New build time!

[Jordan]

The snow has all melted, the first robins have appeared in my yard, and I can walk around in just my Howie's Hockey hoodie and a toque (and pants, too - it's not THAT warm out yet, you sickos)... so it's time to start some more builds.

I picked up a really nice CB9 Bluestreak stock and trigger group a couple months ago that have been languishing in a bin, waiting for spring to arrive... and for me to decide what to do with them.

The stock is waaaay too nice to cut up, but the PMI-1 donor body is too short to run a pump handle. What to do, what to do... got it. Bolt Action!

So, I dug through some bins and assembled everything I wanted to use.... I'm re-using my old KP2's bolt but built the breech to accept P-series bolts so I can run a pump handle in a different stock/pistol configuration. I've also gone Cocker thread on the top tube - Freedummy fingers now optional for those days when the paint is just too lumpy to run inserts - and I went with a Phantom feedblock so I can run it single shot OR run FS rounds through it (if I decide to cut the breech for them, haven't made my mind up).

Still a work in progress, but the major bits are together now... I still need to install a Cocker detent (why are they so EXPENSIVE?!), cut the feedhole in the breech, finish the bolt off, and figure out an RVA solution for the trigger group... and eventually a Fastchanger.

[Cal440]

Very nice setup again Jordan, did you have to move the valve location to use your trigger group? The Cocker thread breach is a great addition to your builds. The look of this build definitely says FSR. If you squint your eyes that feed tube looks like a scope!

[Jordan]

I did move the valve on this build, but I did something a bit different this time... normally, I use a component valve core that I sweat out of the donor marker and then re-solder in the position I want.

On this one I used a cartridge valve out of an EB series Sheridan pellet pistol. The mounting lug where the stock's screw bolts to is in a different spot with the CB9 trigger trigger group - it actually screws into the back of the valve, directly under the transfer port - so in this case I was forced to move the valve positioning to use that trigger group.

You can see where the lug threads into the valve here... the hole just above it is normally where a KP pringle screw would go to mount the body into a stock.




The entire trigger pack is self contained vs the old back cap and stamped trigger that older KPs and Bluestreaks used.

[Cal440]

Thanks for the explanation, just trying to keep up with all your out of the box builds. That trigger group looks like a nice complete package.

[Jordan]

I'm always happy to geek out about this stuff. 🙂 The trigger pack solves some problems and adds others, but it's neat to play around with different parts and make them jive together.

[Alexndl]

Nice work! Love the design and the trigger assembly.
good idea to use brass rod as reinforcement for the bolt lug on a bolt action. Those cocker thread insert will also allow you to use different barrel length depending on the configuration

[Jimmydee]

All you who make builds such as this are talented, I wouldn’t even know where to start, I barely enjoy servings markers I buy and send them to Cdn_Cuda