Gunsmithing Carving/inletting wood stocks from scratch?

[Bigbrotheretter]

I searched but couldnt find a thread on homemade stocks. Has anyone ever tried making a wood custom stock?
Any how to's? Or explanations? I know inletting would take forever...

 

[Ferryman]

Re: Carving/inletting wood stocks from scratch?

Hi Forest.
Though I have never carved a stock, I knew a gun maker "Mike Tierney of Custom Rifles" here in the UK who did just about everything by hand.

I spent many hours watching him, start of with a walnut blank and then only using hand tools, he would turn it into a work function and beauty.

when he was inletting the barreled action everything was done with gouges and scrapers and a soot lamp.

Sadly Mike passed away a few years ago and with him all of the skills he posessed.

It is a shame he never had an apprentice.

 

[coldboremiracle]

Re: Carving/inletting wood stocks from scratch?

I was just going to ask this very same question today! I'd love any input anyone out there has.

 

[Bigbrotheretter]

Re: Carving/inletting wood stocks from scratch?

Like how big of a size of a blank? I thought about tracing my original plain marlin xl7 stock on the the wood and then editing that original drawing from there and making the cheekpiece to my excact length, foregrip how i want.. Then cutting that out with a skillsaw or router or something? Any ideas?

 

[Glen Seekins]

Re: Carving/inletting wood stocks from scratch?

I got a laminate blank once and made my own stock. Never ever ever ever ever ever ever ever evvvvver will i do that again. It took forever and you cannot easily put wood back so one mistake and your screwed.

 

[cmnspwr]

Re: Carving/inletting wood stocks from scratch?

You can talk with "cwa11is" here on the hide. He makes custom stocks for Ruger 10/22's.

 

[chris112]

Re: Carving/inletting wood stocks from scratch?

There are a lot of books on this subject out there. Suggest that you check them out.

I've built a few black powder rifles and there is no way I am going to even try inletting a barrel channel on one of them without power tools. If you can actually do it with gouges and chisels, good for you. I prefer not to waste 2 days or more on a job that should take 10 minutes.

 

[Bigbrotheretter]

Re: Carving/inletting wood stocks from scratch?

Say i have a stock all cut out and finished, but i havnet done any inletting.. Can i get a smith to do it for me?

 

[AWGunS]

Re: Carving/inletting wood stocks from scratch?

search frankenturd here on the hide. Its one way of doing things, and a 'blank' wouldn't cost that much.

 

[Bigbrotheretter]

Re: Carving/inletting wood stocks from scratch?

So if i bought this Boyds jr classic uninletted. I could have a smith do the inletting for me. For my marlin xl7 and then finish the outside of the stock myself?

 

[808Huntress]

Re: Carving/inletting wood stocks from scratch?

Try this link: http://russoriflestocks.com/

Joel has done stocks for me as well as a bunch of other he should be able to help you also a very great guy to deal with

 

[nickdahick]

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Your best bet would be to have a stock "smith" inlet the stock for the action and bottom metal, and follow it up by cutting and shaping the rest of it to your specs. I have been dabling at this for a little while now. What got me into it was wanting to build a gew custom mausers and upgrade some wood on some old model 12's and sXs shotguns. You can pm me for more info, I have learned a lot the hard way but it is very enjoyable. ITs amazing how nice of a stock you can make on a $40-$75 blank. They compete with all but the highest grade guns out there.

 

[Mgordon]

Re: Carving/inletting wood stocks from scratch?

I have done a few and if I want to stay in business I should never do another one again...haha

Here are some pictures of a two piece Stevens Shotgun Stock I made from scratch. This was the first one I ever did, so please dont hammer me too hard.

Mark