my custom .22

[5in1hole]

started life as a nacco grizzly, barrel got bent, acquired a barrel from a cooey 75 machined it to fit the grizzly breech and duel extractors, made a custom thumbhole stock from poplar. put it together now i just have to wait till i find a source for a trigger.

Here's the pics

Eric

 

[cyclone]

Nice! All Canadian so far?

 

[5in1hole]

the butt pad and scope are chinese

 

[cz452shooter]

Looks great !

 

[5in1hole]

thanks there were a few times i had to force myself to slow down or stop lol

 

[lineofsight]

A Cooey barrel for a custom build, I love it. Beautiful work on the stock.

 

[5in1hole]

thanks i traded a set of .303 brit dies for the barrel. 27 inches long and pretty heavy at that

 

[BCRider]

Wonderful work on the stock. Also nice work on machining up the barrel to fit the receiver.

I have to admit that poplar is not the first wood I would think of for a new stock. But for a 22 the lighter weight will be an asset rather than a detriment. And while I hope I'm worrying about nothing do be careful with handling your new toy. You haven't left much wood at the top and bottom of the opening and poplar being so light and relatively weak it won't take kindly to a fall onto it or other mishaps that apply force to those connecting bits. Also you've likely already found out that it dents easily so you'll be handling it gently in any event.

None of this takes anything away from your design and workmanship though. A first rate job on both counts. I suspect you'll both be very happy together.

 

[5in1hole]

thanks for the advise yeah poplar wasn't my first choice either but as my first stock i decided a large investment wasn't such a good idea but it seemed to turn out pretty good, thanks for the kind words

Eric

 

[BCRider]

If/when you decide to have another go at it in a hardwood I'll suggest black walnut. Of the domestic hardwoods it is one of the cheaper ones and is not overly dense so your stock will still come out reasonably light. It also has a lovely darker brown with hints of black/purple in the wood which means you don't require nor would you want to stain it. Just a few coats of rubbed on varnish (to avoid it building up too thickly) will make it look fantastic. It also works reasonably easily too. Not poplar easy but certainly easier than oak, maple or other more dense hardwoods.

 

[5in1hole]

awsome thank you, i will deffinatly have to look into that

 

[Chip]

Is that ever nice, well done! Love the stock.

 

[Dean_1911]

Good work

 

[5in1hole]

thanks guys hey dean looks like your only 15-20 minuits away lol im in leamington