Walther kkm and Anschutz 54

[Rob]

I have a very nice late 60's Walther KKM that shoots like a dream , but
have never been crazy with the old style walnut stock. Any how , so I do see
many very nice walnut target Anschutz 54 stocks for sale that I do like and
was wondering if the KKM action would fit into a 54 stock with maybe some
minor stock work. Thanks for any help, Rob.

[Adam Leech]

Post by Rob
I have a very nice late 60's Walther KKM that shoots like a dream
, but have never been crazy with the old style walnut stock. Any how
, so I do see many very nice walnut target Anschutz 54 stocks for
sale that I do like and was wondering if the KKM action would fit
into a 54 stock with maybe some minor stock work. Thanks for any
help, Rob.

I would think (unless they happen to be identically spaced) that you'd need
to re-drill the holes for the bolts to hold the action in place, cut a new
notch for the bolt handle to fit into, reposition the recoil lug (more than
likely take the one out of the Walther stock so that it's right for the
aciton and move it over to the new stock) and do a bit of chiselling to fit
the trigger guard correctly. There might be a bit of other minor work to
accomodate the safety catch etc...

As far as the aciton itself fitting in goes, you should be able to just open
out the inside of the stock and bed the Walther action in with epoxy bedding
compound. This is arguably an improvement anyway, as it mates the action to
the stock better and reduces any movement/twisting in the stock when you
fire.

I think that sounds like more hard work than it would really be. If you're
so minded (and so equipped) then you could probably do the woodwork at home,
but I'd leave the bedding to a target rifle gunsmith myself.

HTH.

[Rob]

As Rob ate a big bowel of cereal he inadvertently wrote:

Thanks Adam. Ran into a old gun smith(Ok, I was buying a Walther p38 at a
gun shop) last weekend and asked him ( Sherman) the same thing. As he began
to have nice old memories pop back into his head of these dream target
rifles from a younger past, he said with a big smile "Nope... just to many
different holes to make it easy".

.

Post by Adam Leech

Post by Rob
I have a very nice late 60's Walther KKM that shoots like a dream
, but have never been crazy with the old style walnut stock. Any how
, so I do see many very nice walnut target Anschutz 54 stocks for
sale that I do like and was wondering if the KKM action would fit
into a 54 stock with maybe some minor stock work. Thanks for any
help, Rob.

I would think (unless they happen to be identically spaced) that you'd need
to re-drill the holes for the bolts to hold the action in place, cut a new
notch for the bolt handle to fit into, reposition the recoil lug (more than
likely take the one out of the Walther stock so that it's right for the
aciton and move it over to the new stock) and do a bit of chiselling to fit
the trigger guard correctly. There might be a bit of other minor work to
accomodate the safety catch etc...
As far as the aciton itself fitting in goes, you should be able to just open
out the inside of the stock and bed the Walther action in with epoxy bedding
compound. This is arguably an improvement anyway, as it mates the action to
the stock better and reduces any movement/twisting in the stock when you
fire.
I think that sounds like more hard work than it would really be. If you're
so minded (and so equipped) then you could probably do the woodwork at home,
but I'd leave the bedding to a target rifle gunsmith myself.
HTH.
--
Adam.
"The pen is mightier than the sword if the sword is very short
and the pen is very sharp."