I am receiving an early Remington action with the small bolt face and the most beautiful early bluing you’ve ever seen. It would make a wonderful Vartarg if ejection issues could be dealt with or a 222 or 223 Remington Varmit series as the action is a BDL . I would love a stock like the McMillian Marksman at its biggest or the older Remington BDL at the least. Because of the beautiful bluing and condition of the action I would like a nicely figured wood stock .Any suggestions on where to get one without breaking the bank ?
Wood stocks.
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Dusty Stevens
Shiner
Boyds makes very nice upper grade walnut stocks if you select that option
This is a Boyds. I ordered unfinished and just did linseed oil
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Dusty Stevens
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That looks awesome mike. You did a great job
I don't know how much they do with rifle stocks but Wenig in Lincoln MO makes some of the nicest looking shotgun stocks I have ever seen.
http://wenig.com/
http://wenig.com/
shortgrass
Silver $$ Contributor
Wood stocks depend on how much you are willing to spend!
Life is too short to shoot an ugly gun. Spend the money (if you can) and get a nice piece of wood. For me it makes it more enjoyable to shoot.
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It takes just as much work to make a stock from a 2x4 as a piece of fancy walnut. My choice is the fancier the better.
redrockranger
Silver $$ Contributor
Check Richards Microfit. They have different grades available, The inletting i've got from them has been good. Might have to talk with them but it's a budget build. Right.
They have Marksman style. Makes a good varmint stock.
They have Marksman style. Makes a good varmint stock.
jelenko
Gold $$ Contributor
I agree. A gunstock is a labor of love. If not for you than the person you buy it from. I buy the nicest wood I can afford (or in most cases, the brightest, most colorful laminate for a BR stock) because I'll spend 60-80 hours turning it into a bedded and finished stock.
To be a bit pedantic though, walnut is hard and dense - a rasp barely scars it. A piece of 2x4 from the lumber yard is so soft you can reduce it to a pile of chips in minutes with the same rasp. But no one should waste their time trying to turn a crummy piece of fast-growth pine into a gunstock.
Richards Microfit is ok if you know what you're going to get. It will show up looking like a beaver chewed it into the rough shape. From there you'll have a ways to go to get to a finished stock. They sell what I can get done in the first 10 hours of a 60 hour stock-making effort.
Liven The Dream
Gold $$ Contributor
Doan Trever New Mexico
Has great wood and does good work fast ?
Has great wood and does good work fast ?
Your first sentence is what my rifle stocking instructor, John Maxon, said, word for word. Both of you are correct.
I recently got ahold of Roger Vardy in Australia about a stock blank or two. After talking to him I asked him for $1000 worth in the relative grade and color I liked and he sent me 4 blanks that IMO are worth 30-50% more than what he charged me. It was $1000 plus shipping (175ish?). Got them in less than a week and they are beautiful. I’ll buy from him again and might even splurge on some spendier sticks.
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jds holler
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Numerich for 50 or 60 bucks. Not fancy, but generally straight, beautiful, perfectly fitting walnut. You can get standard barrel channel or heavy. This is a 40x rimfire, that came with a few dings and dents but nothing serious. Fits my ADL like a glove.
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