When these arrived they were in pretty bad shape. I hid then away in the guest bedroom until I was ready to work on them… Sue kept asking when they would go back to their home in Raton. Now that I have finished them, she found a prominent place in the foyer for the horse trophy. Meanwhile, my faithful companion and assistance, Barney the Brown Dog, got very confused about me using his dog mat as a trophy bed.
Turkish Walnut is slight darker in color than other Walnuts. It’s also nicely figured. The pistol grip cap is Bloodwood.
This is a few days late, but it’s an important date in history.
“The first shots of the American Revolution occurred at roughly 5:30 in the morning, April 19, 1775. In the space of no more than a few minutes life for the people of Lexington had changed forever. Eight of their neighbors and relatives were dead and ten were wounded.”
Doing some restoration of The Spirit of America trophies. Have a few more to do. These were from the leaky container.
When we young my parents got us some cats and a dog.
Here I am with Cesar:
And here I am with Saber:
And here’s the puppy dog (with my brother) that we called Timber.
Accent pieces in pistol cap and fore end are Thuya wood and Bloodwood.
Once in a while, I’ll lose a day of woodworking, because the workbench needs to be recovered. Yesterday was that day. Clare came over to helped and take pictures.
Had a wonderful time at SWN. Always great to catch up with friends from all over the world.
Also, caught up with my few of my non-speaking friends. It’s been an honor to build these trophies over the last 11 years.
Been working on this for a couple of weeks. The grain goes every direction, it’s a difficult wood to work on. It’ll be beautiful when finished.
Using Thuya Burl and Blood wood for pistol grip and fore-end accent.
Finished picture to follow soon.
Here are the finished pictures from yesterday’s post.
Removed Anschutz label and replaced it with an inlay of Ebony.
Used 3 action screws with recoiled lug on the middle screw. Finished pictures to follow later.
Bedding the 2000 Anschutz can be a challenge, but I have figured it out.
I make a bedding block.
This was a Richard’s Microfit Stock and I made the stock a little smaller for rimfire.
This was originally a highpower F-Class stock the owner want it to fit his Swindlehurst Action.
This is one of the more fancy pieces of wood that I’ve worked on in some time. The different in colors in the wood are also different hardnesses. You have to pay attention when sanding on it, so that you don’t create divots.
The finished piece of wood is really beautiful.
It’s bedded with a bedding block. I did make a few extra few bedding blocks for Barnard.
The RAD System has a lot of size to it and is difficult to get an adjustable cheek piece to function properly. With a little tinkering and changing positions of parts, I was able to make it a fully adjustable cheekpiece.
The pistol grip cap is Thuya wood and Bloodheart.
This is chamber in a 6.5 x 47 Lapua cartridge.
I had to inlet this because it seems less and less that McMillian stock are being inletted at the factory. Also, installed my 3-way Buttplate on it and a single shot adapter.
This stock would work for F-Class, FTR and Sling.
The woods are American Walnut, Bloodwood and highly figured Maple.
This one is for sale. $700. Please call me if you are interested.
Added a 3 pillar bedding. Ebony pistol cap.
Inletted Mack Brothers action into the stock using three pillars. The stock had a few nicks and dings, refinished it. There was a lot of stain on the original finish. I decided to lean into the natural color of the wood.
This stock has a Bloodwood pistol grip cap.
This was made for a winner of a certificate from a match.
In between stock making, I worked on this during the last calendar year.
Here’s some process photos and ones from the Fair.
This trigger guard is from a Winchester 52D International. It apparently has a hard life. Wanting to keep the trigger guard as original as possible, I had to make a tap which has a 12×36 pitch. Once the tap was made, I had to make an escutcheon. The outside of the escutcheon, I used a 3/8×24 thread. Then drilled and tapped the trigger guard for same. Also, placed two pins down the sides of the escutcheon so it wouldn’t come undone. A skill I picked up from building Triumph motorcycles.
Owner chose to opt for an uninletted stock because he could get it in a more timely manner.
I inletted, bedded with 3 pillars and painted this stock. Installed a Stolle Panda Action and made a trigger guard.
The two odd picture are showing the use of blueing to check the fit of receiver to the shoulder of barrel.
I inletted and bedded this with two pillars. I mentioned to the owner that I had a Kenyon trigger that would fit, so we installed that and a moveable trigger shoe.. big improvement over the old Anschutz trigger.
I have a couple of Kenyon triggers for Anschutz left. One of them has two sears, so it’ll work on early and late Anschutz.
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