Has anyone handmade their own rifle stock?

[ejg]

The more you mess around with stocks the better you get at it. Don't expect the first try to be perfect.
I started to alter an existing Sako stock because it was so horrible to shoot with. It was either in the bin or experiment with some changes. In the end it did improve shooting a lot but i should have just sawn off the the butt section and started fresh. At least I got the cheek weld position right and the stiffness of the stock. Managed to win a 300yd comp with her if I remember right.
The bedding area and barrel channel were one strong carbon fibre layout including steel pillars. Straight rovings on the side of the widened fore arm.






Stock was lightened and recoil impulse well directed into the stock to form a stiff unit.

Bedding and corners of the rear tang internally milled out and filled with carbon rovings to avoid stock split. (did that to a few shotguns before)



Covered all outside surface with carbon fibre. This project really showed what one should and what one should not do.



fast forward 20 years later.... keeping some of the good points of the first trial.



edi

 

[takbok]

Can you point me in the direction to where I can get some of that laminated ply mate

I bought a CWP laminate blank from here a few years ago.

CWP Laminated Blanks Double stock panels, Multicolors | Lamnia

For production reasons, the 870 x 270 mm size will be replaced by a 1020 x 230 mm. We still have old size blanks in stock, but once they are sold out new ones

www.lamnia.com

 

[Heym SR20]

Laminated wood is very tough on tools. Use rasps etc rather than best gouges etc. as the glues used, especially epoxies really take the edges off. I think high speed routers work ok, but that needs a whole different approach with jigs etc for inletting. If going down laminated route you may as well just rough out the inlet oversize. Set the hight in the stock correctly with pillars and then use bedding compound to fill in and make a very good fit.

If you are using a nice piece of walnut, then do it properly with decent and very sharp tools.

 

[Andy RV]

These are the ones I’ve made over the past 10 years or so;

Tikka T3 ‘TRG’ style;

 

[Andy RV]

T3 CTR Sporter;

 

[Andy RV]

CZ 527 7.62x39 Carbine as the stock which it came with looked like it was rejected from the pallet factory!

Taught myself to chequer which was quite satisfying.

 

[Andy RV]

 

[ruger77]

I bought a CWP laminate blank from here a few years ago.

CWP Laminated Blanks Double stock panels, Multicolors | Lamnia

For production reasons, the 870 x 270 mm size will be replaced by a 1020 x 230 mm. We still have old size blanks in stock, but once they are sold out new ones

www.lamnia.com

Just the job thanks

 

[Bugsy]

Really impressed with the work