Author Archives: Sue

This can be used with either two or three action screws so that a different action can be used in one stock.

Normally Fortner actions are used for Biathlon. The owner wanted this left-handed action.

Contouring the butt plate

Congratulations to Derek Rodgers for taking first place in the first-ever Sinclair International East Coast Fullbore Nationals (ECN) was held at Camp Butner (NC) on April 18-21, 2013.  Here is a link to the article written by Accurate Shooter . Here are … Continue reading →

Cutting the slot for the thumbwheel

The goal was to create a lightweight stock for F/TR class shooting. The stock finishes at 3 lbs. 7 oz. The weight includes the adjustable buttplate, the adjustable cheek piece, trigger guard, action screws, bedding and bedding block, and front … Continue reading →

This is a thumbhole stock that did not have an adjustable cheekpiece on it. In the process of building the cheekpiece, the owner wanted the stock refinished with the goal of keeping it as original as possible. See refinishing in … Continue reading →

Scott Fullmer’s daughter Morgan is in Africa a Palma Match.  I finished the rifle for her a few weeks ago – here are the finished pictures. Good Luck, Morgan!

Stock is being refinished and an adjustable cheek piece being added. The reason for the flat piece on the adjuster Is so that the legs from the adjustable buttplate do not hit the cheek adjuster.

New Fancy Wood Grips in Stock – English, Bastone and Claro Walnut – $205 includes satin or gloss finishing, stippling and shipping Standard Wood Grips in Stock $185 includes satin or gloss finishing, stippling and shipping I’ll need a tracing … Continue reading →

It’s necessary to have a method to attach the front site globe to the offset arm. This is one of the methods. Rather than drilling and tapping the globe, I used the Redfield dovetail and made a base to fit … Continue reading →

Thanks for everything, Mike. You were a great help to me. Link to Accurate Shooter Article here.

Inlay is Purple Heart with matching inserts from the pistol grip wood.

Inlay is Purple Heart inlaid with English Walnut plugs. The pistol grip and the diamonds are English walnut inlaid with purple heart. The original stock is some sort of Maple.

Maple stock with ebony pistol grip cap. The owner of this rifle wanted to have all of his rifles match and for this one to mimic his smallbore rifle. I worked on his smallbore rifle which had a Karl Kenyon … Continue reading →

This will have a bedding block.

These will need to dry for some time before I can work with them. One of the blanks has quite a bit of fiddleback, And the other blank has a nice speckling. If you are looking for something different, all … Continue reading →