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This unique "Dual Height" cheek rest might be very helpful for those who shoot Drillings, Combination Guns, rifles or slug shotguns with/without a scope based on conditions or the game.
I'm finalizing all the work needed on that pre-war German Blitz Trigger-plate Drilling I bought at a low price (as it had a split stock, a deep gouge in the buttstock and firing pin indicator pins that didn't work) that I've posted about here before. I've fixed the split stock and completed all the action work, and as I get closer to sighting it in I've realized it has more drop than I want/like, plus it also has claw mounts for a high-mounted scope which makes getting a good cheek weld next to impossible.
I think I've stumbled onto an excellent solution -- a "dual height" cheek rest called the "Accu-Riser Molded Cheek Rest" which has a hard nylon base onto which a 5/8" tall or 1" tall rubber cheek pad (insert) can be easily added. I got it off of eBay.
As I will plan to shoot some trap with the left barrel of the Drilling the lower insert will work well for that, or for when I use it without the scope:
(You can also see I added one of those small rubber bumpers on the rear of the trigger guard, as I do with all my double-trigger side-by-sides; they do help if a large number of rounds are fired.)
And for those times I'll hunt with it with a 1.5 - 6X German Hensoldt-Wetzlar scope attached, the taller 1" insert will be used:
(The lower insert is in the bottom of the image for comparison)
I've completed fitting a .22 Mag barrel 9" barrel insert (an "Einstecklauf" made by Krieghoff) into the right shotgun chamber/bore and it has been function-fired just fine, so now I can sight-in the scope to the lower 8x57JRS barrel (at 75 or 100 yards) and then adjust the 22 Mag Einstecklauf to match the scope at 50 yards. (That's the current plan anyway.)
This is a view of the open breech -- those 3 loads are very versatile and will handle anything I could encounter in the fall woods of Maine:
The cheek rest comes with a Velcro strap and double-sided tape for semi-permanent installation, but it also allows 2 screws from the top (under the inserts) to be used for permanent mounting. I'll plan to do that as the fit of the base to the buttstock's curves is perfect, and I need the ability to use both rubber inserts, plus the base itself hides a deep ugly gouge on the other side of the stock (which was another reason why I got the gun for less than market price).
Waidmannsheil. Tight groups!
Old No7
I'm finalizing all the work needed on that pre-war German Blitz Trigger-plate Drilling I bought at a low price (as it had a split stock, a deep gouge in the buttstock and firing pin indicator pins that didn't work) that I've posted about here before. I've fixed the split stock and completed all the action work, and as I get closer to sighting it in I've realized it has more drop than I want/like, plus it also has claw mounts for a high-mounted scope which makes getting a good cheek weld next to impossible.
I think I've stumbled onto an excellent solution -- a "dual height" cheek rest called the "Accu-Riser Molded Cheek Rest" which has a hard nylon base onto which a 5/8" tall or 1" tall rubber cheek pad (insert) can be easily added. I got it off of eBay.
As I will plan to shoot some trap with the left barrel of the Drilling the lower insert will work well for that, or for when I use it without the scope:
(You can also see I added one of those small rubber bumpers on the rear of the trigger guard, as I do with all my double-trigger side-by-sides; they do help if a large number of rounds are fired.)
And for those times I'll hunt with it with a 1.5 - 6X German Hensoldt-Wetzlar scope attached, the taller 1" insert will be used:
(The lower insert is in the bottom of the image for comparison)
I've completed fitting a .22 Mag barrel 9" barrel insert (an "Einstecklauf" made by Krieghoff) into the right shotgun chamber/bore and it has been function-fired just fine, so now I can sight-in the scope to the lower 8x57JRS barrel (at 75 or 100 yards) and then adjust the 22 Mag Einstecklauf to match the scope at 50 yards. (That's the current plan anyway.)
This is a view of the open breech -- those 3 loads are very versatile and will handle anything I could encounter in the fall woods of Maine:
The cheek rest comes with a Velcro strap and double-sided tape for semi-permanent installation, but it also allows 2 screws from the top (under the inserts) to be used for permanent mounting. I'll plan to do that as the fit of the base to the buttstock's curves is perfect, and I need the ability to use both rubber inserts, plus the base itself hides a deep ugly gouge on the other side of the stock (which was another reason why I got the gun for less than market price).
Waidmannsheil. Tight groups!
Old No7
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