I hate making and refinishing gun stocks. Tedious, and not my area of expertise (still trying to figure out just exactly WHAT my area of expertise is, by the way). But every once in a while I succumb to temptation and take on a gun stock project. Here are a couple of bolt gun projects that turned out OK. Share your adventures in woodworking.
This Remington was highly modified when I got it. Belonged to a gun smith who experimented on it. But it still had the original stock. It was cut down trying to match the shortened barrel and it looked awful. I bought a semi-inletted stock and fitted it. These always seem to need a lot more fitting that the sellers suggest.
Picked up a cut down Krag about 25 years ago. Wood was incredibly ugly. I bought a semi-finished stock that was advertised as 90% inletted but 20% was more accurate. I spent a couple years working off and on to get it done.
This one is a bit of an odd duck. Started out as a classic sporter Mauser but when it came time to select the wood I went a little nuts and used a more modern style laminated stock. Interesting contrast with the 3 leaf express sights and other classic features against the more modern looking wood.
This Remington was highly modified when I got it. Belonged to a gun smith who experimented on it. But it still had the original stock. It was cut down trying to match the shortened barrel and it looked awful. I bought a semi-inletted stock and fitted it. These always seem to need a lot more fitting that the sellers suggest.
Picked up a cut down Krag about 25 years ago. Wood was incredibly ugly. I bought a semi-finished stock that was advertised as 90% inletted but 20% was more accurate. I spent a couple years working off and on to get it done.
This one is a bit of an odd duck. Started out as a classic sporter Mauser but when it came time to select the wood I went a little nuts and used a more modern style laminated stock. Interesting contrast with the 3 leaf express sights and other classic features against the more modern looking wood.