Mule, Chiro75 Style

Chiro75 · Oct 26, 2008

Came out of "retirement" to finish this for a trade. I think it turned out pretty nice. 1/8" thick black linen micarta finished to 320 grit for some nice grip. I sprayed it with gun oil to protect the 52100 steel, which darkens the scales until they get wet. Tubes are 5/32" and 1/4" aluminum. I was considering looking up grinder prices and such, again, then that smell of Micarta, grit, etc just made me thank that I've given this up. Someday I'll have a real shop, but until it can be decked out with ventilation equipment and is in a separate building, no more basement shops for me! lol It was fun, though. Not looking forward to the sheath, though.... more pics when it's done.

trout #2 · Oct 26, 2008

Very nice job, thanks for posting the pics.

Kim Lau · Oct 26, 2008

I like the dark handles better.

AF · Oct 26, 2008

Well done. Thanks for the pics.

shangchi108 · Oct 27, 2008

Beautiful. Thanks for sharing!

llh11456 · Oct 28, 2008

(( S P A M ))

JNewell · Oct 28, 2008

Best source for the rivets???

defaultuser · Oct 28, 2008

JNewell said:
Best source for the rivets???

I don't think it's riveted; it looks like tubing (aluminum), glued along with the micarta.

Chiro: Nice job! That's pretty close to how I planned to finish one of my M4 mule coming my way! Sadly, I'll be doing that in my basement as well

Chiro75 · Oct 28, 2008

Yep, just plain aluminum tubing, epoxied as you would with pins. After sanding, a light countersink to take the edge off the tube walls and you're done.