Category Archives: Rifle Building

1967 Rickman Triumph Metisse Motorcycle – Rare It was built in April 1967 – this was the first year that they went into production on the T100A. There were 26 T100A’s made in 1967. 46 in 1968. 59 in 1969. … Continue reading →

This type of wood is very time consuming because there are very hard and very soft parts – i.e. the fiddleback and quilting.  It requires hand sanding sanding with a pad to eliminate high and low spots and to get … Continue reading →

Handcrafted, old fashioned, time-honored stock duplicating can produce a superior product to a mass-produced stock from a CNC machine at far less cost.  Custom stock duplicating using manual duplication can produce a stock that is as precision as any CNC … Continue reading →

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This stock is a duplicate of the owner’s high power Palma rifle. He wanted the same look and configuration on both stocks. These are some of the during construction photos. You can see some of the bedding process, note that … Continue reading →

I’ve got the body and the neck cut out. The nut has been replaced with brass. Frets have been leveled. And the pickup has been cut out. Next, I will do the wiring and the controls. After that the shape … Continue reading →

I couldn’t bear to take a picture of this when the stock was broken into two pieces, but here is the fix in progress. Was returned to me after it fell off a workbench, and I didn’t know if it … Continue reading →

On September 2nd, 1945 the end of World War II happened. Today, I’m going to share some family photos to commemorate this day. Here is a picture of my uncle, Leander Lachance (L.L.) Doan receiving the French Legion of Honor. Note … Continue reading →

This is a nice piece of dark English walnut While working on the stock I noticed that there were some marks in the wood that I didn’t understand. When I machined the slot for the bolt relief in the cheekpiece it … Continue reading →

Here are some pictures of the action. This is one of the more interesting pieces I have worked on. I have no clue of what it really is. All the measurements are Winchester, except the loading port radii are a … Continue reading →

There’s a new F-Class for Smallbore for a round Anschutz action on the For Sale page. Here’s the link: Stock For Sale Please contact me if you are interested.

  Happy Birthday, Dad!! I’d wish you one, but you won’t hear me over the machines. Love, Clare ( Daughter #2)

The owner won a discount certificate at the Berger Southwest nationals match in February.   Note the bottom vents have not been added or the escutcheon for the trigger guard.             This is just the first coat of the … Continue reading →

The real challenge here was to shorten the length of pull and maintain the original look of the Steve MCGee buttplate. This involved keeping all the radii and remove aluminum.

Between working on completing stocks and duplicating stocks, I have been keeping busy. Which is great! These two pictures show stocks tough of the duplicator, the second picture shows them sanded with pistol grips caps.

A number of years ago I made some fiberglass and polyester resin stocks with balsa wood cores. They finished out at approximately 11 to 12 ounces. Because the stocks were so light, you could still use the inch and a … Continue reading →