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Stock shaping tips/suggestions?
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<blockquote data-quote="John_from_Sudbury" data-source="post: 368760" data-attributes="member: 23648"><p>Thanks for the tips Mr. Russo. I don't think we would be taking a whole lot of material off. My brother in law has been working on his (he wanted to do everything himself) and he didn't take much off at all and it seems fine (comfortable) to me. I would have just done that too but this gunsmith aquintance of mine seemed to have a very particular idea about how my hand should rest on the grip. I figured there may be some accepted guidlines along the same lines as the methods for determining your "proper" length of pull. I can tell you that the amount of material removed would be ALOT less than some of the pictures I've seen online, like the one below. For the tang area I think I didn't explain too well what he had in mind. He is more or less talking about slightly concaving the left side edge, where the 'saddle' or dipped part of the grip levels off with the tang. Anyway this is all a great learning experience for me and I'm quite enjoying the process despite my extreme impatience to get the **** thing finished and out shooting!!</p><p>Thanks again!</p><p> </p><p>(below is a stock I saw on the internet with alot of material removed - mine won't be that thin at the grip)</p><p><img src="http://i646.photobucket.com/albums/uu185/bigeddyj/6x47Lapua2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="John_from_Sudbury, post: 368760, member: 23648"] Thanks for the tips Mr. Russo. I don't think we would be taking a whole lot of material off. My brother in law has been working on his (he wanted to do everything himself) and he didn't take much off at all and it seems fine (comfortable) to me. I would have just done that too but this gunsmith aquintance of mine seemed to have a very particular idea about how my hand should rest on the grip. I figured there may be some accepted guidlines along the same lines as the methods for determining your "proper" length of pull. I can tell you that the amount of material removed would be ALOT less than some of the pictures I've seen online, like the one below. For the tang area I think I didn't explain too well what he had in mind. He is more or less talking about slightly concaving the left side edge, where the 'saddle' or dipped part of the grip levels off with the tang. Anyway this is all a great learning experience for me and I'm quite enjoying the process despite my extreme impatience to get the **** thing finished and out shooting!! Thanks again! (below is a stock I saw on the internet with alot of material removed - mine won't be that thin at the grip) [IMG]http://i646.photobucket.com/albums/uu185/bigeddyj/6x47Lapua2.jpg[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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