Custom Walnut Stock

famous wolf

I am curious as to the cost of having a new custom walnut stock made. I am not looking for anything overly fancy, but would like it to have decent hand-cut checkering, possibly a rosewood tip, monte carlo w/cheekpiece, etc. It wouldn't have to have a lot of grain, etc. In fact the stocks I like the most are those with no grain and really light colored with a very flat, "matte" finish. Any ideas or websites to check out. What about price??

He Dog

That sounds like a factory stock. Custom stocks are usually about bespoke fitting, extreme cast on or cast off, and most often about fine wood with lots of grain. You will spend a lot for having a plain wood stock made, it might be a good idea to start with aftermarket drop-in stocks, like Boyd's: http://www.boydsgunstocks.com/ Other wise I would expect you will be looking at $450 and up. Custom rifles start at about $2500.

grizzclaw

I really like Boyds, and I just bought a nice semi finished stock set for an 1100 from a company called Gunstocks Inc. thats pretty nice.

ern98

A buddy of mine waited 3 years for a custom rifle to be made up for him by a name rifle smith. He supplied the action and the smith barreled it and tricked it out for accuracy and whatnot. That part ran about a grand and was done in about six months. The total price tag ran $2500, so that put the stock at $1500 and 2 1/2 years of wait. They used a $500 stock blank so you can do the math. He recieved it about 2 years back so the price may have gone up or down since then. Good luck with what ever you choose to go for......

rock,roll,n,load

http://www.rifle-stocks.com/silhouette.htm
I have a couple of these and are very happy with them. They will even make a stock out of your wood if you all ready have that.

http://www.customstockmaker.com

Here's a couple for you.

asphalt cowboy

Contact Donnie at 660-438-4568. He used to be the custom shop forman at Rhienhart Fajen before they closed.
Donnie can furnish either a semi inlet stock, or a complete stock. Fit, finished and checkered.

For a supreme job of checkering try here http://www.checkering.com/
This gal does first rate work.

COLT

...Unless you know someone to "hook you up", as the Dog said, Boyds is a good Co. and keep a sharp eye out as they have some bang up deals at times on thier "blimished" stocks; seen a couple of thier blimished/dinged stocks and I have no idea where/what the ding was, in other words insignificant. Boyd's has a big selection of harder to find older stocks too...[;)]