Lets see that pretty wood

[longrangelead]

Stunning piece! I bet it's awesome in person. Pictures just dont show how good it is I'm sure.

thanks.
ya, pics never truly capture the detail of a rifle like that.

 

[bradb]

I did this one myself some years back, for one of my rifles.

 

[eamyrick]

Pair of 20 gauge BERETTA Onyx in 20 gauge I got a decade ago.

 

[Colorado Cowboy]

Used to make stocks. Made about 100 stocks & grip sets.

 

[robtattoo]

 

[Irish Miner]

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Nice chatoyancy on that one.

 

[03mossy]

 

[Irish Miner]

..Speaking of Turkish walnut. Here's a .243 wearing some exhibition grade.

 

[HGL]

Snagged a Stocky's Euro stock a few years back for my Bighorn build. I still use it on occasion, its nothing fancy but it feels great and shoots great with the aluminum bedding block.

Threw my .223 PVA barrel in it the other day, I'd like to get it in-letted for M5 bottom metal down the road.

 

[Colorado Cowboy]

..Speaking of Turkish walnut. Here's a .243 wearing some exhibition grade.

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That skeleton buttplate and the hand checkering are really nice. Whoever made the stock, knew what they were doing.

 

[Irish Miner]

That skeleton buttplate and the hand checkering are really nice. Whoever made the stock, knew what they were doing.

Agree. Timed screws, some added metal details. It's the little things.

 

[Rjk300]

 

[2Stamp]

I'll need to get a few better pics. But this is a stock I put on my old pre-64 a few years ago.

 

[fshaw]

Agree. Timed screws, some added metal details. It's the little things.
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Stunning rifle.

 

[RedRidge]

 

[Irish Miner]

The three queens, waxed and at attention. I need to go shooting.

 

[Colorado Cowboy]

Agree. Timed screws, some added metal details. It's the little things.
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The person was definatley an artist.

 

[Colorado Cowboy]

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I'll need to get a few better pics. But this is a stock I put on my old pre-64 a few years ago. View attachment 1006216

I made a thumbhole stock years ago for my custom 25-06. I posted a picture of it in my post. I started to use it for deer/antelope hunting, but quickly realized that using the safety with my thumb was really uncomfortable. I finally took the stock and modified it to use on the custom .220 Ackley Improved Swift I was building.

 

[Colorado Cowboy]

My shotguns. The M-12 with the cheekpiece I made for my Dad.

 

[robtattoo]

Nice chatoyancy on that one.

Thanks! I used a bunch of Alkanet oil on that to get the color depth I wanted. I don't remember exactly how many coats of finishing oil I put on, but I remember it was somewhere in the mid teens. The polishing took weeks to get it where I wanted.

I ultimately ended up selling it because I was genuinely afraid of getting it scuffed up. I hunted with it a grand total of 4 hours, one afternoon, then it spent 3 years sitting in a display case in a room I hardly use.

The rifle started out as this little $20 pile of parts.....

Not even a real M70! It was a Sears model 82.

It was the first & last heirloom quality gun I'll ever own. I'm far bettered suited to plastic, carbon & paint!