ABOUT DOAN
Custom Riflebuilding for High Power, Long Range, Smallbore and F-Class Shooters. Custom Grips for Rifles, Offset Sights and Fancy Wood and Fiberglass Rifle Stocks.
Email: doantrevor@gmail.com
Phone: 714-457-5566-
Recent Posts
- Turkish Walnut Stock for a Remington 700 Solid Bottom
- April 19th, 1775
- Finished the Last Two Spirit of America Trophies
- Working on Trophies
- Something a little different…
- FINISHED: Quilted Maple Stock for a 3 Lug BAT Action
- Maintenance in the shop
- 2024 Southwest Nationals
- Quilted Maple Stock for a 3 Lug BAT Action
- FINISHED: Anschutz Thumbhole Stock with a RPA Quadlite Action
- Anschutz Thumbhole Stock with a RPA Quadlite Action
- Laminate Benchrest stock for a Model 2000 Anschutz
- Retrofitting a stock from Panda Action to a Swindlehurst Action.
- Fancy American Walnut Stock with a Barnard Action
- RAD System Installed on a McMillian F-Class Stock.
- English Walnut with Stolle Panda Fullbore Action
- McMillian A5 Stock inletted to fit Atlas Action for FTR
- Laminate Stock by Doan FOR SALE
- Defiant Defiance Action in a FTR English Walnut Stock
- Thumbhole Anschutz Stock with Mack Brothers Action
- Barnard Action in a Claro Walnut Stock
- Best in Show Woodworking NMSF 2023
- Trigger Guard Repair
- McMillan Stock with Stolle Panda Action
- English Walnut Anschutz 54 Stock
- Modifying a Swindlehurst Stock to Walther KK500
- Grips
- Final Touches on the Spinning Wheel
- Winchester 52-B Solid Bottom Receiver
- Turkish Walnut for Benchrest Stock for a Fortner Action
- Sometimes Bad Things Happen
- Retrofitting Prone stocks for FTR
- I had a comment about stock height and recoil.
- Congratulations, Trudie Fay!
- Turbo V1 Action with Claro Walnut Stock for F-Class
- FINISHED: Smallbore Project – 52 Winchester
- One Last Southwest Nationals Post
- More from Southwest Nationals
- More from The Southwest Nationals
- UPDATE from Southwest Nationals
- English Walnut F-Class for Borden Action
- Finished Over Under African Rifle – “Restocking”
- American Walnut FTR Stock with a Stolle Panda Action
- Over Under African Rifle – “Restocking”
- Finished “Reinventing” The Wheel
- In Progress – Spinning Wheel
- Reinventing The (Spinning) Wheel
- Making a Laminate Stock
- American Walnut Stock with a Remington Action for FTR
- Bastogne Walnut Stock with a Barnard Action
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Turkish Walnut Stock for a Remington 700 Solid Bottom
Turkish Walnut is slight darker in color than other Walnuts. It’s also nicely figured. The pistol grip cap is Bloodwood.
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April 19th, 1775
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 … Continue reading
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Finished the Last Two Spirit of America Trophies
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 … Continue reading
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Working on Trophies
Doing some restoration of The Spirit of America trophies. Have a few more to do. These were from the leaky container.
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Something a little different…
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.
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FINISHED: Quilted Maple Stock for a 3 Lug BAT Action
Accent pieces in pistol cap and fore end are Thuya wood and Bloodwood.
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Maintenance in the shop
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.
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2024 Southwest Nationals
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 … Continue reading
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Quilted Maple Stock for a 3 Lug BAT Action
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 … Continue reading
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FINISHED: Anschutz Thumbhole Stock with a RPA Quadlite Action
Here are the finished pictures from yesterday’s post. Removed Anschutz label and replaced it with an inlay of Ebony.
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Anschutz Thumbhole Stock with a RPA Quadlite Action
Used 3 action screws with recoiled lug on the middle screw. Finished pictures to follow later.
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Laminate Benchrest stock for a Model 2000 Anschutz
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.
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Retrofitting a stock from Panda Action to a Swindlehurst Action.
This was originally a highpower F-Class stock the owner want it to fit his Swindlehurst Action.
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Fancy American Walnut Stock with a Barnard 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 … Continue reading
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RAD System Installed on a McMillian F-Class Stock.
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 … Continue reading
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English Walnut with Stolle Panda Fullbore Action
The pistol grip cap is Thuya wood and Bloodheart. This is chamber in a 6.5 x 47 Lapua cartridge.
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McMillian A5 Stock inletted to fit Atlas Action for FTR
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.
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Laminate Stock by Doan FOR SALE
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.
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Defiant Defiance Action in a FTR English Walnut Stock
Added a 3 pillar bedding. Ebony pistol cap.
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Thumbhole Anschutz Stock with Mack Brothers Action
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 … Continue reading
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Barnard Action in a Claro Walnut Stock
This stock has a Bloodwood pistol grip cap. This was made for a winner of a certificate from a match.
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Best in Show Woodworking NMSF 2023
In between stock making, I worked on this during the last calendar year. Here’s some process photos and ones from the Fair.
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Trigger Guard Repair
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 … Continue reading
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McMillan Stock with Stolle Panda Action
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 … Continue reading
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English Walnut Anschutz 54 Stock
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 … Continue reading
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