Do it yourself Stock making thread

[joshb]

Silly question,

What do you mean by Preachers Oil.

I cant find any such thing here in Australia. (Google, Hardware store etc)

Cheers.

Sorry mate! I call it “Preacher’s oil because he told me about it.
Arrow wood oil.

 

[Nick Caprinolo]

Silly question,

What do you mean by Preachers Oil.

I cant find any such thing here in Australia. (Google, Hardware store etc)

Cheers.

Grab a bottle of olive oil and have it blessed.

 

[joshb]

Grab a bottle of olive oil and have it blessed.

...then use that on your salad while using the Arrow on your stock. You’ll be double blessed!

 

[joshb]

Hey Gunmanblue! I’m feeling frisky and generous today! PM me your address. I’ll order some and put it in the mail to you if you can’t get it online.
Shooters helping shooters!
PS:Can you send me a baby kangaroo?

 

[heydogman]

This is what I was hoping for. 50/50 mix of light and dark brown sanded back. Then straight yellow on my brown soaked rag.

 

[GunmanBlue]

Hey Gunmanblue! I’m feeling frisky and generous today! PM me your address. I’ll order some and put it in the mail to you if you can’t get it online.
Shooters helping shooters!
PS:Can you send me a baby kangaroo?

My apologies for the delay in response.

Thankyou for your kind offer Josh. It seems i can actually buy it out of the states which is good news.

If we sent our baby kangaroos away, what would our kids have to ride to school on then?!

 

[joshb]

That’s good news! Don’t forget to SHAKE SHAKE SHAKE when you use it!

 

[heydogman]

Works as advertised. Reinstall the buttplate and mount the scope and off to the range.Then 6 more coats of oil. I'm putting a vintage Redfield widefield accutrack with the tombstone on it. Still waiting on sling and swivels. Might take a break from stocks, the woods are calling.

 

[joshb]

That looks beautiful! Well done!!! Go shoot it! Save the “finish” coats for the winter work. I do that.
I’m taking a break from the shop work and getting some shooting in. The heatwave broke so I’ll be at the range tomorrow!

 

[heydogman]

That looks beautiful! Well done!!! Go shoot it! Save the “finish” coats for the winter work. I do that.
I’m taking a break from the shop work and getting some shooting in. The heatwave broke so I’ll be at the range tomorrow!

Same here.

 

[jpretle]

Who was it, that had some pics up of a 'stock holding set-up', used on a milling machine???
I can't seem to locate the post.

 

[Fast14riot]

Who was it, that had some pics up of a 'stock holding set-up', used on a milling machine???
I can't seem to locate the post.

This one?
http://forum.accurateshooter.com/threads/inletting-stocks.3968199/#post-37389208

 

[heydogman]

That looks beautiful! Well done!!! Go shoot it! Save the “finish” coats for the winter work. I do that.
I’m taking a break from the shop work and getting some shooting in. The heatwave broke so I’ll be at the range tomorrow!

The wide square looking grip is a illusion of the photo. It's not square or wide. If you look close a human face with a boonie hat also showed up on the left side of the grip. That's in the wood.

 

[jpretle]

That is the one, Fast14. I think I was on that page, when I was looking, too.
Thanks,

 

[heydogman]

The little 7.5 pound Grendel flat shoots or it was luck. I need to go back and measure the BR group but I think it beat the 6 BR at 300. With a 3x9 scope, has to be luck. I smiled all the way home.

 

[joshb]

Icing on the cake!

 

[Fast14riot]

So in planning the dyeing and finishing stage of my maple BR stock rebuild, the cost of these colortone dyes is quite high for just a single stock project! Anyone want to split cost on some or potentially sell me maybe 1/2oz of the 3 or 4 basic colors for figured maple? I can provide 1/2oz or 1oz bottles.

I dont plan on going into stock finishing as a full time hobby, and only have this one maple stock. So I figure 2oz of concentrate is far more than I will need.

Just a thought.

 

[heydogman]

Icing on the cake!

45 rounds of Barnes TTSX and no copper. Let it soak 2 hours with Bore Tech CU2. Still nothing. Not quite Magnum speed for sure but much easier on the neck.

 

[Fast14riot]

So I have this 40xbr stock sitting here in need of bondo, paint and some love. Decided to remove the existing bedding material and open the recoil lug slot so I can get it situated to my rifle. I have an aftermarket, .244" thick recoil lug that is pinned, and has a wider profile as well, so nearly every stock I own needs to be opened up.

While working on the recoil lug slot I noticed the bedding delaminated from the wood and chipped off very easily! Not sure what this bedding material is, but its plenty flexible and does not have great adhesion. I was planning on grinding it out, but just 10-15 minutes with a chisel and it nearly popped out whole! These are some pieces that came out of the stock, no wood damage at all!



I will get this stock cleaned up and most likely paint it. It's been flame striped and is generic straight grain walnut, nothing spectacular, plus the bolt slot needs work and has been redone on some edges of the inletting already. I think it's a good candidate for color.

 

[Fast14riot]

Ok, what's everyone's favorite filler for bolt slots? This walnut 40XBR stock will be getting painted, so color matching and hiding the repair isn't important.