Gunsmithing Inletting a stock

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I am going to inlet a stock for a Rem 700. I did measure the 3 bolt holes with a height gauge and pin. My question is from the end of the reciever to the 1st bolt closest to your cheek I got a mesearument of .470 is this correct. I wold have thought Rem would maybe used a more round number like .500 or is it metric or something. I got the next hole to be 3.232 or close don t have my numbers in front of me or can I assume my numbers are correct. Can someone verify the correct numbers.

 

[our gang]

Re: Inletting a stock

Do you mean: you are going to start with a piece of raw wood and inlet the action into it?
Why? comes to mind.
Is this just a stock blank?
Is so, I would happily pay the money to send it off to a firm that produces semi-finished stocks from a supplied blank. That is 95% of the work you are contemplating.
Especially if it's a good blank.
If you have not done "from scratch" inletting before, I suggest you go down to the lumberyard and but a 4x6" piece of clear Redwood to see just what a major job it is.
In my younger days, I was a Porsche mechanic and restored classic wooden boat "speedboats" as a hobby. Either was a piece of cake to building a stock from a blank.
That's why a good stockmaker gets four figures for a really fine job.
Good luck!

 

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Re: Inletting a stock

Yes it is a piece of walnut that i have formed out out a blank. I used the mill to to square everything up then traced my pattern removed as much mat'l as possible then started the hand work with rasps. Now I am to the point that I am ready to inlet. I have the butt and grip shaped still leaving my forend square so I can get it in the center and then work around that. I knew it was a large project to start and I have at least 12hrs in the grip and butt of the stock with no sanding yet and it is still pretty smyterical. I am still in my younger days and do jump in over my head many of timwes, just in too far now to quit. (and I have never quit anything yet) I will say that it will look fairly good when done, nothing like a walnut stock in my opinion.

 

[packratt]

Re: Inletting a stock

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Mr. Humble</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
Is this just a stock blank?
Is so, I would happily pay the money to send it off to a firm that produces semi-finished stocks from a supplied blank. That is 95% of the work you are contemplating. </div></div>

Do you have any contact info for companies that do this? I've got a couple boards I cut from black walnut stumps about 20 years ago. IIRC should have material for several nice stocks.

 

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Re: Inletting a stock

http://www.gunstockduplicating.com/
http://www.bosesofnebraska.com/duplicating.html
http://macongunstocks.net/

and I'm sure there are many more not on the Net.