Make your own rifle stock

FranKKL

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Did anybody here ever try to make your own rifle stock? I would like to look at the possibility of making one for my 700.

For all the reply coming: yes I have the skills, tools, and I know that I will probably need to bead it. Any pics of home made stocks?
 
I've been thinking of using high density foam and fiberglass. I just saw a thread on another site where a guy is using balsa wood and kevlar. Someone else on this site was trying laminated birch plywood.
 
FranKKL said:
Did anybody here ever try to make your own rifle stock? I would like to look at the possibility of making one for my 700.

For all the reply coming: yes I have the skills, tools, and I know that I will probably need to bead it. Any pics of home made stocks?
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I've done 8-10 from blanks. This is the first one I did about 12 years ago. The wood is Broadleaf Maple I cut from a dry log on a logging landing.

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This is the last one I did for a .375 H&H mag. It's Black Walnut.

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Mauser98 said:
I've done 8-10 from blanks. This is the first one I did about 12 years ago. The wood is Broadleaf Maple I cut from a dry log on a logging landing.

This is the last one I did for a .375 H&H mag. It's Black Walnut.
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Those are really impressive Mauser98.
 
Mauser98 said:
I've done 8-10 from blanks. This is the first one I did about 12 years ago. The wood is Broadleaf Maple I cut from a dry log on a logging landing.

101-0156_IMG.jpg


This is the last one I did for a .375 H&H mag. It's Black Walnut.

DSC00623.jpg
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Looks like awesome work!!
 
If someone is going to get into stock-making(especially from a blank), the first thing he should do is get some books and do a lot of reading.

Books that I have found to be a huge help are:

Modern Gunsmithing by Clyde Baker. Printed in 1933. $29.50 at Chapters.ca

The Gun Digest Book of Riflesmithing by Jack Mitchell. $20.09 at Chapters.ca

The NRA Gunsmithing Guide-Updated. I got mine from Brownells years ago. I can't find it in their current catalog

Gunsmithing Tips and Projects. US$25.00. Also has a couple of excellent chapters on slow rust bluing.

I've reached the conclusion that the best way to go(for me at least) is to find a nice piece of wood and get someone to semi-inlet it on a duplicator. There are a few guy around that do this kind of work.
 
I made a couple. This one was a project I did (and ongoing) :D
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The rifle I "bedded" in this one (real crappy job, but did the job for testing) was a stevens 325 C in 30-30. I copied the LOP, basic dimensions and engineering concepts from the original beech stock, and modified for my preference. (This one was comfy as heck to shoot and I get a lot of compliments on it) I video'd the test-fire to report back to the funding people. More funding to follow, I hope :D :cool:

and more than slightly fugly::eek:

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never test fired, but served as a conceptual...

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Mauser98 said:
I've done 8-10 from blanks. This is the first one I did about 12 years ago. The wood is Broadleaf Maple I cut from a dry log on a logging landing.

101-0156_IMG.jpg


This is the last one I did for a .375 H&H mag. It's Black Walnut.

DSC00623.jpg
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Wow Paul........anymore hidden talents you would like to share? That black walnut looks great
 
I'm proud of the shaping job I did on a Boyds semi-inlet for my P-14,it fits me perfectly and looks as good as a stock can look on a P-14.While I was rasping that rough chunk of wood,I remembered the reading the advice from an old gunsmith "just remove what doesn't belong on a gunstock" That's pretty much it sums it up.

I also have semi shaped stock to inlet.I realized a inlet is nothing more than a series of mortices.I have made mortice and tenon furnture.It's going to be time consuming to make all those templates and jig for the 1/2" plunge router.
 
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