I have a couple of Mr. Cross’s Sentinel stocks and love to shoot them. I thought I’d attempt to duplicate it in a wood stock, mahogany in this case. Overall, I was moderately pleased with the results and I’m looking forward to giving it another shot as I learned an awful lot in this first attempt and hope to do much better on the next one.
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Gunsmithing A tribute to Mr. Cross and his Sentinel stock (updated)
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Really nice! That had to be a butt load of work.
Real wood is always the shit.
Enjoy sir.
T.
Thank you sir and thanks everyone for all of the responses. I really wasn’t expecting the first one to work out as well as it did and I’m really looking forward to what the next one brings. It’s a whole lot easier just buying one though…when you can find ‘‘em that is.
Here is my second effort. The stock is made from Brazilian Leopardwood. I’m giving this one to my dad for Father’s Day. I am much happier with this one than the first effort, but that’s to be expected as we learn. Looking forward to what the next one brings.
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Gorgeous man! I’ve never seen that type of wood, incredible grain structure.
Nah, I’m not that talented. I had my son rough it out on a CNC router. After that, it only took 45 hours of grinding, milling and sanding to get to the finished product.
Years ago built a mold and made a couple of carbon fiber stocks inspired by Sentinel stock , for a pair of .284win/Shehane tactical rifles
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How am I only just now seing this thread!? That is amazing work! Did you use a template to get the profile or just do it by eye?
Thanks. I had my son rough it out on a CNC router to get the proper profile, then did the necessary boring, milling, grinding and sanding to finish it. There was a lot of improvement from the first attempt to the second, and I’m about to give it another try in the next month or so. I’ll post pics when it’s finished. I found a beautiful piece of Bubinga for this one.
Can’t wait to see it, I had been thinking about trying something like this myself. And now seeing some done it’s making me want to do it more, just have to find the time
Check THIS one out. I keep hoping for an update. It is so inspiring that I have a Manners stock that I am going to send to a duplicator with a stick of wood and then do the finishing myself. https://www.snipershide.com/shooting/threads/wood.7090026/
Did you gentlemen see @gebhardt02 stock? That was pretty.
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There is also a wood shop thread that is good.
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Gunsmithing - Making a custom wood stock from scratch
This entire project merely started as an idea rolling through my mind in the summer of 2019. I was enjoying a few days with some long-time friends of mine and as usual, my mind drifted toward rifle projects. I wanted to do something completely different than what is normal in the...
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There is also a wood shop thread that is good.
Maggie’s - The Wood Shop
Some more profiling. It’s funny because there is enough money worth of rasps sitting on the bench to buy a really nice belt sander, lol. Yeah, that might be true, but then you'd have to wear something other than those comfy slippers.
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