Doan Trevor Custom Rifle Building

Years ago at Camp Perry, I met quite a few people that lived in Hawaii. They introduced me to Koa Wood. I made a full Koa stock for one of them. You can not cut a Koa tree down for wood, but you can forage for downed trees. One of theses guys set me up with a place I could get Koa at a reasonable price. This is the last full piece I had. I have pieces left to make a couple laminate stocks mixed with other woods. Thumbhole stocks are a bit more difficult on the body to make. I complete understand why Anschutz no longer makes them. The pistil cap is Thuya wood (someone took an out of focus picture, good thing his woodworking skills are better).

The owner of this sight wanted to use it for something different than intended asked me if I could make it work. And I did. Necessity is the mother of invention.

The owner supplied the wood for the stock. I added a pistol grip cap, which is Dalbergia (Rosewood) and Betula de Horbe Lorbe (Hobby Lobby Birch).

This came to me after many years of use. I replaced the barrel with a Hart Barrel. The original barrel’s throat was completely eroded. Redid the bedding and the rear action screw. Refinished the stock, even saving the stickers and put them back on in the same places. This gun was worked on years by Karl Kenyon.

When you need to use your opposite eye to see (cuz the other one don’t work).. Offset Scope Mounts to the rescue.

I have 5 five pairs left. If you want one call me.

I make up these laminate stock from the fancy pieces of wood left over. This particular stock was made to the customers specifications. It has walnut, koa, maple, cherry and birch. The buttplate is turkish walnut and bloodwood. It’s a .22 Rimfire. Made the trigger guard and all the action screws. Barney wanted to play and was throwing his carrot at me.. It ended up in the pictures. It’s rubber, so no stocks were hurt in the taking of pictures.

Last week, I went to Fall Camp (as Clare calls it) to shoot at the SOA Match. It was good to see everybody. It was a very well run match, everything went smoothly. More than enough time was allotted for the Old Guy ™ to get his stuff off the line. Which was nice. The Lorrie Loo was a very welcomed addition. Oliver was voted, “Best Dressed”. Brandon Green won the whole shootin’ match and took his ride in the chair. Keith won High Senior.

We did a tribute to Charlie Kirk. The flag was lowered before the order came through. To say he will be missed, is an understatement.

The video is of Barney. I had called Sue.. so I could talk to Barney to tell him I was almost home. He can differentiate people’s voices on the phone. He also takes commands over the phone. It’s a real problem sometimes when your dog is smart than you.

Looking forward to next year’s match.

This is a super fancy piece of Claro Walnut. You really need to “pay pertension” when working on a wood of this grade. The Pucker Factor is greatly increased! The pistol cap is olive wood. Buttplate is olive and blood wood. Added a Hart Barrel.

This is the Camaraderie Trophy for SOA Match, it was donated by Scott Riles in about 2010. It had severe water damage. I’ve been working on restoring a few of this trophies over the last few years. It has been keeping anyone that has stayed over in our guest room company. Clare, for one, will miss it being there.

I was contacted to build this stock for a group of “older” kids. This is a tribute rifle for an group of Army shooters. This group has been a “Band of Brothers” for many years. They won the Southern Conference Championship for several years awhile ago. Tried to keep all of the metal work original. Definitely, an improvement from the original Winchester stock.

Prices do not include shipping.

#1.) Richard’s Microfit – Dark Walnut- nice grain, pistol grip good for smaller hands. $375

2.) H&H Robertson- English Walnut $400

#3.) Richard’s Microfit- English Walnut $500

#4.) Richard’s Microfit- English Walnut $500

#5.) McTrudie- Claro Walnut, nice figured, this is a little smaller Magee stock, has vents, pin in wrist, pistol grip cap plus inletted for rail. $500

#6.) Remington Short Action- Highly figured, walnut. $400

#7.) Blank by Doan- Laminate, Bastogne Walnut, Koa, Maple and Walnut. $450

#8.) Anschutz Thumbhole- Koa $575

#9.) Blank by Doan- Laminate: American Walnut, Maple and Mango. $400

#10.) Blank by Doan- Laminate: Koa, Turkish Walnut and Maple. $400

#11.) Blank by Doan- Laminte: Bastogne Walnut, Koa, Turkish Walnut, Maple and Walnut. $400

#12.) Doan Pattern – American Walnut. $350

This is a nicely figured piece of wood with very subtle, very fine fiddleback.

The pistol grip cap is olive wood and blood wood.

