Category Archives: Rifle Building

Took a break for my normal routine. Looks like this one will be ready for The New Mexico State Fair. Main wood is Cherry and all the inlay is Rosewood. Still have 5 bobbins to and the 4 axles for … Continue reading →

This rifle was missing the stock and the trigger. Finally found a trigger and a stock that worked. Put it all back together. When people had to turn in their firearms in England, Mac Tilton purchased a number of containers. … Continue reading →

Finally made a pattern for a Benchrest Stock! Used that for the Turkish Walnut Stock. Fortner Action are a little different to work with. You have to put a magazine well in the magazines with fit into the bottom of … Continue reading →

I was sent this broken stock to repair. It’s an early stock of mine. I’m in the processes of putting it all back together. Here are some pictures before I finished and completed the work. I glued it back together, … Continue reading →

I’ve been catching up on a few smaller things in between the larger ones. Retrofitting entails putting a rear bag slider at the appropriate angle and finding a piece of wood from my stash aka the scrap pile to put … Continue reading →

Here are two configurations of F-Class rifles, both shot in this year’s Western Wildcat Match. This first rifle is Leo Cebula’s which is an Winchester 52E action. Leo was the original owner, he had the gun barreled by CP Hart. … Continue reading →

Trudie went to South Africa with a rifle that I barrelled and is coming home with Shiny New Medals. Congrats, Trudie you are a rock star!

This is my own stock, I built for myself. It purple heart, maple and walnut.  I added an extension to the bolt handle. The hole in the stock is to release the sear to get the bolt out. And offset … Continue reading →

John Friguglietti sent over some photos. One of the photos is the 2nd place team. John was top Palma Rifle and 2nd place overall in the individuals. I’ve done a few stocks John and he says this is his favorite. … Continue reading →

Here’s Luke with Sean Simmons from Nightforce. I wonder if they are gonna start the second generation of ZZ Top. Here’s Stephen Bunde: and John Friguglietti: and another one of Luke Ramsay with the trophy:

I participated at the Southwest Nationals. I survived. I did though get to visit with some old friends. It’s been many years since I put these guys up on their pedestals. Congrats to all that had their name added to … Continue reading →

Congrats to Luke Ramsey, Steffen Bunde, John Friguglietti and anyone else out here shooting one of my rifles. Let me know who you are. From Steffen: I won the Southwest Nationals Palma individual sling match today. Another cold and windy … Continue reading →

Currently working on this. Will finish soon.

Finished this project! It was cool to do something a little different.

The stock is from an American Walnut tree that was living in Massachusetts. Had some supervision on this one.

The rifle came to me with a broken stock. There’s a lot tedious work that goes into a project like this. Notice that amount of blacking on the towel. The stock is English Walnut and is Rosewood. This will be … Continue reading →

Now that this is mostly completed, bobbins and flyer to be done in the future, I can go back to my daily woodworking. I did some hand carving on the pillar block and base. I have a really unique piece … Continue reading →

From the previous post, you can see I was assembling the hub with the spokes. Once that was finished the hub goes into the jig that you see on the table saw. Two steps of radius cut into the spokes … Continue reading →

Things have slowed down just a bit. I’ve been keeping busy by making another spinning wheel. Idle hands and all. So, far I’ve gotten the wheel, the spokes and the hub made. Will be assembling the wheel in the next … Continue reading →

These are fancy flat pieces of wood from stocks I’ve done. It’s a mix of English Walnut, American Walnut, Koa, Mango, North American Walnut. The piece that I put water on was part of the USNRT Raffle Rifle. This is … Continue reading →

Three pillar bedding. Hart Rifle Barrel. Trued the action. Ebony Pistol Cap.

Another really nice piece of wood. From duplication to finish product.

Finished up this Palma Rifle last week. This has a Border Barrel. Another happy friend.

Congrats to Trudie for winning the Aggregate and the Senior Awards! Thank you for the United State National Rifle Team for my plaque! It’s going to hang proudly in the workshop.