Tag Archives: Milling Machine

Scope Rail and Rings for Smallbore and Long Range Rifle – Unfinished Prototype

This has been one of my chief rants over the last couple of years… that the advent of the new rails and rings, which are actually pretty high quality, add so much height to the shooting position, that when you … Continue reading

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LowRider F-Class Stock

Building a Forend for F-Class Gun to Reduce Ride Heigth

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Starting Laminate F-Class Rifle Stock

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New Grips Available

Just arrived and ready for finishing …. they are all available except the one marked “Lige”.  The unfinished grips will be available through Gary Eliseo.

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Curly Maple F-Class Prone Rifle Finished

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Surface Grinder

This machine is really handy to fix recoil lugs that have been overtightened, and also truing parts that need grinding.  This is part of the equipment that was once owned by George Mitchell (Mitchell movie camera and Panavision).

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Installing Magetic Cheekpiece Riser

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Mike C – Walnut Rifle – More Final Pics

Doan is at the match in Phoenix this weekend, so I’m just finishing up some final pics. ~Sue

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Quick Disconnect Cheek Piece with Magnet for TR and F-Class Rifle

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Inletting and Bedding ~ Barnard F-Class Rifle

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Bedding Block and Recoil Lug ~ Barnard F-Class Rifle

Typically, the Barnard action is bedded with either a round screw in the center of the action, or a square bedding block in the middle screw on the action.  Since this is an F-Class rifle with a heavy barrel, I … Continue reading

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F-Class Stock

This is an exhibition grade piece of fiddleback maple.  The blank was too narrow to make the 3″ width necessary for the fore end, so I am inlaying walnut strips to bring it up to the proper width.  I’ll put … Continue reading

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Inletting ~ Walnut Rifle Stock

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More Inletting Process – Walnut Rifle Stock

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Setting up for Inletting – Walnut Rifle Stock

Start of inletting and leveling stock in milling machine Nice figuring in this wood Setting up the stock for inletting

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