Canadian synthetic stock manufacturers?

As a " normal " shooter , I just hunt and shoot paper for fun and am not wealthy .I would like a different stock on a couple rifles , my ctr is one but just can't justify the cost , even the new bell and Carlson out brings the cost to close to what I paid for my sako trg and even though it is a great rifle and just as accurate it ain't no sako and certainly not comparable with the trg

Now if I could get a good stock for around $5-600 MAYBE
I've put bell and Carlson stocks on a couple for $350 ish
 
45acpking if you could make remington 700 inlets with badger and bdl bottom metal inlets, in a lightweight hunting style and a mcmillan gamewarden, and a5 style you would never keep up with demand (if they are as good as you say) can the stocks made by that method be modified by milling or adding epoxy to fill? What is the finish like out of the mould? gel coat style or do they need painting?
 
Robmcleod82 said:
45acpking if you could make remington 700 inlets with badger and bdl bottom metal inlets, in a lightweight hunting style and a mcmillan gamewarden, and a5 style you would never keep up with demand (if they are as good as you say) can the stocks made by that method be modified by milling or adding epoxy to fill? What is the finish like out of the mould? gel coat style or do they need painting?
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they can be painted with simple prep like any other fiberglass epoxy resin based product but can also be colored in mold. I've made a lot of stocks over the years, a few hundred as a dealer here, both modified existing stocks as well as ones made on my own molds. In the past couple years I've made Sako AV , Ruger m77 mkII (no tang safety) , rem 700, tika t3 short and rem 700 short as well as a few lee enfield 2 piece stocks and some others. I didn't make any new designs I just reproduced exact copies of the stocks the rifles came with. The Sako AV was a cool stock to copy with it's awesome checkering and offset grip/palm swells. These were made for friends and one gunsmith who has taken the time to interact with me. He's grinding me too haha

anyhow, I don't want to get peoples hopes up but maybe after the new year I'll see if I wanna do this again. The materials I use are pushing 12,000 a roll once i get it here and that's a lot of windmill cogs and possibly rifle stocks.... we'll see
 
First year out with my wildcat stock rem 700 lefthand. It rode in a rack in the side by side for two weeks, hiked on my pack for 200 km, spent many hours dangling from a tree stand, many hours as a hiking pole getting my fat axx up and down stupid areas I was playing in and when I broke through the ice while hunting it stopped my downward decent into the water. Finally found something to shoot with it after all that, and it dyed after a 248 yard shot. So, I’m quite impressed with the quality and strength in such a light weight stock. All I can say is it won’t be my last.
 
Silvertip13 said:
First year out with my wildcat stock rem 700 lefthand. It rode in a rack in the side by side for two weeks, hiked on my pack for 200 km, spent many hours dangling from a tree stand, many hours as a hiking pole getting my fat axx up and down stupid areas I was playing in and when I broke through the ice while hunting it stopped my downward decent into the water. Finally found something to shoot with it after all that, and it dyed after a 248 yard shot. So, I’m quite impressed with the quality and strength in such a light weight stock. All I can say is it won’t be my last.
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You should post that to their Facebook page , I am sure they would appreciate it.
 
If your capable of doing a made in Canada stock of same quality of manners cf elite or mcmillan in a5 and hunting style stocks you will make money. People will buy them to avoid the border and dollar. Im sure cdn gun smiths would lookat them if they are as good.
 
45ACPKING said:
Not sure if Ian is making the stocks but it appears he has been involved in helping a new guy get off the ground using Ian's expertise. He posted about it in the precision rifle forum recently i believe.
I make composite components for an RV wholesaler and for a couple other industrial applications but used to be a business member here smithing and making stocks for m14 rifles. Typical vacuum bagging hand layup like all the other stock makers but decided to move away from firearms related components a few years ago. Much more stable work flow and income LOL

