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<blockquote data-quote="Susquatch" data-source="post: 1613457" data-attributes="member: 31264">Too funny! Love your attitude!My very first attempt at custom building was a plain walnut stock I refinished 60 years ago. I did a few more after that for friends.A few years later, I handcarved a stock based on a beautiful walnut blank. It was ok, but I wasn&#039;t happy with it. So I learned from my mistakes and carved another one out of a drop dead gorgeous piece of Claro walnut. This one was MUCH better!I got rid of the first one. However, the fancy wood on the second one kept moving on me.4 I tried pillars and glass bedding. Much better but still needed rebedding every few years. Eventually I milled out the receiver area using a plain old drill press and epoxied in an aluminium bedding block. That did the trick. Some time after that I had Ed Shilen install a barrel on it for me. He did the smithing himself. I still have it and it still shoots flies. My kids fight over who will get that rifle when God calls me.Enjoy playing with your toys. Life is short.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Susquatch, post: 1613457, member: 31264"] Too funny! Love your attitude! My very first attempt at custom building was a plain walnut stock I refinished 60 years ago. I did a few more after that for friends. A few years later, I handcarved a stock based on a beautiful walnut blank. It was ok, but I wasn't happy with it. So I learned from my mistakes and carved another one out of a drop dead gorgeous piece of Claro walnut. This one was MUCH better! I got rid of the first one. However, the fancy wood on the second one kept moving on me.4 I tried pillars and glass bedding. Much better but still needed rebedding every few years. Eventually I milled out the receiver area using a plain old drill press and epoxied in an aluminium bedding block. That did the trick. Some time after that I had Ed Shilen install a barrel on it for me. He did the smithing himself. I still have it and it still shoots flies. My kids fight over who will get that rifle when God calls me. Enjoy playing with your toys. Life is short. [/QUOTE]

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