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<blockquote data-quote="19elkhunter51" data-source="post: 1604146" data-attributes="member: 14169"><p>If you, as you say, have never done any stock work, I will agree with all the others in saying you are getting ready to take a really big project that is very complicated. Everything I have read is all true. Stocks have been made from many different types of wood but there is a reason that walnut has been the standard for over two hundred years. </p><p>I put a semi-inletted stock on my fathers Springfield 30-06 many years ago. I first looked at purchasing a walnut blank but decided that I had neither the tools or the time to complete that job not to mention the fact that I really didn't want to spend that kind of money on a blank only to make a mistake and ruin the blank. I can not remember where I purchased the stock (Brownells?) but I do know that I spent most of the spring and part of the summer completing the new stock. That did not include any checkering. My Dad still carries that gun when he goes elk hunting. </p><p>Using the semi-inletted stock isn't "cheating". It will give you an amazing feeling of accomplishment when you finish and it will be as custom as anything you could pay for. It will always be "yours".</p><p>Someone else mentioned the number of project stocks left in the corner after a rough start. I know that I thought long and hard several times about throwing my Dad's stock on the scrap heap and buying a completed stock. I am glad I didn't do that and I have an immense amount of pride in that stock. </p><p>If you start, don't make it a job. Make it something that is a joy to work on and look at.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="19elkhunter51, post: 1604146, member: 14169"] If you, as you say, have never done any stock work, I will agree with all the others in saying you are getting ready to take a really big project that is very complicated. Everything I have read is all true. Stocks have been made from many different types of wood but there is a reason that walnut has been the standard for over two hundred years. I put a semi-inletted stock on my fathers Springfield 30-06 many years ago. I first looked at purchasing a walnut blank but decided that I had neither the tools or the time to complete that job not to mention the fact that I really didn't want to spend that kind of money on a blank only to make a mistake and ruin the blank. I can not remember where I purchased the stock (Brownells?) but I do know that I spent most of the spring and part of the summer completing the new stock. That did not include any checkering. My Dad still carries that gun when he goes elk hunting. Using the semi-inletted stock isn't "cheating". It will give you an amazing feeling of accomplishment when you finish and it will be as custom as anything you could pay for. It will always be "yours". Someone else mentioned the number of project stocks left in the corner after a rough start. I know that I thought long and hard several times about throwing my Dad's stock on the scrap heap and buying a completed stock. I am glad I didn't do that and I have an immense amount of pride in that stock. If you start, don't make it a job. Make it something that is a joy to work on and look at. [/QUOTE]
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