Pics of wood and blues steel rifles

[TxxAgg]

I need a couple more wood stocked shooters

 

[kaboku68]

458 Lott CZ 550

 

[kaboku68]

CZ452 22lr varmint

 

[kaboku68]

1903 Sedgley Sporter in 30/06 with Lyman 48

 

[kaboku68]

Glenn Gregory P14 Enfield in 25/06 in Fajen Stock.

 

[Decker9]

Do you make stocks for other people I don’t have the money right now but I love a nice wood stock

Not as of now, im currently working on my third stock, so still have lots of learning to do. Hopefully some day in the future I may be good enough to do it as a side job. The hours that have gone into the few iv done, it would be impossible to put a price on it. With practice, comes efficiency though, so hopefully one day.

My current project, restocking my old Brno .22 2e with a blank my grandad ordered in ‘52. Still lots to go, but it’s coming along nicely.

 

[Decker9]

An old Lee enfield, built by my grandad. A dream to pack and shoot

 

[Decker9]

Our family starter .22, another build by my grandad, built for my dad about 1950. It’s made its way through every kid in the family, currently owned by my 8 year old daughter.

 

[kaboku68]

You look like you are ready to do SDH stockmaking class during one of his sessions. You have great skills.

 

[kaboku68]

I always wanted a backcountry lever action hammer that was Alaskan to the core. I recently purchased a 1956 Winchester Model 71 in 348-450 Ackley improved. It fires 400 grain bullet at 2300+fps. It ballistically is the same or a tiny bit(5%) better than a 458 Win Mag. I thought that there would be no way in hades that I would find dies but Alaska is a weird place and in discussions with one of my old friends I found a three die set for 450 Alaskan, 348-450 AK Improve and 50 Alaskan for 200 dollars.

The middle cartridge is 348-450 Ackley Improved flanked by a 45-70 and 458 win.

 

[kaboku68]

Winchester Model 70 classic in 338 Win Mag.

 

[kaboku68]

Pre64 Winchester Model 70 in 270 Winchester

 

[Trapperkid]

Not as of now, im currently working on my third stock, so still have lots of learning to do. Hopefully some day in the future I may be good enough to do it as a side job. The hours that have gone into the few iv done, it would be impossible to put a price on it. With practice, comes efficiency though, so hopefully one day.

My current project, restocking my old Brno .22 2e with a blank my grandad ordered in ‘52. Still lots to go, but it’s coming along nicely.

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Do you have any tips? who did you learn from? Your very talented please keep posting pics.

 

[Decker9]

Do you have any tips? who did you learn from? Your very talented please keep posting pics.

Thanks a bunch! I spent my first bunch of years as a little kid in my grandads gunshop, tho I was young, my eyes and ears were eager to learn, this was 30 or so years ago.

I spent countless hours surfing YouTube and the internet, along with reading a few stock making books, and jumped right in. I started with semi inletted stocks for my first two builds, I can’t say they made things easier as they were pretty roughly done. The stock im on now from a blank, im finding it’s easier to keep things straight and in line, both the semi inlet’s, the guide screw holes were oversized, which made it hard to inlet without gaps…. Gaps drive me nuts.

Tho a pain kinda, the semi inlet is a great place to start for someone wanting to get into stock work. My first two, I did over my lap, I didn’t have a bench or a vise at the time. Now with a vise, it’s made a world of difference.

Best advice I can give, is to do the same as I did, start reading and YouTube. Tho each stock has taken nearly a year to build, most of my time has been spent looking and thinking, of what my next move would be.

A couple books, a few scrapers (I built most of my own), some files and sand paper, and a vise!! And a guy would be set to start. If a guy starts from a blank, good chisels and gouges, and a knack for sharpening them is a must. Iv been finding a good sharp knife does wonders for scraping contours and flats.

Sorry about the drawn out post, but hopefully it helps. Honestly, no better feeling of harvesting and animal then with a rifle you had some work into.

 

[Decker9]

You look like you are ready to do SDH stockmaking class during one of his sessions. You have great skills.

Thank you kindly!!, you have some amazing rifles posted in here, lots of good memories with each of them I bet too!!

 

[Trapperkid]

Thank you kindly!!, you have some amazing rifles posted in here, lots of good memories with each of them I bet too!!

What are your thoughts on Richards microfit stocks I have heard they are rough but they have good quality wood and I wouldn’t have to work really hard on the action inlet.

 

[Decker9]

What are your thoughts on Richards microfit stocks I have heard they are rough but they have good quality wood and I wouldn’t have to work really hard on the action inlet.

Iv never handled a Richards stock, but I think it would be a good option.

 

[MeatMissile]

 

[robtattoo]

Original 1873 Trapdoor, willed to me by my friend's dad.


1957 336 in .44mag. Cut down to 16" & 6 rounds, browned & stock refinished by me.
Hands down the last rifle I'll ever part with.

 

[Elkhntr08]

Browning 1885 Highwall, 7mm magnum.