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
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.
One will be a 2000 Anschutz prone stock and the other will be a combination Palma and F/TR stock with a Stolle Panda action.
Hi Everyone.
I’ve been slowed down for the last couple weeks. Albuquerque was hit with one heck of cold session. We all got it.
We’ll be back to our normal posting schedule soon.
Question.
Anyone going to the Berger Match that needs a roommate? Let me know.
Thanks,
Doan.
Humbucker pickup installed with wiring and volume control. The neck has been fitted, and the owner picked up the guitar, and he will install the strings and tune it. Concert to follow.
1967 Rickman Triumph Metisse Motorcycle – RareIt 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. 26 in 1970. 9 in 1971 for a total of 166
My frame number is 1083 and it’s a Mark IV. This was the second by number of the first shipment.
I know that the bike was raced here in the States in the Summer of ’67. I believe it was shipped to FAD Engineering in Syracuse, NY. My guess is that it has to be one of the first ones built in the States. I bought it in 1968/1969.. and continued to race it until 1975.
Before I bought it, it was raced by a man with the nickname, “Frenchie”.
When I bought the bike the name on the registration was Bill Humes.
I took the original engine out in 1969 and replaced it with another T100.
The engine that is in the bike was built by Ray Beebe, from Central NY Cycle (Triumph Dealership). The head that is on the engine is called a Baltimore Head. These specific heads were developed in 1965 for Gary Nixon for his road racers and flat track bikes. These were sold under the Tricor name. They used a slightly higher compression and slightly larger valves. When Nixon won the Daytona 200, Triumph renamed the 500cc the Daytona.
I still have the original fender and the two number plates.
Orginal motor 61 Triumph with distributor, converted to ET. If the ET was not spot on it wouldn’t function correctly. This is why I changed the engine in 69/70.
In 1968, I added the removable lights, so I could take them off for racing.
Asking $19,900.00
~DOAN
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 a fine finish.
Doan Trevor Custom Rifle Building 