Tell me what you think gents.
Platform for this is a 360 degree swivel mounted on a ball for a little up/down and side/side movement, not just rotation. Top of the swivel has a 1/2" wide by 1" high stud on it. This will be fixed to the 4x4, location still to be decided.
The plan is to have a socket drilled directing into a sporter stock to act as a sort of quick release coupling, so the rifle can put on/off the stud as required quickly.
I could drill a .5" x 1" hole in the stock but I expect with recoil and putting it on off the stock wouldn't last long.
I figure if I can get a steel tube with .5" internal diameter and drill for that instead, and epoxy it into the stock, the tube will protect against slowly cracking the stock from the inside.
What do you say?