I'm still trying to decide if it's worth extending the work space to encorporate stock making or if the demand is just a few folks on cgn. I can manufacture a 1 piece carbon fiber/fiberglass stock with most action inlets precisely molded right into the stock. This type of stock construction utilizes very minimal fillers.... which in my case are only used for weighting portions of a stock. Nearly all other manufacturers processes I've seen create a shell of both sides and either join them in closed mold or after being demolded. Fillers are then used to fill the stock body and barrel channels and inlets created in the filler by power tools like milling machines or router set ups , both cnc and manual.
A stock maker with cnc milling routing capability can then pretty much create whatever inlet he has a program for.
I do things much differently and produce a very high temperature cured stock that comes out of the mold as a drop in fit unit, requiring no fillers. Fillers are added to recesses where weight is desired to balance an action or to dampen recoil. This all made possible by a process called VRTM and uses very advanced resins capable of withstanding 540F and impervious to vibration, moisture ect. One of the cool jobs i picked up last year was to mold a large cog gear in aluminum, carbon and aramid as well as 3, 15 foot long one piece wind turbine blades. Was a cool project that turned out awesome and really opened my eyes to how a process like that can really change the way a rifle stock could be made if one took the thinking out of the box a little.

Now, this is not an add, I'm going to ignore any message i get asking about my stocks as really, I'm not making stocks for sale and have only made them for friends hunting rifles. The results however, have been pretty damn exceptional LOL
I am however interested in hearing what canadians are looking for and what they would like to be paying. I mean heck, if everyone is okay with paying 800 for a rifle stock as good or better than a mcmillan...... there's some good money to be made hehehehe
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you did answer in the past but i now know that im not one of your friend lol ...

Neilm pointed and i will send a zastava to become a lightweight sheep hunting rifle and i will report here ...
 
medvedqc said:
you did answer in the past but i now know that im not one of your friend lol ...

Neilm pointed and i will send a zastava to become a lightweight sheep hunting rifle and i will report here ...
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ya sorry man, at the time I was not able to help you out. Please don't take it personally as I only started making stocks for friends again about a year ago. Heck my brother inlaw is still waiting for his haha. Also there is no one from CGN or any other site that currently owns one of these. That said, In all these years now since I've stopped making m14 stocks I still haven't seen anyone complaining about one failing. Lifetime warranty on those too. Chris S had a warranty return early in the game but that's about it.

I don't want too give to much away about the exact process involved as it is quite unique but yes I can mold in color. Also, unlike most other manufacturers checkering, symbols like deer heads, initials ect are also relatively easily done "in the mold". I think I can also install stud bases and rail bases in the mold as well as metal action inlets and these are things I have been toying with and trying to perfect. My business shut down last summer due to the wildfires and us being on constant evacuation alert and then hunting season..... and now christmas..... and I'm also building a 2/3 scale ripsaw "tank" .... so got my hands full haha. I'll see what I can come up with after the new year but not gonna violate site rules. I don't "need" to be busier but I do love making rifle stocks so we'll see.
 
Robmcleod82 said:
Did the checkering come out reasonably sharp? looks like photobucket is working again. Come on Thomas pics or it didnt happen......
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not posting pics man, would be a sure fire way to get the ban hammer LOL I'm not here fishing for customers just trying to get a handle on the demand.
 
Robmcleod82 said:
If I were you I would get Ahold of Gary at Bighorn sales if you wanted to get a feel for demand.
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I've spoken with a few smiths in canada and a few stateside as well. The one guy I do work for here n there who i shall not name, has just had me do full duplicates of his customer's hunting rifle stocks. Like say a plastic/synthetic remington 700 stock that comes from the factory , but made out of a much more desireable material. I did 2 lee enfield full wood sets in composite as well which turned out really cool too. One in navy grey and the other in a really blackish brown. Anyhow, we'll see what I can add to my plate in the new year after winter play time is outta the way. Maybe you'll see my stocks availlable thru your favorite gunsmith, ya never know ;) I do know one thing for sure , I won't be selling directly to the public so again, I will be ignoring pm's about stocks, not to be rude, just playing by site rules.
 
A chunk of the cost of Mac stocks is the process of getting them over the border. A comparable product without the extra import costs would sell well.
 
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