Category Archives: Rifle Building

Turkish Walnut is slight darker in color than other Walnuts. It’s also nicely figured. The pistol grip cap is Bloodwood.

This is a few days late, but it’s an important date in history. “The first shots of the American Revolution occurred at roughly 5:30 in the morning, April 19, 1775. In the space of no more than a few minutes life … Continue reading →

Doing some restoration of The Spirit of America trophies. Have a few more to do. These were from the leaky container.

When we young my parents got us some cats and a dog. Here I am with Cesar: And here I am with Saber: And here’s the puppy dog (with my brother) that we called Timber.

Accent pieces in pistol cap and fore end are Thuya wood and Bloodwood.

Once in a while, I’ll lose a day of woodworking, because the workbench needs to be recovered. Yesterday was that day. Clare came over to helped and take pictures.

Had a wonderful time at SWN. Always great to catch up with friends from all over the world. Also, caught up with my few of my non-speaking friends. It’s been an honor to build these trophies over the last 11 … Continue reading →

Been working on this for a couple of weeks. The grain goes every direction, it’s a difficult wood to work on. It’ll be beautiful when finished. Using Thuya Burl and Blood wood for pistol grip and fore-end accent. Finished picture … Continue reading →

Here are the finished pictures from yesterday’s post. Removed Anschutz label and replaced it with an inlay of Ebony.

Used 3 action screws with recoiled lug on the middle screw. Finished pictures to follow later.

Bedding the 2000 Anschutz can be a challenge, but I have figured it out. I make a bedding block. This was a Richard’s Microfit Stock and I made the stock a little smaller for rimfire.

This was originally a highpower F-Class stock the owner want it to fit his Swindlehurst Action.

This is one of the more fancy pieces of wood that I’ve worked on in some time. The different in colors in the wood are also different hardnesses. You have to pay attention when sanding on it, so that you … Continue reading →

The RAD System has a lot of size to it and is difficult to get an adjustable cheek piece to function properly. With a little tinkering and changing positions of parts, I was able to make it a fully adjustable … Continue reading →

The pistol grip cap is Thuya wood and Bloodheart. This is chamber in a 6.5 x 47 Lapua cartridge.

I had to inlet this because it seems less and less that McMillian stock are being inletted at the factory. Also, installed my 3-way Buttplate on it and a single shot adapter.

This stock would work for F-Class, FTR and Sling. The woods are American Walnut, Bloodwood and highly figured Maple. This one is for sale. $700. Please call me if you are interested.

Added a 3 pillar bedding. Ebony pistol cap.

Inletted Mack Brothers action into the stock using three pillars. The stock had a few nicks and dings, refinished it. There was a lot of stain on the original finish. I decided to lean into the natural color of the … Continue reading →

This stock has a Bloodwood pistol grip cap. This was made for a winner of a certificate from a match.

In between stock making, I worked on this during the last calendar year. Here’s some process photos and ones from the Fair.

This trigger guard is from a Winchester 52D International. It apparently has a hard life. Wanting to keep the trigger guard as original as possible, I had to make a tap which has a 12×36 pitch. Once the tap was … Continue reading →

Owner chose to opt for an uninletted stock because he could get it in a more timely manner. I inletted, bedded with 3 pillars and painted this stock. Installed a Stolle Panda Action and made a trigger guard. The two … Continue reading →

I inletted and bedded this with two pillars. I mentioned to the owner that I had a Kenyon trigger that would fit, so we installed that and a moveable trigger shoe.. big improvement over the old Anschutz trigger. I have … Continue reading →