Do it yourself Stock making thread

[joshb]

Hey Gabe: What did you use to polish that? I might want to take mine to super shiney in the future. Other guys might also want to know.

 

[Dusty Stevens]

Hey Gabe: What did you use to polish that? I might want to take mine to super shiney in the future. Other guys might also want to know.

A buffer and rubbing compound will shine em right up- kelblys and mcmillans.

 

[Gabe22BR]

I started with 400 wet sanding
600-800-1000-1500-2000-3000 ( all wet sanding)- then mother’s aluminum polish… all by hand rubbing….
Final coat of Meguires wax

I’ve bare done wood the same way… just leave the water off till 1000-mark…


Wish I had a buffer….

 

[Skedaddle Shooter]

I polished this w/ elbow grease…
I’m sure someone else is enjoying it…thinking it was cleared.. lol View attachment 1414601

That looks great, nice job!

 

[46490]

I polished this w/ elbow grease…
I’m sure someone else is enjoying it…thinking it was cleared.. lol View attachment 1414601

Where did you get the butt plate?

 

[Gabe22BR]

Where did you get the butt plate?

Believe that is the one shipped with the stock..
I make my own to suit my wt class

 

[Road_Clam]

Here's a pic of my Savage 12 F-TR with a Richard's Microfit Target Prone Culbertson stock. Let me be clear it's a "95%" finished stock, but the final 5% took me over 40 hours !

 

[Dusty Stevens]

Here's a pic of my Savage 12 F-TR with a Richard's Microfit Target Prone Culbertson stock. Let me be clear it's a "95%" finished stock, but the final 5% took me over 40 hours !

View attachment 1422398

Thats pretty good for a microfit. You got it done in record time.

 

[Road_Clam]

Thats pretty good for a microfit. You got it done in record time.

And i'll admit i got strung out and impatient on the final poly coating and finish buffing/sanding. I think I quit after 5 coats of poly.

 

[46490]

I did the same thing but used a thumb hole stock and also a Stockey's rem aluminum bedding block. The hardest part was hogging out the wood for the block using a drill press and router bits. I am going to buy a plunge router for the next one!

 

[joshb]

Bump so Zoran can find this.

 

[v63800]

A buffer and rubbing compound will shine em right up- kelblys and mcmillans.

Dusty
what would you recommend to polish a kestros without a buffer?

 

[Dusty Stevens]

Rubbing compound then finishing compound after youve wet sanded 1000 then 1500grit. Gonna be painful with no buffer

 

[Fuj]

Get yourself a palm buffer. I have a "Wen" I only paid $20 bucks for.
I just used it to shine up my ATV wheels. Harbor Freight has all kinds
of cheap pads.

 

[P3S]

Josh motivated me to build a stock over the winter. I used a router to make the barrel channel and to remove small amounts of wood for the action. Next time, I'll heed his advice and make a jig. I purchased 3 pieces of myrtle wood off the internet and glued them together.

 

[Dimner]

Excellent glue up! People don't realize how hard that can be with out the proper milling tools. Especially at longer lengths. Even hard with milling tools sometimes. Great work!

 

[P3S]

After inletting the recoil lug, I used a razor knife and traced around the action then started inletting the action using hand tools and the 1/4" router bit.

 

[P3S]

More pics

 

[P3S]

After inletting the action I glued on the wings then started shaping the stock.

 

[P3S]

Rough profile.