Claro Walnut Stock- A Work in Progress

[M-61]

If I had 1% of your skill I'd never leave my shop!

 

[Blaserman R93]

Damn nice

 

[mauser284]

Simply beautiful. Wow!

 

[CStuck]

A little update: I'd been waiting on a barrel to make the barrel channel tight. I cut a dovetail into the tip and the ebony piece. Although it doesn't appear in the photo that the dovetail extends all the way rear and on the sides, it does and the epoxy covers up the tight fit with a little spill over.

I used devcon10110 to make sure its a solid connection. You will only be able to see this detail when the barrel is off.



Barrel channel all cut out need to shape the front end and work on a few details



Poor quality photo but the rear ebony plug for the crossbolt is in, need to do the fronts now.

 

[butchlambert]

CStuck, your work is absolutely beautiful. Forgive me for this amateur question. When contemplating staining a walnut stock, is there a method of applying a solvent or similar to estimate what the grain and figure will look like un-stained with a clear finish? I really like the old reddish colors of bygone days, like a Pilkington red, but don’t want to lose or hide the natural beauty. Once applied, it seems there is no going back.

Thank you, Peter.

Alkanet root.

 

[nakneker]

Love seeing an update. Great thread!

 

[338 Mollett]

How wide was that blank ?

 

[jonbearman]

Excellent work, how long is the waiting list ?

 

[1shot]

Beautiful work sir! A nice piece of wood like that deserves to be treated with the talent that you have. Well done!

Lloyd

 

[Capt. Oblivious]

Wowzer that is stunning work

 

[nmkid]

GREAT work.

 

[garandman]

Dang....

 

[JRanum]

The man dovetailed the fore end tip…That says it all right there! Fine work.

 

[CStuck]

How wide was that blank ?

I can't recall exactly but 2-5/8" thick seems to ring a bell.

 

[CStuck]

Excellent work, how long is the waiting list ?

Ah thats hard to say, but probably 5-6 months or so. I've got a few others waiting to be worked on. Also, I only craft stocks in my free time. I still work a full time career and get to play in the shop on the weekends and evenings when my honey do list is complete haha.

 

[CStuck]

Still needs some work, the barrel channel isn't an exact on each side of the barrel and that's going to drive me nuts until the two sides match. Also now that it is all inletted, I can do the bolt handle relief, as well as the ejection port. There are still lots of little details to clean up, but thats just part of the process for me.

Hope you guys enjoy a little clip here

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[300_whisper]

Excellent work, how long is the waiting list ?

However long it’s worth the wait.

 

[300_whisper]

 

[CStuck]

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Oooo that looks great, I see you clear coated it. If you need/want me to lenghten that ejection port let me know. I'll do anything you need bud....I also owe you the next one at a big discount as that was earlier on in my craft, and I truely appreciate your support early on. I want to be damn sure you are 100% satisfied with your piece.

 

[300_whisper]

Just got that barreled action last week. It’s in .308 Winchester. My dad clear coated it for me, because he said it was so pretty it needed extra protection. He did 5 coats.

No worries on the ejection port. My dad is going to open it up. It’s my fault since we planned a rem 700 and then I used a defiance tenacity instead. Extremely, extremely happy with it. I have a Bushnell DMRII going on it. Just waiting on rings.

Its perfect. Lighting and my photo skills aren’t doing it justice.