Author Archives: Doantrevor

Stocks for Sale

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- … Continue reading

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Borden Rim Rock BRMXD Action in a Claro Walnut Stock

This is a nicely figured piece of wood with very subtle, very fine fiddleback. The pistol grip cap is olive wood and blood wood.

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A Point of History…..

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. … Continue reading

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Do you know Tanks?

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 … Continue reading

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Congratulations to Charles Rowe!

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 … Continue reading

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Stole Panda Full Bore Action with a Circassian Walnut Stock

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 … Continue reading

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Turkish Walnut Stock with Barnard Action

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 … Continue reading

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I’m fine..

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 … Continue reading

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Happy Patriot’s Day.

It’s been 250 year since Paul Revere. I cannot confirm, nor deny that my relatives threw tea overboard.

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FTR Claro Walnut Stock with a Voodoo

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. 🙂

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FINISHED: Quilted & Fiddleback Maple FTR Stock with a Barnard Action

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 … Continue reading

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Quilted & Fiddleback Maple FTR Stock with a Barnard Action

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 … Continue reading

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FINISHED: Winchester 52C Exhibition Grade F-Class Stock

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 … Continue reading

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Winchester 52C Exhibition Grade F-Class Stock

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, … Continue reading

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Congrats to Virginia McLemore!

She won the Smallbore Metric Prone Match – Ironsights with a newly installed Hart Rifle Barrel. Way to go, Virginia!

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Two Rifles for Sub-Junior Shooting Club

These are two CZ rifle for a 4H Shooting Club. They asked for adjustable cheek pieces and buttplates. The length of pull has been considerably reduced. These stocks did get a bit of a bumped up a bit on the … Continue reading

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Story Time – March 6th, 1961

It was a Friday. My roommate, Spaulding Gray (writer/author) and I started to hitchhike from Fryeburg Academy (Fryeburg, ME). We were picked up by a guy in a 1956 Ford sedan. The driver said he was going to Boston. Spaulding … Continue reading

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When a stock goes on a diet…..

I tried to give this stock some Ozempic, but it didn’t work. The owner of this stock want to shave off some weight so he could shot Bisley. I added some vents, machined out the rail and put a few … Continue reading

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Canjar Trigger for 52B Winchester

This trigger arrived, looked like it was in good shape, but wasn’t functioning properly. On closer inspection it was full of rust. I disassembled and cleaned it all out. Reassembled. Still not working. There is a pesky little spring that … Continue reading

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2500 Action with a Turkish Walnut Stock

The stock is Turkish Walnut with a Bloodwood and Ebony Pistol Cap. Anyone else spot the Dan Gurney for President sticker?

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Merry Christmas!!

We had a whole smoked ham for Christmas Dinner. Also, Barney got a new scarf.. he thought it was Hermes, but he not on Nancy’s Christmas List. Barney helped open most of the gifts.

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Congrats to Vlad Yakorevsky!

Vlad got 2nd place at the Arizona State 600 Yard Championships!

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American Walnut Stock for a Barnard Action finished on Veteran’s Day

I finished this one this morning! The Thuya wood pistol ( with Ebony accent) cap has interesting image in it. Maybe it’s Casper the Friendly Ghost? Happy Veteran’s Day to all my fellow Vets.

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American Walnut Open F- Class with a Barnard Action

This has 3 action screws including the recoil lug. The pistol cap is Thuya wood. I made it so it can be used with either a right of left handed action. And it’s a good day neighborhood.

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American Walnut Stock with a Walther KK500 action

Installing this action into wooden stock you need to put in a bedding block that you make out of Delrin and aluminium. You, also, need to make a clamp for a trigger extension.

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