Final Finishing on Nice Walnut Rifle Stock

Posted on December 29, 2008 by Doantrevor

A really beautiful piece of wood. . . . close to the final finish.  There has been an ongoing, age-old debate among stock makers and gunsmiths “Should this be a shiny finish?  Or a satin finish?”  What do you think?

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Making a Long Action Post 64 Standard Bold Face Into a 223 Bolt face for 223 Palma Rifle

Posted on December 28, 2008 by Doantrevor

I reduced the bolt face diameter, bushed the firing pin, and moved the ejector hole plunger toward the center.  This is the picture of the finished bolt face before final truing and polishing. This will be used for competitive rifle shooting in the Palma 223  Division. bolt-face-img_1844

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Left Handed Grips Finished – Ready for Duplicating

Posted on December 26, 2008 by Doantrevor

The template for the left handed grip is complete, and ready to be sent off to the duplicator.  It’s painted silver to  give it a bit of a slippery surface.

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Finished Custom Grips

Posted on December 25, 2008 by Doantrevor

Finished grip for the Tube Guns (see Gary’s site here), Tubb Guns, AR15’s, Space Guns, CSS stocks, T2K’s.  These are available unfinished from Gary or finished (in a variety of woods) from me.  Call or email for more info.grip-finished-img_1940

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Installing Sako Extractor into Remington 700 Bolt

Posted on December 24, 2008 by Doantrevor

There is a lot of information on how to do this – what’s interesting about this project is that with a Brown & Sharpe Omniversal Milling Machine, you can take the vertical head, tip it 90 degrees and you are able to drill the hole for the spring and detent for the extractor, which eliminates ever having to change your fixtures. It cuts the time in half, and no fancy fixtures to hold the bolt are needed. I have yet to figure out how many axis this milling machine actually has!  See Equipment link for more info on B&S Milling Machine.

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Machining Trigger Guard for 223 Palma Rifle Long Range Competitive Target Shooting

Posted on December 23, 2008 by Doantrevor

This is for a 223 Palma Rifle that is being converted from a long action post 64 Winchester.trigger-guard-img_1904trigger-guard-img_1926

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Progress on Left Handed Grip for AR15’s, Tube Guns, Space Guns, Tubb Guns for Competition Shooting

Posted on December 22, 2008 by Doantrevor

Just about done and ready for the duplicator.left-handed-grip-img_1897left-handed-grip-img_1900

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Roughed Out Left Handed Grip for Tube Guns, Tubb Guns, AR15’s and Space Guns for Competition Shooters

Posted on December 21, 2008 by Doantrevor

left-handed-pistol-grip-img_1883-1Here’s the roughed out grip.  Still needs finishing work – shaping and sanding.

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Progress on Left Handed Pistol Grip

Posted on December 21, 2008 by Doantrevor

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Left Handed Pistol Grips

Posted on December 21, 2008 by Doantrevor

left-handed-pistol-grip-template-img_18671I’m starting on the left handed pistol grip template for tube guns, AR15’s, Space Guns, and Tubb guns.  It must be hand carved, so that it can be duplicated.  It will be the same shape as the right handed ones. The right handed ones are out there on Gary’s site.  I expect the template to be done within a few days, and the grips to be done as soon as possible.

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Inletting

Posted on December 17, 2008 by Doantrevor

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Scope Rails

Posted on December 12, 2008 by Doantrevor

scope-rails-img_18204Working on scope rails for high power target rifles.  The problem with machining scope rails is coming up with a dimension that will fit most of the scope rings. The rails will be cut for different actions. Some will be on Remingtons, Barnards, Winchesters, BATS, etc. I make up a bunch of these rails and then fit to each individual action to ensure accuracy.  They are lapped into each action as necessary.

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New Pistol Grips

Posted on December 10, 2008 by Doantrevor

Pistol GripThe latest project I’ve been working on is a good pistol grip for AR-15’s, space guns and tube guns. These can be found on Gary Eliseo’s site at www.competitionshootingstuff.com.  Left handed ones coming soon.

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Bedding Block for the Hawaiian Mango stock

Posted on January 3, 2008 by Doantrevor

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