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  • SHADOWFOX
    Veteran Member
    • May 2005
    • 1232
    • IL, USA.
    • DELTA 36-675

    Shotgun stock from scratch

    Been wanting to a tempt to build a custom stock for a used Browning 12GA shotgun my uncle gave to me. Anybody ever build a firearm stock from scratch? Would really appreciate if anybody could post some of their finished stock or some pics of the process.

    Thanks,
    Chris

    "The first key to wisdom is constant and frequent questioning, for by doubting we are led to question and by questioning we arrive at the truth." -Pierre Abelard 11th Century philosopher.
  • Hellrazor
    Veteran Member
    • Dec 2003
    • 2091
    • Abyss, PA
    • Ridgid R4512

    #2
    I haven't. There is a decent amount of work to make one. Check out youtube, there are a bunch of stock making videos on there.

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    • JimD
      Veteran Member
      • Feb 2003
      • 4187
      • Lexington, SC.

      #3
      I've done it but not terribly successfully. I've made stocks but they didn't always turn out well. My twenty gauge side by side has a forestock I made of a piece of firewood. It has crotch figure and looks nice but isn't real well inletted. It is functional and the grain is nice.

      My bolt action 22, a left hand Savage, has a stock of slightly figured maple with a walnut piece in the center. That is nicer and fits me well but isn't super nice.

      The problems I have are with the inletting and with working on curved areas. In other words, gunstocks are not flat and square. Power tools aren't always what you want to use, at least I don't.

      You can buy a gun blank for may guns which has already been rough shaped and inletted. They didn't have one for my guns or I would have probably tried one. You can still customize the shape some and get to sand and finish the stock.

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      • Black wallnut
        cycling to health
        • Jan 2003
        • 4715
        • Ellensburg, Wa, USA.
        • BT3k 1999

        #4
        I've done it. I made a butt stock for my Remington Sportsman 12 shotgun which is a budget 870 model. I did not have a large enough piece of walnut so made a straight stock without pistol grip. There is likely no action easier to inlet for than a Rem 870 and still it was a pita. Once it was done I choose to checker it, my first checkering job. I since have become a very good checkerer although I've not checkered in years. Are you thinking of starting with a stock blank? Have you considered buying a semi-inletted blank?

        The process is blacken the action, press into the stock, scrape the transfer marks off the stock and repeat. you are done when you get 100% transfer. Magic marker works great btw for marking the action as a transfer fluid. When you are done you can clean the action with alcohol to remove any errant marker.

        FWIW stock making is quite an art and there is good reason why the best stockmakers charge enormous amounts of money. Add on the cost of a top shelf checkering job..... well I can recommend a lady in Oregon that is awesome and reasonable at the same time; I'm not sure my eyesight is good enough anymore and I charge more than her. You might give checkering a try though as it is not exactly had, just tedious.
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        • Knottscott
          Veteran Member
          • Dec 2004
          • 3815
          • Rochester, NY.
          • 2008 Shop Fox W1677

          #5
          I've considered doing the same for my Maverick 88 (Mossberg 500 clone), so I'll be watching this thread with interest. It's already sounding like it might be worth more effort than I'm willing to put into it, but we shall see!
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          • Daryl
            Senior Member
            • May 2004
            • 831
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            #6
            You can check with Numrich http://www.gunpartscorp.com/ to see if they have a stock for your gun or Boyds, you will have to do a little work on it.
            For what its worth, I made a flintlock stock from scratch. I carefully set up and made jigs and used my router as much as possible. Still there was plenty of "eyeball" work on curved areas and making it look half way decent. When I get a chance I will dig it out of the safe and take a picture for you.
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