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Options for opening up barrel channel?
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<blockquote data-quote="Hugnot" data-source="post: 3029571" data-attributes="member: 115658"><p>I am real olde have had extensive experience with opening barrel channels. I was a gofer for well known rifle maker and observed him crafting many beautiful gun stocks for rifles that he sold for $7K & more using pricy & exotic wood., like highly figured Bastogne walnut having excellent grain flow. He used one of these:</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]542106[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>I also use this.</p><p></p><p>Try Brownell's. These are commonly "sold out" but are worth waiting for.</p><p></p><p>Should this item not be available a flat file of .5 inch width can have the end ground to a circle and used as a scraper. The edge must be sharp and a diamond grit sharpening stone can be used to sharpen & maintain the edge,</p><p></p><p>It is important to scrape with the grain flow. Moderate force applied to the edge will remove wood. This & the Brownell's scraper is not intended for starting a barrel channel in a stock blank. I have used my cordless with a 1/2 inch starter point drill (series of shallow holes drilled into line drawn with straight edge) & gouges, chisels, & round Stanley Surform wood rasp (pull instead of push) to get the channel started. Many stocks like those from Richards come with barrel channels close enough to be scraped out.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hugnot, post: 3029571, member: 115658"] I am real olde have had extensive experience with opening barrel channels. I was a gofer for well known rifle maker and observed him crafting many beautiful gun stocks for rifles that he sold for $7K & more using pricy & exotic wood., like highly figured Bastogne walnut having excellent grain flow. He used one of these: [ATTACH alt="IMG_1810.JPG"]542106[/ATTACH] I also use this. Try Brownell's. These are commonly "sold out" but are worth waiting for. Should this item not be available a flat file of .5 inch width can have the end ground to a circle and used as a scraper. The edge must be sharp and a diamond grit sharpening stone can be used to sharpen & maintain the edge, It is important to scrape with the grain flow. Moderate force applied to the edge will remove wood. This & the Brownell's scraper is not intended for starting a barrel channel in a stock blank. I have used my cordless with a 1/2 inch starter point drill (series of shallow holes drilled into line drawn with straight edge) & gouges, chisels, & round Stanley Surform wood rasp (pull instead of push) to get the channel started. Many stocks like those from Richards come with barrel channels close enough to be scraped out. [/QUOTE]
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