52 Winchester for the Made in America Smallbore Match

This is the final fitting before finishing of all the aluminum parts and the wood. This rifle will be used at Camp Perry for the Made in America Match at the Smallbore match this summer. The stock is a piece of all Fiddleback Walnut from front to rear – an exceptional piece of wood. The darker areas are rubbed with a bit of alcohol to show the grain and what the final finish will look like. The pistol grip is made in America – it is a piece of curly Hawaiian Koa. The trigger guard is reclaimed Winchester. Right now it’s in a holding pattern to see if we’ll put vents in it.

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52 Sporter Final Finishing

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Fitting 52 Sporter Trigger Guard

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Stocks

English Walnut #3

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Fiddleback Claro Walnut #6

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Koa #7
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Claro Exhibition Grade Walnut #2

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Recycling a 40X Stock into an F-Class Rifle

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R.I.P. Skippy ~ We Will Miss You!

Skippy

199? – April 5th, 2011

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Left Handed Grips Available 03 31 11

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Recycling a 40X Stock into an F-Class Rifle

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Right Handed Grips Available 3/23/11

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Available in finished (includes stippling) in either gloss or satin finish – $185 plus shipping or unfinished for $75 plus shipping.

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Inletting 52B English Walnut Sporter

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Progress English Walnut 52B Sporter

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Progress on English Walnut 52B Sporter

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Yes, this is a real 52B that I am using for a pattern.

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Finsihed Walnut Grip – High Gloss

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Handcutting English Walnut Stock Blank for 52B Sporter Rifle

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English Walnut Stock Blank for 52B Sporter

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Alternate Method for Scope Mounting on Target Rifle

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Maple Prone Palma Rifle Finished

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Maple Prone Palma Rifle ~ Installing Steve McGee Cheekpiece

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22 Rimfire English Walnut Prone Stock Finished

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Revised Anschutz Adjustable Buttplate #2

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Revised Anschutz Adjustable Buttplate – In process

I tried to purchase a new buttplate like this, but it became a daunting task…… too difficult, too proud, and too expensive.  I decided to make one.  This is half done and will be refined.  The red color that you see is It will adapt to one of my adjustable butt plates.

“STEEL RED Layout Fluid
Machine shop operators depend on Dykem® Layout Fluids to scribe sharp, clear, precise lines. When applied, our layout fluids provide a uniform deep color that prevents glare and dries in minutes. All Dykem®Layout Fluids create an extremely thin film which adds practically no thickness to the work piece and remains flexible without cracking and chipping.”

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F-Class Front Rest Center Column

The reason for cutting this wedge shaped (or tapered) slot is to prevent the center column from crashing when the hold down screw is loosened, causing  black finger disease.  I’ve noticed that some F-Class shooters have injured fingers.

 

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Shaping Trigger Guard Prone Smallbore Rifle

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Barry Teaching Doan how to use an iPad

……… or was it Doan teaching Barry how to us an iPad???

They mistakenly ordered 15 boxes of the wrong bullets. That’s why they’re drinking.

 

 

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New NRA National High Power Senior Team Record

Congratulations to Doan Trevor, Eddie Newman, Jim Gaines, David Drisoll

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