Category Archives: Rifle Building

Three pieces of wood were selected for this project and set out to view. It was an unusual day in New Mexico as it rained. The piece of wood that the customer selected was not necessarily the one that I … Continue reading →

This Rifle was previously won in 2007. It is 10 years to the date from when I built it that I've refinished it.

One of the Stocks has turned out to be a beautiful piece of exhibition grade Claro walnut. The other one is a piece of Claro Walnut that had a huge knot in the back of the stock that looks like … Continue reading →

Precision Turbo Action

Trudie used her favorite sling rifle. I re-barreled the rifle for her last year. She shot 112 X's out of 180 shots. That is 62% X's. Lige used a spruce stock, that I made for him a few years ago.

A special thank you to Tom Alves for the Trigger donation and Gary LaValley from Phoenix Precision for the Phoenix rear sight donation. This stock can also be used for F/TR. it will be at the Spirit of America Match … Continue reading →

Still carving……. more pics

The desert ironwood strips have been inlaid on the stock and I have started to carve the rest of the stock. By scribing lines with the saw and using a wood chisel a lot of wood can be removed to … Continue reading →

Thank you to Gary LaValley from Phoenix Precision for the contribution! http://www.phoenix-Precision.com.

This will be a 22 Rimfire Bench Rifle. It will have Desert Ironwood accent pieces to make up the 3 inch forearm. It will be hand carved, similar to the turbo maple stock that I did several months ago. Lots … Continue reading →

Final sanding on Team Rifle which takes many coats of finish.  The next photos should be the final photos or close to final.  I have had many requests and questions about where to purchase tickets for the raffle of this … Continue reading →

Note that the screws are labeled on the ends.

Thank you, Tom Alves! Final sanding started.

A huge thank you to Tom Alves, who stepped up and procured the trigger! We still need a rear sight. It appears that Al Warner is not making any new sights at the moment.. If someone has a rear sight … Continue reading →

I have volunteered to build another raffle rifle for the US Palma National Rifle Team.  Work has begun today.  I am hoping to have this completed for the Spirit of America Match in Raton, NM this fall.  Here is an … Continue reading →

I think, I have solve the problem with a the short length of pull with the A5. If you were to cut the stock off at a 12.25 LOP,  you will not have a place for your rear bag to … Continue reading →

Were they feeling sorry for me because I was the old guy?