Unchained Preppers
General Category => D.I.Y. => Topic started by: Currahee on July 15, 2013, 12:29:41 PM
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Got my PRO in this last month and was wanting something to protect it because I carry the rifle in a tool bag... probably doesn't need it but it makes me feel better.
I priced out scope coats and wait times, but figured I need a project and had a lot of old neoprene sitting around in the form of wetsuits. I'm always up for an imaginative project.
1) getting a reasonably square piece out of a wetsuit was a bit of a challenge.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v453/currahee/DSC07045_zpsaa591895.jpg)
2) I've been wanting to try sewing with braided fishing line, I figure it would be good for webbing repairs etc, but I stored some and haven't had a project. That's a small sailmaker's needle, which turned out pretty good for this. The neoprene wasn't hard to sew.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v453/currahee/DSC07046_zps304149a6.jpg)
3) Finished project. I put the 550 in there mostly because I wanted to know front from back. I'll trim the loose ends and put a drop of super glue on them.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v453/currahee/DSC07047_zpsc0636695.jpg)
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Good job Currahee! :thumbsUp:
Loosing your camo? :cheers:
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Looking good Currahee, I wonder if a piece of thin walled sewer pipe with a tricky little slit cut in it would 'click' onto the mount... I wonder...
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Good job Currahee! :thumbsUp:
Loosing your camo? :cheers:
Been trying to get some off so I could repaint it, which I will probably do this week (and make a vid.)
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Good job Currahee! :thumbsUp:
Loosing your camo? :cheers:
Been trying to get some off so I could repaint it, which I will probably do this week (and make a vid.)
Might I suggest Goof Off and a SH*T tone of paper towels lol. Had to take off about 4 layers of camo from my good Safariland holster so I could use it at work. Took some time but it worked great. Oh and you could just do like I did with my AK, might end up with about 9 coats on it but it looked pretty sharp lol