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   Wingdoctor | Mar 02, 2008 06:13am | #1

   Sure I have. I used to be a gunsmith and made rifle and shotgun stocks from shaped blanks or square blanks. Most of the stocks I have made have been for cartridge guns but I have made a few muzzloader stocks also.

   What are you wanting to make a stock for? What exactly do you want to know how to do?

   It is not usually a beginners project, but if you have the basic skills and patience, LOTS OF PATIENCE, it can be done. After the inletting of the metal is done the outline can be cut with a bandsaw if you have one and then it is mostly hand tools; chisels, planes, and rasps and files, to get the shape and contours needed.

   Let me know what you are wanting to make a stock for and an idea of where you are in the skills area and I will help you.

   Bruce

    

   
   

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   Edited 3/1/2008 10:15 pm ET by Wingdoctor

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   danmart | Mar 02, 2008 06:44am | #2

   Like Bruce said it can be done with a few tools and lots of determination and patience. Its fun. The stock you want to do is what I refer to as a half stock. Here are some questions that might help get you pointed toward your target goal:

   1. What wood do you think you would like to use?

   2. Do you want to make a fancy stock or something to throw in the truck and go bird hunting?

   3. Do you have a parts source for your barrel and furniture?

   4. What power tools and hand tools do you have for the project?

   Photos:

   half stock in maple.

   Send a word for more inputs.

   dan

   
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   BobSmalser | Mar 02, 2008 07:06am | #3

   A couple dozen here, too.  I'm finishing a stock for a Remington Model 14 carbine this week, in fact.

   Tell us the make and model of shotgun and we can probably advise on the best course of action.  Boyd's and Wenig are among the few remaining companies who can machine a semi-inletted blank for a wide variety of models.  Their machines are set up with data from original stocks and will get the pitch and drop to factory specs.  If you want a different drop at comb and heel from factory, you may have to start from scratch.

   Whether from scratch or an inletted blank, the critical tasks are still all yours.  You'll need to learn how to soot and pare.

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   We can also coach you on creating an adjustable stock for a shotgun that adjusts with your clothing and shooting skills.  If your goal is performance rather than originality or looks, these with the recoil reducer are the cat's meow.  Some shotgun target sports are money games where every advantage is sought.

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   Yitz | Mar 03, 2008 01:43am | #4

   Howdy,

   Read the thread with interest and loved the pix with the stocks in progress.

   I inherited a Winchester Model 1902, bolt action, single shot .22 rifle from my Dad...it mighta' even been my Grand Dad's.  Anyway, the stock is busted all to heck and I want to take a stab at replacing it.  It's a little rusty, but it'll still fire I bet.

   Where can I get an "official" pattern for the stock?  Any sources?

   Thanks!

    

   Yitz

   http://www.eitzhadar.com

    

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   BobSmalser | Mar 03, 2008 02:14am | #5

   You can try the manufacturers, for a semi-inletted blank. Call or email, as they can do more than their catalogs list, especially Wenig's:http://www.wenig.com/http://www.boydsgunstocks.com/But if there is any stock left at all, it's almost always better to save the original by restoring it. Between modern epoxy, brass pins, and feathered glazes to hide the gluelines, almost any broken stock can be renewed:http://www.woodenboatvb.com/vbulletin/upload/showthread.php?t=298http://www.woodenboatvb.com/vbulletin/upload/showthread.php?t=9065

   Edited 3/2/2008 6:16 pm by BobSmalser

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   joinerswork | Mar 03, 2008 03:20am | #6

   Yitz,

   Maybe this'll help:

   http://www.e-gunparts.com/DisplayAd.asp?chrProductSKU=980790&chrSuperSKU=&MC=

   Unless you especially want to make one yourself.

   Ray

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   RW | Mar 03, 2008 05:48am | #7

   That top one sure looks like a 98 from my screen

   Never even heard of sooting, but I get it. I always used what was essentially blue vaseline and an acid brush to guide the next spots to get gouged.

   If the OP wants to look at tools specific to the craft http://www.brownells.com

    Real trucks dont have sparkplugs

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   BobSmalser | Mar 03, 2008 06:09am | #8

   I show a M1903 NRA Sporter from 1938 and a Winchester Super-X1 Trap Gun from 1974.

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   blewcrowe | Mar 04, 2008 06:54pm | #9

   I've never done it. I've seen it done, and observed so as a woodworking spectator. Most of the "best" guns use european or turkish walnut. It's a strong candidate and it has a lot of figure to it. I have owned some of these.....

   http://www.halkguns.com/build.cfm

   They are tops in wood selection, IMO.

   You want to know what you're doing when hogging out the wood. AND, when it comes to checkering, well, you need a triple dose of patience.