Chop shop tikka stock

[Tom-D]

Hey guys just thought id share a project i knocked out over the past few modifying a timber tikka stock into something more similar to a rokstok that was alot easier than doing a full timber stock from scratch. Iv done this once before on another stock that i had but that one i epoxied over this time i wanted to keep the timber look.
Ill not i decided for the sake of looks on this one i wouldn't modify the forend i can always do it later and re finish if i want too.

first step is level the stock and mount it solid to a bench

Second step was to use a simple router sled to skim the butt down to a fin
I then trimmed down the edges of the fin abit to make it easier to then rebate i to 2 other boards that will sandwhich around the centre fin
next step was to just glue and clamp the boards together around the rebated fin.


Im not much of a poster on here so i didnt realise there is a 10 image limit so ill have to continue in the next post

 

[Tom-D]

Following on from above

I then marked out the new shape and did a rough cut
And then routered the shape of the recoil pad as a guide and began shaping. I decide i didnt really need to make the grip ambidextrous and thought it would be stronger to do a palm swell into one side only.


After then sanding back the rest of the stock i was abit concerned that i should have gone and tried to source some walnut for it to match colour better but i also really concidered that it might look pretty cool as 2 tone timber aswell haha

That wasnt really a decision i needed to make at this point so a started stippling the grip to blend the join and stippling over the existing checkering to match

 

[43.6N]

Love it.
Can’t wait to see more!

 

[Strider]

Incredible. Good work!

 

[Mtaylor]

Wow, I’m not that brave! But you do great work!!!

 

[43.6N]

Following on from above

I then marked out the new shape and did a rough cutView attachment 1039887
And then routered the shape of the recoil pad as a guide and began shaping. I decide i didnt really need to make the grip ambidextrous and thought it would be stronger to do a palm swell into one side only.
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After then sanding back the rest of the stock i was abit concerned that i should have gone and tried to source some walnut for it to match colour better but i also really concidered that it might look pretty cool as 2 tone timber aswell haha
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That wasnt really a decision i needed to make at this point so a started stippling the grip to blend the join and stippling over the existing checkering to matchView attachment 1039894View attachment 1039895

I must have missed it. What type of wood are you using?

Color makes me think towards a tight grain oak?

 

[waspocrew]

This looks awesome, well done!

 

[Tom-D]

I must have missed it. What type of wood are you using?

Color makes me think towards a tight grain oak?

Its just meranti is a common cheap timber from asia used here in australia. I really just wanted to do the the whole thing on the cheap so it was just some offcuts from work. Its also pretty light

 

[Tom-D]

Once all the stippling was done i started with a light stain and then decided to go heavier to
Match the 2 timbers better. And then i tried an epoxy coat instead of lacquer or oil and that went to hell on me. I must have not gone heavy enough on the hardener and the temp was cooler than expected the night i did it so it never really set properly so i had to gum up about 100 sanding pads to get it back to bare timber before i could continue


So after that point i didnt take many photos due to my frustrations. But eventually i got it all off and re stained and then just used a clear coat which has ended up alot better. And from there it was pretty much just bed the action and assemble. I have currently dodgied up the old recoil pad as i think due to the re-sand i took abit of material off which made the timber but smaller than the pad so i will get a grind to fit pad for it in the near future.