butt

A quick post showing my way of making and fitting a wooden butt plate. I used measurements taken from another gun the customer previously had fitted. There are many ways of doing it, this is just my preferred method. Firstly, the existing butt plate is removed. A piece of walnut with a...

Made a leather stock cover for my Marlin 45-70 My "new" Marlin 45-70 Cowboy was just crying out for a leather butt cover, so I made one last night and stained it today. My goals: 1. Raise the comb a little, to allow scope use but without compromising irons 2. Increase length of pull (the...