New walnut for an old classic

[Speaks]

Thats some nice looking wood.

 

[eLightfoot]

I will be adding a cheek piece on this stock, so I shift my centreline to give the extra wood needed on the “thicker” side of the stock.

That makes a lot more sense

 

[Decker9]

Been pounding away off and on. Iv cut myself close on my initial cuts with my layout, if I end up with much over a sheet of paper of a gap around the action, I should have enough meat left I can take 1/32 - 1/8 inch off the top in hopes of tightening things up. But that’ll leave me with no room for error on the under side.

It’s been countless in and outs scraping and chiseling away, paying close attention not to screw up the flow of the free float around the barrel screw swell (whatever a guy wants to call it lol), the radiuses are challenging, but that’s part of why I do it I think. Little things like that is what stands out in a nice stock imo.

I already went and started inletting the screw nut that was on the barrel, not thinking to tap it out since we’re not using it. So there will be a dimple in the inlet once finished, but nobody will know! Right?