Tactical/Target Rifle w/WOOD
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Infrequent Shooter
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Range Results: 223 Competition Rig
80.5gr Berger Fullbore over 23.7gr of AR-COMP @ 2930fps
CFU weight 17lbs 5.6oz
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Great looking rifle. modern look w super looking wood stock!Range Results: 223 Competition Rig
80.5gr Berger Fullbore over 23.7gr of AR-COMP @ 2930fps
CFU weight 17lbs 5.6oz
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ELR LVR
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Dude, you really need to offer your services,
Nice work, and most importantly, the selling point
they shoot afterward.
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Strange, I can spend 20 hours being artistic, Machining on the Lathe or
doing a Fine Oil painting in front of the Fireplace
but from too many years of being a Welder/Steelworker
I do not have the patience for wood, carpentry, or vehicle painting/bodywork
Making a stock looks too much like bodywork and vehicle painting
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Meaning:
Even though I might have the skills and ability to do this,
--- I would rather pay someone else who can and has.
A Lil bird told me I'll be working on 1 of your creations in curly maple.
Im seriously looking forward to it!!
Presis Skytter
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It may be walnut now… blanks are still being looked at. But either way… it’s going to you.
AMG04
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Regardless of wood, we can all agree it will be the best looking piece in this thread. I'm looking forward to the opportunity.
Thauglor
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Thank you very much, ill have to get one next year
Your work looks pretty stellar from where im sitting.
Curly maple is limitless in possibilities for finish using dyes, walnut i like to stick mainly with colors already present in the wood.
Here's a peek at a live edge Cerus I got yesterday.
Love it and inspires me to what is possible. Getting anxious for my Richards to arrive. Not quite as involved as your work but gotta start somewhere!
Infrequent Shooter
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Steel and wood baby!
I like maple just as much as walnut, some seriously pretty maple out there if you are patient and persistent in looking for it. Fun seeeing them take shape. This one piece was a leftover from a board, wasn't tall enough to put the full perchbelly on it, wasn't sure I liked it at first, as it wasn't what I really wanted, but, actually turned out to be very practical when using on bags on the bench. Burned with propane torch and used danish oil on it. Smoked a pile of gophers with it.
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I like blondes, but redheads take it to another level
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AMG04
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Dark Cherry - base coat of Bright Red, Med Brown and Black. Followed by a coat of Copper (1:1 Bright Red/Brown)
Id probably layer this with more Brown for a muted "classic" look, or hit it with straight Red as I sanded up through the grits to get more pop.
1st Coat: flat and boring
2nd Coat:
Id probably layer this with more Brown for a muted "classic" look, or hit it with straight Red as I sanded up through the grits to get more pop.
1st Coat: flat and boring
2nd Coat:
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