foam stock???

[Rubikahn]

Would a rifle stock formed from high density foam and coated with epoxy/fiberglass (similar to surf boards or r/c aircraft) be feasible. Perhaps reinforcing stress areas with acraglas/atomized metal. Has anyone tried it?

 

[Splatter]

I think you've pretty much described the majority of "fiberglass" gunstocks.

 

[Rembo]

that's exactly how they are built...I've seen them in process at a well known fibreglass stock maker's shop......

 

[prosper]

interesting.... You could make a gunstock with little more than materials and a sharp knife. I suspected this was how they were made, but had not considered making one myself.

 

[Rapt]

Yep I've tried it... I have a fair amount of fibreglass/epoxy experience.

Its feasible, but still quite time consuming.

 

[Rubikahn]

hah, and I thought I was on to something new! My dreams of glory have vanished

 

[tiriaq]

Saw a stock on a .22 sihouette rifle which had been made by carving out a foam core, then covering it with glass and resin. Ugly, but the rifle shot very well. There is even a book describing how to make moulds and stocks written by a gentleman in Ottawa. The moulds are made from plaster, using an existing stock as the pattern. I suspect that making a stock this way would help one appreciate the quality of commercial stocks, like the ones made by Ian Robertson.

 

[Rembo]

I suspect that making a stock this way would help one appreciate the quality of commercial stocks, like the ones made by Ian Robertson.

no doubt.....as well as those made by Stuart Reid at Wildcat stocks......gotta put in a plug for the local guy