This is a repeat post, but with current events, it bares repeating. What I would really like is to read the original Peace Accord, unfortunately I’m sure most of its contents has been redacted.

My uncle, Major General L.L. Doan. was the Commander of MAAG (Military Advisor and Assistance Group) Taiwan. Dwight Eisenhower and George Marshall sent him over to South East Asia in about 1957 to help keep the peace (this also included Vietnam). This was shortly after France was kick out of Vietnam and The Red Chinese took over Quemoy and Matsu islands. In October 1958, there was a war between Red China, National China (Formosa) and the US. We regained the islands and the territories around them. Chaing Kai-Shek wanted to continue the war into Red China. The threat of Kai-shek wanting to continue was enough of a threat that there was a peace accord drawn up. It was called the Doan Wong Peace Accord. It lasted until Gerald Ford.

I saw this tank on the news about the 250th Parade. I know the it’s 3rd Armored Division 32nd Regiment. It’s marked properly to be one of the command tanks. I would like to know if it’s it was the actual tank that was in Gavray, France July 1944. It’s the trip we took a year ago that honored my uncle, L.L. Doan. With these marking it is possible that this is the tank he crawled out of in the middle of a firefight. It’s marked Eagle and he was a bird colonel and that was his call sign. I just don’t know how to go about finding information. If you know how to do the research let me know. I greatly appreciate it.

Charles beat the Nation Record Senior for 600 yard Prone Any Rifle with a 200 18x!

I heard that this I built another rifle that broke this record, my dear friend Barry Smith. Charles you are in great company and very happy about your achievement. Here’s to many more years of great shooting!

Hi- Clare here…. I put the wrong photos in… here are the right ones! Sorry about the brainfart!!

The stock is Circassian Walnut. The pistol grip is Bloodwood and a different kind of Ebony. I added some photos of the trigger guard being made. I retrofitted a different buttplate to my usual buttplate. Even with it’s beauty this wood is a little more difficult to work with as it is denser than most Walnuts.

Luckily, I got the duplication done before the shoulder went haywire. It was a fun piece of wood to work on.

I’ve been trying to be ambidextrous, because if not, I’d be bored and nothing would get done.

The bruise is starting to migrate down. I’ve been playing the constant game of trying to get the arm in a comfortable position. Apparently, I haven’t had rotator cuff or a bicep tendon for awhile. They want to do a reverse shoulder replacement surgery… I’m not to sure about that.

Clare here…

Dad is okay-ish. Monday he was carrying mulch. Monday night he said his shoulder was a wee bit sore. Tuesday he was in the ER. Yesterday, he was released from the hospital. He tore his full thickness rotator cuff. He’s a little slowed down. Work will take a bit longer to get done, as he learns to use his left arm a bit more. As usual, he trying not letting this slow him down too much. Right now, he’s out cooking bacon on the grill (in a frying pan). All in all, he doesn’t want anyone to worry, just letting folks know he’s fine, but things are slowed down for a few weeks.

Also, Tom Brady and Patrick Mahomes have nothing to fear, no chance Doan is going pro at this time.

It’s been 250 year since Paul Revere.

I cannot confirm, nor deny that my relatives threw tea overboard.

Yes, this another Roadmaster. It’s the same pattern as the previous maple stock. The pistol grip is Goncalo Alves.. just for you Smith & Wesson fans. 🙂

I’ve tried to capture the dimensional shift in these photos. The fiddleback is really swell.

This reminds of a Buick Roadmaster from the 1950’s, with it’s 4 vents. Like the car in Rainman. (For all you Nail Head fans: When I was in high school in Fryeburg,Maine.. a friend of mine had a nailhead nitro Buick dragster.. I’m not sure if he was known as “The Ace”.. but he sure did look like him.)

This is a left hand stock that is right hand drive.

We’ve used the word challenging before… and this was definitely in that category. The grain goes every other different direction from whence it’s supposed to. There’s a lot of block sanding to coerce the grain to go flat due to the changing density of the wood. If not sanded properly it ripples like the ocean.

I used three action screws, one is part of the recoil lug.

Still working on the finish. Next week, I’ll have finished pictures.

This was an amazing piece of wood to work on. This satin finish will continue to deepen and gently increase in shine.The buttplate is a bit different, I used bloodwood and Thuya burl. Thuya is also used on the pistol cap.

I did a bit of extra work on this one. The main gist is that I bedded it and added middle action screw. Also, I chambered and installed barrel. The buttplate will be the same wood as the pistol cap, Thuya burl wood. Will have finished pictures next week.