Rough rifle stock - pic heavy

[joelkdouglas]

Well, the rough rifle stock arrived back from UPS today. Here's what she looks like, with a lot of work still left to do. Lenny Standish in Stevensville, MT did the initial stock shaping and rough inletting. I will still shape the stock some, I think making the foreend a bit slimmer and possibly also the grip slimmer.

I'll take pics along the way, and hope to get some work done in the next couple weeks.

This is the new stock, below the one that was on Grandpa's rifle. I asked that Lenny remove the Monte Carlo and cheekpiece, as I prefer to hold closer to me than they allow.
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The first three pics the stock is dry, and the last three I got it wet.
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As an aside, my mother made the quilt about 10 years ago when my wife and I were married.

 

[FOTIS]

Wish I had some woodworking talent

 

[DrMike]

It has character; looks good at this point.

 

[Teknys]

I like that grain contrast. It is going to look great when finished.

 

[SJB358]

That looks awesome! It is going to explode with character when you out some oil on it! Looks very nice. Can't wait to see the finished project.

 

[efw]

Looks pretty darned nice to me.

Tell us the story/details on the rifle...

 

[Oldtrader3]

That stock has some figure and contrast in it Joel. It should finish up really nicely.

 

[joelkdouglas]

Looks pretty darned nice to me.

Tell us the story/details on the rifle...

She's a .30-06 Win 70 FWT, manufactured in 1965. She was my Grandpa's, but i never hunted with him or even knew he hunted. My dad doesn't hunt. My dad gave her to me because he doesn't have a safe in his house, and I was content to let her sit in my gun safe doing nothing until last year. Then my rifle was at Bartlein getting a new barrel (still is, actually), so I had to use her.

I figured out the scope was broken during the hunt, by gut shooting a doe at 40 yards, but I did like the rifle's handling. I didn't like the Monte Carlo on the stock, though, so I am shaping and finishing this one.

I think she'll also get modified to .338-06 before I'm done, as my rifle is also chambered in .30-06. If she were a pre-64 or unique I probably wouldn't change anything. My wife even asked me at what point it is no longer my Grandpa's rifle, and I said that happened the day I shot a deer with it. I figure it's better to restore it to glory anyway, than let it sit in the back of the safe.

 

[joelkdouglas]

I did some small work today, and figured out I needed to order some inletting black. And I rounded the fore end a bit more with some 80-grit sandpaper.

 

[DrMike]

My wife even asked me at what point it is no longer my Grandpa's rifle, and I said that happened the day I shot a deer with it.

+1

It is nice to have the history behind a rifle. One day your children will have those memories for their own.