Thought I’d throw this out. There are a few stock makers out there.
I have many happy memories attached to walking around a woodlot as a kid with a Daisy Red Ryder plinking. I found the BB gun in Dad’s basement and thought I’d pass it along to Sonny Boy.
The stock is rather dinged up. I think it was a Christmas present in 1968. I can either strip it and refinish it or make a new one out of Walnut. The current one is Pine. My Son and I do little woodworking projects together.
If it was yours, what would you do?
Frank
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I have two different answers rattling around in my head. The first answer is... Even though the stock is dinged up, your son will probably appreciate it as it is (was) dads and each nick and ding tells of a successful and fun filled advanture.
The other half of me says... Use the stock as a pattern to make a new stock and put the original away for the day you (or son) want to restore the gun to its original condition. Your son will feel a special attachment to the gun if he makes his own stock, knowing it is 'part yours' and 'part his'.
SawdustSteve
Frank,
I am sure there are people who collect those guns so my recomendation is give it to your kid and let him put as many dings in it as you did.
He isn't going to love it any more if you made a bastogne walnut stock and checkered it. What he is going to love is time spent with you learning to shoot it.
If you want to build him something, make him a bunch of 2D targets to shoot at and knock down.
Michael Bush, Stockmaker
Frank, I just went to the closet to get my Red Ryder Model 40, circa 1950. The stock appears to be birch (stained walnut) or some similar hardwood and while it's dinged a bit, I couldn't refinish or replace the stock. It just wouldn't be the same gun. Making a stock with your son is a nice idea, but keep the original in case you have second thoughts later. That way, no harm done.
Ian
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