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First custom gunstock
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<blockquote data-quote="Locknload" data-source="post: 1604190" data-attributes="member: 20333"><p>There are several good inletters around that will work your blank for a price. For years I used Ed Shulen out in CO until his death. Ed was the stock making instructor at the CO school. I rarely buy wood from premade folks. I have had decent luck with Richards and Show Me. I guess I have had customers buy about 5-6 dozen stocks from Richards. Richards guarantees their stocks, do not mess with it, not happy, return it and they will replace it. Now I bought a half dozen 510 Boyd's stocks from Gun Parts when they were moving them out for about $36 each. I was restoring a dozen 500 Remingtons at the time, Boyd's makes a decent utility grade plane Jane stock.</p><p></p><p>If you want to build a stock for a rifle, first time out of the barn, I suggest you buy a Richards "second" to practice on. Then buy a minimum AA class stock for the real project. In the US Claro walnut is the standard and is cheap in CA because it is grown in orchards for edible nuts.</p><p></p><p>Show Me cuts 391 forends by the way. This is one of my collection of exhibition blanks that I had Show Me cut for my personal Beretta 391 sporting gold silver side gun, I did the final fit and finish. The finish is a sanded in finish of about 23 coats. I have that 391 gun set up to shoot fox at night and crows during the day, with its short barrel and #3 buck for fox. That is a 24 inch barrel. Since I retired and moved, a lot of my stuff, parts, tools, etc is still packed up and stored in my shop.</p><p>Oh, when done, that is a $2,500-$3,000 wood set at Cole's in ME. They do a good bit of custom Beretta work. iPhone picture.</p><p>Ed</p><p>[ATTACH=full]128101[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Locknload, post: 1604190, member: 20333"] There are several good inletters around that will work your blank for a price. For years I used Ed Shulen out in CO until his death. Ed was the stock making instructor at the CO school. I rarely buy wood from premade folks. I have had decent luck with Richards and Show Me. I guess I have had customers buy about 5-6 dozen stocks from Richards. Richards guarantees their stocks, do not mess with it, not happy, return it and they will replace it. Now I bought a half dozen 510 Boyd’s stocks from Gun Parts when they were moving them out for about $36 each. I was restoring a dozen 500 Remingtons at the time, Boyd’s makes a decent utility grade plane Jane stock. If you want to build a stock for a rifle, first time out of the barn, I suggest you buy a Richards “second” to practice on. Then buy a minimum AA class stock for the real project. In the US Claro walnut is the standard and is cheap in CA because it is grown in orchards for edible nuts. Show Me cuts 391 forends by the way. This is one of my collection of exhibition blanks that I had Show Me cut for my personal Beretta 391 sporting gold silver side gun, I did the final fit and finish. The finish is a sanded in finish of about 23 coats. I have that 391 gun set up to shoot fox at night and crows during the day, with its short barrel and #3 buck for fox. That is a 24 inch barrel. Since I retired and moved, a lot of my stuff, parts, tools, etc is still packed up and stored in my shop. Oh, when done, that is a $2,500-$3,000 wood set at Cole’s in ME. They do a good bit of custom Beretta work. iPhone picture. Ed [ATTACH=full]128101[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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