Gun stock wood

[joshb]

I'm new to stock building, but if you are looking to keep weight down don't discount cherry. Yes it can be plain but I remember a guy with a custom cherry stock that shot XTC a number of years ago and he had a cherry stock that would turn your head like a hot redhead.

Yup! You can find Cherry that has great figure.

 

[Liven The Dream]

Myrtle Wood nice and good figure in some ?
Cecil in Nevada has some nice Blanks .
Built a Palma Stock couple years back .

 

[Bc'z]

Lawler guitars
Is owned by Jason and Stephanie,
(My ex wife) now located in Tacoma wa. They sell and ship his humbucker designs and products world wide.
Jason is a great guy that started from scratch.

Cool stuff fellas!!
Am I getting the wheels turning?

 

[Bc'z]

And finally the blue one.
So now that I've shared paint knowledge and techniques to help ya'll along
Who wants to send me a stock to paint?

 

[JFrank]

^^ Beautiful work Brett!

 

[joshb]

Yeah! That is sick!

 

[Bc'z]

^^ Beautiful work Brett!

That's my brother's work.
Just wanted the OP and craftsman on the forum to think outside the box.
The figure in good woods really pop when you bring die into it just as stain does.
Some of you will lose sleep over this one thinking of your next build.

 

[scubohuntr]

Myrtle is very nice. Redwood is too soft and has a very open grain. Mesquite can make for gorgeous stocks, but it is expensive and pure hell on tools. There is a lot of sand embedded in the wood, and a lot of voids and imperfections. Rosewood is pretty, but heavy and often oily and difficult to finish. Careful with tropical hardwoods, as sawdust from those can be irritating or toxic, but you probably already know that. I've seen some nice stocks made from locust and olive, but I don't know anything about their stability. If you can find actual European walnut, it has a completely different character from black walnut or most California walnut. Personally, I'm not a fan of maple for riflestocks, except on muzzleloaders. Mechanically, it's great wood, I just don't care for the look of it. Too Weatherby.

 

[butchlambert]

Myrtle is very nice. Redwood is too soft and has a very open grain. Mesquite can make for gorgeous stocks, but it is expensive and pure hell on tools. There is a lot of sand embedded in the wood, and a lot of voids and imperfections. Rosewood is pretty, but heavy and often oily and difficult to finish. Careful with tropical hardwoods, as sawdust from those can be irritating or toxic, but you probably already know that. I've seen some nice stocks made from locust and olive, but I don't know anything about their stability. If you can find actual European walnut, it has a completely different character from black walnut or most California walnut. Personally, I'm not a fan of maple for riflestocks, except on muzzleloaders. Mechanically, it's great wood, I just don't care for the look of it. Too Weatherby.

Never had that problem with my redwood laminate BR rifle. Redwood is stiff and light.
Yes Myrtlewood is nice.

 

[Twdmar]

That green guitar looks amazing.
Myrtle would be a great choice too but I think I will try a hard maple center lamination and spalted maple outer lams if I can find some that is not too spalted.

 

[Bc'z]

My brother in law is going to take the time to teach me products and procedures to create these finishes.
It's not automotive finishes as I'm accustomed to, but I'm a super quick study.
A lil more eye candy.
Before 4 coat adaline die process.

After clear and polish

Looking forward to being able to provide this coating for you guys

 

[dkhunt14]

My brother in law is going to take the time to teach me products and procedures to create these finishes.
It's not automotive finishes as I'm accustomed to, but I'm a super quick study.
A lil more eye candy.
Before 4 coat adaline die process.
View attachment 1093000
After clear and polish
View attachment 1093002
Looking forward to being able to provide this coating for you guys

I used Keda wood dye. You mix powder with water and alcohol. First I did in black to show curl, then i sanded it down to bare wood and the black stayed in the soft maple. Then I stained blue and clearcoted. Matt

 

[mikeeg02]

I used Keda wood dye. You mix powder with water and alcohol. First I did in black to show curl, then i sanded it down to bare wood and the black stayed in the soft maple. Then I stained blue and clearcoted. Matt

Thats pretty!

 

[Bc'z]

Nice

 

[Alex Wheeler]

Heres an M1A I bedded about 7 years ago. The stock shrunk and twisted leaving a gap under the action. This was a GI M14 take off stock so I guess it is 40+ years old and still moving. Mcmillan replacement on order.

 

[TZaun]

@Twdmar if you get to Fargo there is a place across the river in Dilworth called Valley Hardwoods. I know a couple guys that talk about all the options they have there. Might be worth a look if you're still not sure what to use?

 

[Twdmar]

@Twdmar if you get to Fargo there is a place across the river in Dilworth called Valley Hardwoods. I know a couple guys that talk about all the options they have there. Might be worth a look if you're still not sure what to use?

Thanks Todd, rough rider hardwoods in Bismarck is also pretty good but I will be in Fargo in a couple weeks and I will check them out

 

[McStocks]

Here's my personal favorite - Walnut and Purpleheart laminated!

Steve McGee

 

[joshb]

Here's my personal favorite - Walnut and Purpleheart laminated!

Steve McGee

That’s purty!

 

[McStocks]

We've built stocks out of just about everything! A guy brought us a COFFEE TABLE made from curly maple. It was sawed across the trunk, so you're looking at end grain, which has no strength at all. We laminated it with walnut to give it some strength (and beauty!) and whittled out a hunting stock for him!

Steve