Fibreglass stocks, what's the market like?

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Just want to get an idea of interest but what is the market on fiberglass stocks? Are they fairly easy to get already? Are they like many other items that are hard to get out of the US?

If some one made fiberglass stocks in Canada, would the market be there?

Thanks in advance for doing all the work for me. ;)
 
Dunno about readily available.
Robertson Stocks has posted this on their web site:
December 20, 2009
Notice:
Due to an overwhelming number of orders Robertson Composites Inc. has decided to temporarily stop taking stock and rifle orders at this time.
If you have stocks etc. on order they will be completed and shipped as usual. If you need to contact us use our normal contact info as below but be prepared to leave a message or wait for an email reply.
We continue to order and receive Barnard, Borden and Stiller actions during this period but please contact us as mentioned above.
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Seems to me there is a market for another high end stock maker. Or maybe one in the medium to high end market to replace the long waits for B&C, Boyd's etc. from being imported.
 
Not quite free but an expanded line (there is already over thirty models that many don't know about, Savage as well), deliveries the way it used to be, less that four weeks with some off the shelf while still maintaining the best quality in the world, and much more.
 
well then this I know

Ian

1. is a nice guy with a nice family and staff,

2. makes the best stocks bar none, (includingthe JTR)

3. quality and devotion second to none

we canucks should all be proud,

we await news from the mountain when available

Jefferson in alberta

(maybe some day we can start a thread with pics, I got a likker stock painted with maple leafs that glow in the dark and some nice biker air brush BR scenes but cant post here as dont know how with an old computor)
 
Just wondering if anyone has heard of a stock that mix's fiberglass with aluminum for a light weight supper strong rifle stock. The material I am referring to is the same stuff that they use on the Airbus A380 mega plane. I believe it's called aluminium-glass-fibre laminate.
 
Yes but it would cost the same as an A360!

Don't think of it as the ultimate way to build a 360 but a cost effective way. Better ways to build a rifle stock.
 
"If it breaks in use we will fix it and if it breaks when not in use we will probably fix it anyway - depending on how humourous the story is."

Nice warranty :D
 
Satain said:
Just wondering if anyone has heard of a stock that mix's fiberglass with aluminum for a light weight supper strong rifle stock. The material I am referring to is the same stuff that they use on the Airbus A380 mega plane. I believe it's called aluminium-glass-fibre laminate.
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B&C stocks do have an aluminum bedding block :D
 
I had a really nice exchange of info with B&C. From one mould they can make one stock per hour based on an eight hour shift. The stocks are an acrylic resin with strips of reinforcement, the mould is closed up on the aluminum inserts and they pour in a two part urethane foam. After that they are cleaned up and all are painted. They were very impressed with the quality of Robertson stocks. To make a Robertson stock requires an average of two moulds per shift ie, a worker averages two stocks per day requiring two moulds. The stocks are demoulded the next day when they can be used again. In other words a B&C stock maker employee can produce at least 4x in a day what a Robertson stockmaker can produce, and the quality shows! They do nice paint however.
 
Satain said:
Just wondering if anyone has heard of a stock that mix's fiberglass with aluminum for a light weight supper strong rifle stock. The material I am referring to is the same stuff that they use on the Airbus A380 mega plane. I believe it's called aluminium-glass-fibre laminate.
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do you really think aluminum would help with the strenght? most of the time aluminum is mix with the composite fibers for conductivity. One of the problem with composite material on aircraft is tranfer/wick static or lightning strikes. Now I thought they use composite instead of aluminum because its stronger than aluminum per weight.

It looks cool though once its cure with a clear curing resin.

how much strenght do you want from your stock? any laid up rifle stock would be strong per weight ratio.

how much do you want it to weight?


Just me 2 cents
 
dan belisle said:
Nice to hear you'll be back in the saddle again soon Ian. I have a couple of project guns that need handles. - dan
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X2.
For some reason, until last December, I believed Robertson Stocks to be in New Zealand (yes I'm severely challenged) instead they are 20 minutes down the road from my place of work. To cut a long story short I ordered a stock from the US. 2 Days later manitou recommended Robertsons to me and told me where they were. I could have kicked myself down the stairs when I found that out. :D
 
Sorry to Armedsask for hijacking. Fibreglass stocks are a tough business. If you want to manufacture actions etc. you can buy what you need off the shelf and hire a machinist. If you want to build stocks you need to be inventive and do a lot of searching to figure and find what you need and a lot of experimenting. I have been doing it for at least 32 years and sometimes still Black Magic gets involved.
 
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