reading indicates that the LOP (length of pull) of the GI m14 is 13.5 inches. the rubber buttpad adds 1", so there's a little wiggle room. using the pic with the home-made foregrip, i've "cut" a section from trigger to buttpad out of the stock to estimate where the buttpad
ought to end up.
this is a couple of inches shorter than i was expecting. i can move it back an inch or so by making the grip angle more upright, more like on my 1911, but there's not much room to play with here. as it sits, the buttpad belongs just behind the trigger guard, where the stock begins to neck down. which brings us to this:
now, obviously i can smooth the lines and round out the corners some. i can hide the current trigger group and the hypothetical linkage some, but not completely since i might want to get it back apart at some point for cleaning or repair. so i think this is roughly what it's going to look like. yes, i'll try to stain the grip to blend in with the rest better.
what do you think?
i'm retired. what's your excuse?