good call making the bolt handle side swappable. I could see running this with a L stock and working the bolt right handed or using it as a pistol working the bolt lefty. Also, good idea using a rimmed cartridge for the handle. Very cool!

[XEMON]

thanks, that's how i have been making the traccer bolt action for a few years, and its been working out well so far.

[Buff_phroggie]

I call first dibs if you ever sell that

[XEMON]

dont tempt me 😁 (shoot me PM if you're interested)
It does need a bit of tuning with the springs to get where it needs to be (I cant find my hammer springs)

[Chuck E Ducky]

I’m stealing your shell casing idea. I was wondering how you were going to get the handle to lock down closed without twisting the back block. Rotating bolt solution is simple and genius!

Only ideas I might add is a bolt tip oring and a benchmark frame. To get your hand closer to the barrel line.

Super cool build don’t know how I missed this the first time.

[XEMON]

Looking forward to see your build 👍
the bolt tip was a re-work, i originally had an oring, but the lack of support made it catch the opening and not close properly, i ended removing the oring grove (ie make a new bolt front end) and tapering it a bit to help slide in better.

[Chuck E Ducky]

I use the same style bolt on my bolt action Phantom I’m going to JB weld a Shell casing on it that’s a great idea to give it a lil thicker handle and it looks super cool!

[Carp]

On a sort of off topic note... Can those wrap around grips be printed, in a darker shade or possibly be stain finished to a darker shade? Has this been discussed before? 🤔

[XEMON]

those are 3D printed, a member here did them a while back and sent me a few pairs (sorry i dont remember who, if we find out, ill update the post and my site)
i have a pair of red-ish i can send you if you want. I never tried staining them.

[Impactfour]

Am I tripping or could you eliminate the back block with an ICS kit?

[Chuck E Ducky]

You would still need something to pull the cocking rod back to set the hammer. Unless you did like a half block mod. And the location looks to be right in that l rotating bolt area. So your “bolt pin” would need to be fixed and the collar slotted so the rotating part can move around it. So essentially I think a full custom Half block mod to eliminate the cocking rod.

[Impactfour]

That makes sense. For some reason I wanted to find a way to eliminate the back block but the ICS kit felt too easy. Thanks for the explanation Chucky!

[XEMON]

i thought about half block and move the cocking handle back, but that would put a lot of stress on the center pin and i wasnt sure it would survive ... in this configuration the bolt is supported on both ends.

[Sadman102]

Dude I kinda want one