Doan Trevor Custom Rifle Building

Note that there are three action screws on the stock for the Barnard action. This is the butt plate installed with the offset plate and it only adds 1/4 inch and the whole assembly is only 7 ounces.

Making a T-Nut to fit in the slots for the offset adjustment

Usually the buttplates I make are 3 way adjustable.  By adding another layer, I can make them adjustable for an offset buttplate.

Inletting for a trigger guard

Gluing an escutcheon for holding the trigger guard at the right height

Now the stock is ready to be checkered.

Inletting, attaching the rail, and bedding

Custom stock design, chambered, and BRX for longrange prone shooting

“Rick Curtis made this video and all credit goes to him. He took his time away from shooting to run the match and take videos! 

Basically, the video shows an F-Open shooter and 4 FTR class shooters of varying shooting style over at the 600 yard line at Ben Avery range. 

The rifle that Doan just finished for me shot high agg score in FTR, but we were all on different relays and it is hard to quantify how things might have turned out had we fired together. Had a little more elevation than I would have liked to have seen, but the issues were ammunition and “operator induced” learning a position. Can place no blame on the rifle or any other equipment. Lots of points left on the table due to corner shots and I will be working hard to eliminate them. Quite pleased with the stock so far, even though I waaaay overestimated my weight. The rifle came in at 1-1/4 pounds under weight limits! The Spruce Goose could have been made of Walnut :)”

~G.U.

The trigger guard picture is final machining so that the trigger will fit through the trigger guard. The next pictures of the stock show that it is ready for the final four standings.

Fitting Trigger Guard to Stock

Getting ready to take the action out of bedding Inletting Action being inletted

Stock being duplicated

Duplicated stock being roughed out with a #49 and #50 wood rasp