Talk me into it!

[duca]

Ok sooo this is my 3rd SMR and I haven’t installed a patchbox yet and really want to do it on this build. I just don’t know if I should cut this patchbox down some or leave it the way it is. I kinda like it the way it looks now. The other thing is bending it to form with the stock profile. Think I heard to cut a steel pipe lengthwise and sandwich the patch box in between the two, and squeeze with the clamp. Any thoughts or ideas would be helpful and appreciated

 

[longcruise]

Looks kinda big. Just by photo on m phone.

 

[duca]

Looks kinda big. Just by photo on m phone.

I was thinking the same thing. if you look close I drew some pencil lines in it

 

[Pete G]

Cut the long end and use the short end for the lid.

 

[Secesh]

You probably already know this but if you do shape it to the curve of the stock be careful not to get too close to the hinge or the lid won’t work properly.

I never liked the “banana” patch box

 

[2 shots]

i would google up some pics of real smr patch boxes to get an idea of size . or just make it the way you like it, its your rifle.

 

[longcruise]

There's always the grease hole fallback!

That's what I'm planning for mine, but it's going to be a "poor boy" rendition.

 

[RB POWELL]

Ok sooo this is my 3rd SMR and I haven’t installed a patchbox yet and really want to do it on this build. I just don’t know if I should cut this patchbox down some or leave it the way it is. I kinda like it the way it looks now. The other thing is bending it to form with the stock profile. Think I heard to cut a steel pipe lengthwise and sandwich the patch box in between the two, and squeeze with the clamp. Any thoughts or ideas would be helpful and appreciated

Personally, that box looks a little long to me. Easy enough too fix that, and I do like the idea of a box.

 

[duca]

Going to have to mull it around. still undecided. Thanks for all the input.

 

[tenngun]

I put a patch box on mine, wish I had not. In the thin butts of a SMR it’s pretty much useless
If I ever do another I’ll go with a grease hole

 

[Hatchet-Jack]

That does look a bit long. Here's some originals I took pics of at a gun show that might help.

 

[Banjoman]

“Any thoughts or ideas,”

I don’t like patch boxes. But, that one looks a little big.

 

[Capnball]

The nice thing about the size is you can cut that patch box lid back to nearly whatever you like. Take your time, get the shape the way you like it before you cut the stock. Your gun, your style!

 

[Loyalist Dave]

I just don’t know if I should cut this patchbox down some or leave it the way it is. I kinda like it the way it looks now.

Ummmm... you kinda, sorta, just answered your own question, eh?

LD

 

[Scota@4570]

I did three patch boxes like this............

 

[reddogge]

I did 4 mountain rifles, three have nothing, and one I put a grease hole in it. The grease hole seemed to be more popular in the 80s when I built the rifle.

 

[Salty Cracker]

It may be a bit long for the rifle. If you shortened the forward portion and rounded both ends like one in Hatchet Jack's photo it may work. I can't tell if it is too wide from the angle of your photo. Where did you aquire this. I'm assuming you didn't make it.

 

[duca]

It may be a bit long for the rifle. If you shortened the forward portion and rounded both ends like one in Hatchet Jack's photo it may work. I can't tell if it is too wide from the angle of your photo. Where did you aquire this. I'm assuming you didn't make it.

Muzzleloader builders supply. There is another one there that’s smaller in length. I should’ve maybe tried that one.