How many have made there own stocks???
I was thinking about makeing my own stock for my Savage 64 .22lr. It doesn't look hard, and I could build a custom piece.Anybody else do this? Anyone got any info on makeing stocks?? What tools will a guy need?
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Old timers made stocks with the simplist of tools--a saw, couple of chisels, drawknife and a drill. They built some beautiful stocks--it took a little longer than if they'd had power tools like we have today.
You can build a stock for your Savage if you have one to use as a go-by...and you have lots of patience.
My biggest suggestion is to go slow. Wood is a lot easier to remove than it is to put back. And for it to look good, the wood-to-metal fit must be near perfect.
My humble suggestion,
Rafter-S
"What is truth? No wonder jesting Pilate turned away. The truth, it has a thousand faces -- show only one of them, and the whole truth flies away! But how to show the whole? That is the question."
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Oh, and "yes." I have made several rifle stocks.
Rafter-S
"What is truth? No wonder jesting Pilate turned away. The truth, it has a thousand faces -- show only one of them, and the whole truth flies away! But how to show the whole? That is the question."
--Thomas Wolfe, "You Can't Go Home Again" (1934)0 -
I made a stock once with my dad in order to get the drop we wanted for a shotgun. One word ... no make it two: never again! We were fairly good wood workers (well, OK, not-so-hot woodworkers) and the result was ugly and did not do what we had hoped. Save up the big bucks and go with a pro for a custom stock. 0 -
I overheard a conversation one time between a custom stock maker and a guy who wanted to make his own. It went like this:
the guy: Gee, that stock is beautiful! How did you make it?
the stock maker: Well, it was actually very simple. I took a walnut tree and removed everything that didn't look like that rifle stock.0 -
I built a custom thumbhole for a 10/22....made it out of deep cherry colored packawood, the blank was $400...sure didn't want to make any mistakes at that price. Took it to a machinest and had him mill out the inletting, then did all the rest myself....came out fabulous. Don't take too much off at one time...it's always easier to take off than to put some back on. Have a plan and a design before you start, practice on a cheap 2X6 first to get the length, drop, and fit just right. I think I saw some books on the topic in Brownells. They also have all the tools you may need. 0 -
START OUT TO MAKE TWO STOCKS, ONE FOR PRACTICE, ONE FOR GOOD. ONCE YOU GET THINGS DOWN PAT YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO TURN OUT A GOOD STOCK IN ABOUT 40 TO 80 HRS. WORKING TIME (NOT COUNTING CHECKERING OR FINISHING) THIS IS A GREAT WAY TO SAVE MONEY. 0 -
Get some experience before you dig into an expensive stock blank. Take a piece of other wood and do some practice inletting tasks such as deep square and round holes to fit something. Unless you have a lot of patience and skill you may decide it is a job best left to others. Most first-time stock making jobs look like first time stock making jobs. Mine did and the second and third began to look better. 0 -
It seems like all you want to build one for a cheaper gun, not a $1000 rifle. I have made a couple. Buit one once for a bolt action 22, wanted a lighter gun, so after the barrel was 16", I made the stock out of spray foam. After several can, and some bondo later, it ways 1/2 as much as the old one, and dosn't luck no differnt than a synthic stock. Depends what gun it is, it's cheaper almost to buy a used one and refinsh it. 0 -
Thanks for the replys, I plan on makeing a trial one, or two then try the real one. Thanks for the good pointers rafters 0 -
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