Rifle stock picture

[Mountainman]

Knock dead gorgeous!
Beautiful in the sun!
How many coats so far

Oh hell, I have no idea......30 maybe? I went backwards once because I didn't like the white spacers so sanded them down, taped them off and painted them with black epoxy diluted with acetone.

You're just teasing us now Mountainman
I wanna see the entire beautiful piece finished!

Yeah me too . I was hoping to take it to hunting camp on Wednesday but I don't know if I'll make it or not. Going to blast metal today and cerakote tomorrow.

 

[Santiam]

Beautiful! I'd almost be afraid to take it out. Did you carve this out from scratch yourself? I looked around for maybe replacing mine, but the tang on my 1947 is peculiar, something like a clover leaf.

 

[Mountainman]

Beautiful! I'd almost be afraid to take it out. Did you carve this out from scratch yourself? I looked around for maybe replacing mine, but the tang on my 1947 is peculiar, something like a clover leaf.

Nossir, I whittled my first and last stock many years ago . I bought this one several years ago rough finished on the exterior and 90% inletted

 

[gltaylor]

@Mountainman,
Reason I asked is I've done several shotgun stocks. It usually takes 30-35 coats with rotten stone and very fine wet sandpaper between coats to get that finish you can see down into. Tedious, but beautiful when done.
And yes @Santiam , I'm Really cautious with them. Too many hours getting them pretty.

 

[Farleg]

Gday mountainman
Good to see my rifle is coming along well
Cheers

 

[still huntin]

Wow, thats beautiful !

 

[Farleg]

Gday mountainman
Here’s some of my matés work from blanks

But yours will take pride once I recieve it
Cheers

 

[gltaylor]

Man! That's some pretty wood!
Makes my synthetic carbon fiber stuff look just PLAIN UGLY

 

[les]

It is just hard to beat wood! I'm working on a curly maple stock right now. It is on hold right now because of hunting season! I'm going to go old school with an iron nitrate finish.

 

[Mountainman]

You're just teasing us now Mountainman
I wanna see the entire beautiful piece finished!

One more picture. Leaving to Canada for a couple weeks so I won't be able to finish it until I get back. Came out a little shinier than I was looking for but the oil finish will be easy to repair if it comes to that.

I'll get some proper pictures once I get it all back together.

Regards

 

[gltaylor]

Well done sir!
You do good work!
That recoil pad looks nice too.

 

[Santiam]

One more picture. Leaving to Canada for a couple weeks so I won't be able to finish it until I get back. Came out a little shinier than I was looking for but the oil finish will be easy to repair if it comes to that.

I'll get some proper pictures once I get it all back together.

Regards

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Beautiful!

 

[Farleg]

Gday mountainman
Enjoy Canada & I don’t mind you taking your time with my rifle as good things come to those who wait
Cheers

 

[markfina]

Cool when do I pick it up

Can’t wait to see the finished product
That grain does look so good

Thanks for sharing & look forward to the progress of this one
Cheers

Get to the back of the Line and no cutting is allowed That is going to be GORGEOUS I am still drooling the keyboard is getting soaked!

 

[Farleg]

Get to the back of the Line and no cutting is allowed That is going to be GORGEOUS I am still drooling the keyboard is getting soaked!

Gday markfina
That’s a good reply & sitting here wondering what to type In response

Na you got me
Cheers

 

[CBH Australia]

That is one beautiful piece of timber!

I’m the other end of the spectrum GL all of my rifles have blued steel and timber stocks and I’m thinking I wouldn’t mind trying out something stainless steel and carbon fibre.. see what all this modernity is about!

Definitely a beautiful stock, well done @Mountainman .

Not to take anyway from the thread @TJA500 Bolly/Precision Defence Industries make some extremely stable lightweight C/F stocks here in Australia. Just add a stainless Tikka stainless barrelled action for an accurate lightweight all weather rifle.

 

[TJA500]

Ah interesting, thanks I hadn’t heard of them before.. will have to check them out

 

[Hammerdown]

Yessir, that's some beautiful wood you have there. That is going to be bad to the bone.

 

[still huntin]

mountainman, thats a heck of a job you did on that stock!

 

[Mountainman]

Finally got some pictures of the finished product. Friend of mine who is a photographer took these for me. Looks a lot better then me taking them on the kitchen floor