Author Archives: Sue

Laminate long-range Palma stock

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Designing a four way adjustable butt plate for a laminate stock – Long Range Palma

  Making a T-Nut to fit in the slots for the offset adjustment   Usually the buttplates I make are 3 way adjustable.  By adding another layer, I can make them adjustable for an offset buttplate.   Inletting for a … Continue reading

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Trophy for Southwest National Berger Match

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Trophy for Southwest National Berger Match

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Claro Walnut Stock for Sporter Rifle

Now the stock is ready to be checkered.

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Koa F/TR Low Rider

Inletting, attaching the rail, and bedding

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Mango 52 Rimfire Completed

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Mango 52 Rimfire Final Sanding

This is the last stage of sanding down to a 400 grit in finishing this stock.

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Bloop Tube for Mango 52 Rimfire

This is the final turning after drilling of the bloop tube. It is turned on center from the attachment end only so that there will be no runouts. This  is to replicate the length of a Palma rifle but on … Continue reading

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Trigger Guard for Mango 52 Rimfire Rifle

Since so many of these rifles are different shapes and configurations, it is preferable to custom make each trigger guard to fit the individual rifle, rather than trying to find a supply source.  That way, after the bedding is complete, … Continue reading

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Final Bedding Mango 52 Winchester Rimfire

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Buttplate Extension for Mango Stock for 52 Winchester

It is difficult when working with some of these stocks to get a long enough extension that will be short enough and long enough at the same time for offhand and prone shooting.  A telescoping extension piece for the buttplate … Continue reading

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Koa F/TR Stock

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Chambering a Rimfire Target Rifle

This is the start of chambering a rimfire target rifle for smallbore. It is important to get everything on center for accuracy. I am doing this with a 4 jaw chuck. After adjustment, it is now on center and ready … Continue reading

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McMillan Stock with Barnard action (Red Chile Pepper)

This was a McMillan blank which I inletted, pillar bedded with 3 pillars and added a recoil lug, and I also painted it Candy Apple Red.   It will be used for open F-Class.  It’s chambered it a 7mm Shehane. … Continue reading

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Fiddleback Claro Walnut Rifle Stock with Barnard Action Finished

Custom stock design, chambered, and BRX for longrange prone shooting

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Koa Thumbhole Stock for Barnard Action

    This is probably the only Koa Thumbhole stock in the world!  I made two buttplates for this rifle so that it could be used for International (300 meters) and HighPower.

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Modifying and Cleaning a Kenyon trigger for an adjustable trigger shoe

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Machining and Drilling to install Adjustable Buttplate and Cheekpiece for Fancy Mango Rifle Stock for 52-E Smallbore Prone Target Rifle

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Duplicating Fancy Mango Rifle Stock for 52-E Smallbore Prone Target Rifle

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F Class Practice at Ben Avery

  “Rick Curtis made this video and all credit goes to him. He took his time away from shooting to run the match and take videos!  Basically, the video shows an F-Open shooter and 4 FTR class shooters of varying … Continue reading

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Progress on Koa Anschutz Thumbhole Stock

The trigger guard picture is final machining so that the trigger will fit through the trigger guard. The next pictures of the stock show that it is ready for the final four standings.

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Koa Anschutz Thumbhole Stock for Barnard action

Fitting Trigger Guard to Stock Getting ready to take the action out of bedding Inletting Action being inletted Stock being duplicated Duplicated stock being roughed out with a #49 and #50 wood rasp

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Single Shot Bo Clerke Rifle

  I received the action by itself, with several missing parts.  It appeared that it had never had a stock or a forend on the action, so I had to create the hardware to hold the forend and the stock. … Continue reading

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Anschutz Stolle Panda Completed

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