My name is Brian, I haven't posted in a while so I figured I would put this up. Started reloading at 18 in 1997, haven't looked back since. I went to Lassen Community College in Susanville, Ca. While there I took a couple of the gunsmithing classes for something other to do then homework. That is where I was bitten by the gunsmithing bug, although I couldn't afford to actually do it. My brother and I however did manage to scrape together enough money to buy a few Mexican Mausers. Several M1910, and one M1936. The M36 was turned into a 22-250, and before people start preaching about it being a small ring typical of a M96, you are wrong. It is a small ring Mauser, but of a M98 pattern.
One of the M1910 Mausers was mine, and I refinished it in class, reblued it, etc. The instructors inspected it, and gave it a blessing of good health. So after it sitting in my drawer or a box for the last dozen years or so I decided to start working on it. Four or so years ago I was out in Kentucky helping out with a family medical issue. My brother-in-law has a tree removal company. Long story short, we cut down a black walnut tree in Lexington, Ky.
Here is a blank from that tree.
A little more information you might need to know about me. My grandfather was the Stock making instructor at Lassen CC's School of Gunsmithing in the late 50's and early 60's. Everything I know of stock making comes from him.
I traced out a suitable stock blank and roughed it out with bandsaws, skill saws and handsaws. I then started the laborious process of hand inletting the action into the stock blank.
Halfway done.
Done
I then decided I should glass bed the entire action to the stock.
While waiting on the epoxy to set, I got bored and made a couple of things.
Custom Knife handle for a friend.
45 grips for myself.
At this point I started on the forend.
Epoxy setting the Ebony Spacer.
Plained down the forend after I Epoxy set in a piece of Manzanita Burl that my brother and I cured in 1994. Sorry, forgot to take a picture of the burl being set. It is pinned with hardwood dowels to prevent it from snapping off. Also discovered that Ebony is rather fragile. Oops.
Shot of the forend tip with one side semi-sanded down and dampened to show its colors.
One of the M1910 Mausers was mine, and I refinished it in class, reblued it, etc. The instructors inspected it, and gave it a blessing of good health. So after it sitting in my drawer or a box for the last dozen years or so I decided to start working on it. Four or so years ago I was out in Kentucky helping out with a family medical issue. My brother-in-law has a tree removal company. Long story short, we cut down a black walnut tree in Lexington, Ky.
Here is a blank from that tree.
A little more information you might need to know about me. My grandfather was the Stock making instructor at Lassen CC's School of Gunsmithing in the late 50's and early 60's. Everything I know of stock making comes from him.
I traced out a suitable stock blank and roughed it out with bandsaws, skill saws and handsaws. I then started the laborious process of hand inletting the action into the stock blank.
Halfway done.
Done
I then decided I should glass bed the entire action to the stock.
While waiting on the epoxy to set, I got bored and made a couple of things.
Custom Knife handle for a friend.
45 grips for myself.
At this point I started on the forend.
Epoxy setting the Ebony Spacer.
Plained down the forend after I Epoxy set in a piece of Manzanita Burl that my brother and I cured in 1994. Sorry, forgot to take a picture of the burl being set. It is pinned with hardwood dowels to prevent it from snapping off. Also discovered that Ebony is rather fragile. Oops.
Shot of the forend tip with one side semi-sanded down and dampened to show its colors.
