Need advise for installing recessed anschutz rail on fore grip of my Crickets

[CampFussell]

Hey guys bought a high dollar air rifle with an anschutz rail on the fore grip and fell in love with it. Now I'm thinking of adding one to my Cricket Carbines.
I would like to have it recessed into the wood where you cant see it from a profile view of the rifle.

Has anyone out there done this to a Cricket before? Can't find any info on it. I've seen where it's been done on some Taipan Mutants but can't even find it tonight?

I'm thinking of contracting my buddy Paul Porch for the job, and am willing to pay him or anyone else who is proficient at woodwork and this type of thing.
I just sent him an email, but it's late at night and can't sleep, just had this on my mind and wanted to put it out there in case there were any good suggestions from you guys!



Peace out
Fuss

 

[guod123]

It's not difficult to do an inlay route- groove. It can be done in a several different ways. Whether recessing a short section or an entire track. You can use a router with the appropriate bit and route from the top using a jig than limits the router movement. you would level the flat part of your forestock to jig. the router would be on top.(Normand from DiscosRUS had such a jig he was using it to top route the 7/8"on the stocks for a Disco) Another way would be the use of a router table (needs to be short as all you can run is the level part in front of your Caldwell bag in the picture. Using this technique you will have the round radius at the beginning of your plunge route or at the end. To square up these grooves you need to take a chisel and square up your groove. This leads to yet another way of accomplishing the task without power. Simply scribe your lines, then walk a chisel around your pattern use a chisel smaller than the finished width and lift the wood to the lines, then use the correct width to clean the channel. An experienced woodworker can complete it quicker than it takes to set up the jig. The side cuts are all that is visible and screw up in depth are hidden by the over lay, for example think of a door hinge

 

[CampFussell]

Thanks for info Guod. I talked to Paul this morning. He's the much better woodworker than I am. I'm gonna let him concentrate on his Field Target matches till after the Nats in October. Then let him work his magic on my .177 stock first and see how that one turns out before I have him do the other two. Will take pics and do a post on it when it happens.
Jimmy