Doan Trevor Custom Rifle Building

I’m sorry I didn’t take pictures of the finished stock before I shipped it off to its owner.

Not the new supervisor. 

You 

I have been using three  action screws on Bernard actions for approximately 14 years and it’s nice to see that others have followed suit.

This turned out to be a really nice piece of wood. I’ve had hanging around for a few years waiting for the right project. The pistol cap has burls that look like an owl. This stock has many little burls that are flowers.

In the duplicator, there is the Claro and a mango stock blank. The mango if it turns out light enough will be for a silhouette stock.

Here’s a photo from 1996 National Team Match – Winners 2nd Place Overall at Camp Perry, Ohio

For the Romanian Trophy.

Doan Trevor, Terry Glenn, Bill Parritt, Ron Michon

I had forgotten all about this. What a find and a great memory!

Ron won The Colorado Prone State Championship with a rifle I built him about two years ago. 

Way to go, my friend!

Here’s where I repaired it. It got dropped and went KERPLUNK!

As some of you know my daughter Clare has been out here visiting. She found some old-ish photos.

This one is from the Liverpool, NY Rifle Club. (Clare reminded me how she froze her tuckus off many winters at this club.) This was from a weekend morning in 1985. There was an article in the local paper. This picture was from that story.. some how I walked away with an 8 X 10 B&W Glossy Picture.

Here we are 4 years later (10 Sept. 1989) at the Camillus, NY Rifle Club. Clare got a kick out of this photo. She spent many Friday evenings and Sundays in the summer here, pulling targets.

Hope y’all have enjoyed the trip down memory lane as much as the kid and I have.

Cheers,

Doan and Clare

I have finished all five sights.

3 are still available.

Congratulations to Trudie Fay, Derek Rodgers, Jim Gaines, Dean Wheeler and the rest of the amazing shooters that shot some of the rifles that I have built and/or fine-tuned! If you have been left out, I’m suffering from CRS! Please let me know and I will have my unpaid assistant (this month, it’s Clare) add you to this post!

You all made an old guy feel pretty dang awesome!

(Derek and Trudie also set National Records!)

I am making 5 rear offset sights!

2 of them are already spoken for.

I’ve been doing a lot of woodwork, so time for some metalwork.

Here’s the finished Bastogne Stock.

This is not tomato soup and olives. It’s old fashioned blue process. Called Baker’s Express. Those are the two escutcheon that go under the front action screws of both the Claro and Bastogne stocks.

Today, I finished a thing. It’s only 102 here in Albuquerque.

The Claro stock is getting finished up. The Bastogne is progressing well.

It’s challenging to fit trigger guards when they are already blued, but I an occasional challenge keeps me on my toes.

Clare and I watch the fireworks listening to her friend Bill sing the national anthem.

Here’s the video of him singing it:

These will be unique because they arelonger than standard length. The pattern has been modified. Notice the difference in the weight of the two woods.

  
This was very much appreciated and really raised my spirits to know that you are all thinking of me. Treatments are going well and I will be back at the matches soon! ~ Doan

With this Miller you do not need a fixture 

Impressively figured piece of walnut. Note the rear of the stock will fit a rear bag for F/TR use.  

   
    
   
Check out the inlay in the wood. If you know or remember Morse code, you will be able to read the initials.

A couple years ago a similar stock for another junior… and this stock is built in the same theme, but not identical. 

Some of the inletting has been blanked out, so that it can be a surprise for it’s owner. 

The owner of this was a winner of a certificate at the F-Class Nationals.

This is a highly figured piece of Claro Walnut. I have inletted, bedded, added a pistol grip cap.  

The winners of the certificates for the 20% off rifle building.