Doan Trevor Custom Rifle Building

She won the Smallbore Metric Prone Match – Ironsights with a newly installed Hart Rifle Barrel.

Way to go, Virginia!

These are two CZ rifle for a 4H Shooting Club. They asked for adjustable cheek pieces and buttplates. The length of pull has been considerably reduced.

These stocks did get a bit of a bumped up a bit on the roster of projects to complete. It’s hard not to give the kids a little boost in our sport. There are a lot of us old guys.

It was a Friday. My roommate, Spaulding Gray (writer/author) and I started to hitchhike from Fryeburg Academy (Fryeburg, ME). We were picked up by a guy in a 1956 Ford sedan. The driver said he was going to Boston. Spaulding and I replied, “We are going to Babson College.” Sedan guy said he was actually going just East of there and he’d drop us off at the College. It had started to snow. And it continued to snow. At stop signs, we’d occasionally have to get out and push the car. The snow kept coming. During the ride, the driver confessed that he only picked us up for the extra weight in the back seat.

We did make it to Babson College…. Unfortunately, no fun was had. We woke up the next morning to 2 feet of *very* heavy snow. Spaulding and I made $60 each shoveling snow from that morning to that evening. No party. We did however make it back in time for study hall on Sunday night.

I took that $60 and bought a new pair of ski boots that I had until 1982.

Life has changed quite a bit when it comes to knowing about weather forecasts.

I tried to give this stock some Ozempic, but it didn’t work.

The owner of this stock want to shave off some weight so he could shot Bisley. I added some vents, machined out the rail and put a few hole in the bedding block that will not effect the performance. I also refinished the stock.

This trigger arrived, looked like it was in good shape, but wasn’t functioning properly. On closer inspection it was full of rust. I disassembled and cleaned it all out. Reassembled. Still not working. There is a pesky little spring that wanted to make an escape, tied a piece of thread on it. Could not make the trigger function. So, I drilled and tapped for a sear.. and made some small parts for pressure release. This completed the fix! Trigger will function from 3 ounces and higher.

The stock is Turkish Walnut with a Bloodwood and Ebony Pistol Cap.

Anyone else spot the Dan Gurney for President sticker?

We had a whole smoked ham for Christmas Dinner. Also, Barney got a new scarf.. he thought it was Hermes, but he not on Nancy’s Christmas List. Barney helped open most of the gifts.

Vlad got 2nd place at the Arizona State 600 Yard Championships!

I finished this one this morning!

The Thuya wood pistol ( with Ebony accent) cap has interesting image in it. Maybe it’s Casper the Friendly Ghost?

Happy Veteran’s Day to all my fellow Vets.

This has 3 action screws including the recoil lug. The pistol cap is Thuya wood. I made it so it can be used with either a right of left handed action.

And it’s a good day neighborhood.

Installing this action into wooden stock you need to put in a bedding block that you make out of Delrin and aluminium. You, also, need to make a clamp for a trigger extension.

Luke won the New Mexico FTR State Championship!

He used stock #201.

Doing this job reminded me of when I put a 327/365 horsepower motor in my 1958 100/6 Austin Healy.

The average quarter mile was 11.8 seconds in 1967/8. The 411 gears were much faster, but too tall for the streets. I wonder if there’s a way to find out whatever to happen to this car.

This was one of the best run matches that I have been to in a very long time. Even I, The Weeble Wooble Guy, had enough time to set up my equipment. I really appreciate all the hard work that the volunteers put in. I think we should have a Great Grand Senior Class for all of is Baby Boomer Old Guys, something to think about, right?

I really had a great time seeing you all. Can’t wait for the next one.

These started out as big pieces, became little pieces… are they were put back together and once again became big pieces.

These are available for sale. $350 each.

Modified the buttplate, so that it could be used on this stock. Made the trigger guard. Stock is American Walnut. Pistol grip cap is Koa. Thumbhole stocks aren’t the easiest to work on, but they sure are pretty.

I did the bedding and made a special escutcheon for the rear tang. Also, put on a used Eric Johnson barrel, that appeared to be in excellent condition. What was interesting is the bore was .015″ off center Runout. Four Jawwed Chucks get heavier every year. The receiver and the trigger were like brand new, not broken-in at all. It’ll be interesting how it all works out.

The black and white photos show Gavray after the bombing during WWII. The color ones are what the town looks like now. The main road ends T-bones plaque site, which is right at the bridge over the Sienne. More on the bridge in a later post.

Here are photos of the ceremony of the unveiling of the plaque dedicated to my uncle. LL Doan got out of his tank during a firefight on German machine guns… and waded across the river took out a couple of German machine guns nests and an 88 battery. This led the 3rd Armored Division to advance through the rest of occupied France into German and to close the gap. For this received the French Legion of Honor and the the Distinguished Service Cross.

I was honored to raise the American Flag at the ceremony. My first cousin once removed, John Stout, LL’s grandson raised the flag with me.

In a later post, I’ll talk about the Bailey Bridge enactment by the 297th Engineering Regiment.

The lady in the Deuce and a half is Helen Patton, General Patton’s granddaughter. Some of you that were in Vietnam, may have served under her father 11th Calvary.

Arrived in Gavray, saw what my uncle saw. The picture with all the trees, the high point was the German outlook for overseeing the town and river. This is where my uncle waded across the river and took out the machine gun nest and an 88 battery with a 1911. Badass, according to Clare. This was the 3rd Armor Division.

Victory or Death.

We’ve been briefed on our contribution regarding the Ceremony on Friday. More information to follow.

On Monday, I had hernia surgery to fix a popped hernia. I had surgery 52 years ago, and it final wore out. Clare helped finish this stock. Picking it up and flipping it whenever I needed, I’m on a weight lifting restriction for a few weeks. She shorten the the two bigger action screws. I might have her apprentice, if the real estate gig doesn’t pan out.

Main stock is American Walnut. The pistol grip is Thuya Burl Wood with Bloodwood.

This stock should be heading to Atterbury, with it’s owner. Say, “Hi!” if you see it.

This action was won at the Southwest Nationals. The laminate stock has 3 different woods, Quilted Maple, Walnut and Bloodwood and is made by me. The maple looks iridescent and glows in the sun.

I brought out my special CNC machine to work the pistol grip. A curved sharp thing and a hammer. Fancy! I tend to go with the old school techniques because every hand is different. On of the reason I have folks snail mail me a tracing of their paw (hand).

This is a stock that I laminate from fancy maple, bloodwood and walnut.

Did the barrel channel, put in a piece of round stock aluminum. Then I used the aluminum in the barrel channel to run the stock back and forth to get the forend parallel.

More to come of this project.

I didn’t take pictures of this in two pieces, couldn’t deal with it, it was too sad.

You have to get the two pieces back together. I put the three dowels in from the front of the pistol grip. As the late Bob Jones would say, “Sosadon’t” as in So, it don’t do it again. Everything lined up really well except for one piece of tiny grain, it didn’t want not to cooperate, but it made it.

The chips on the milling machine are from one trigger guard.

And I almost buried my hitting tool/mallet/potato masher thingy in the duplicator.

Made some pieces for cheekpieces. The magnets are for being able to remove the cheekpiece and for adjusting for cast on and cast off.