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Make a gun stock

djh860djh860 Member Posts: 3,232 ✭✭✭
edited May 2010 in Ask the Experts
I'm interested in discovering how difficult it is to make your own gun stock. Can anyone offer the name of a book or a web site or a school that teaches this art.
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  • zinkzink Member Posts: 6,456 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    4 schools offer NRA summer courses and one they affer is gunstock making. I have my papers from Trinidad State JC but they are packed away, real deep!

    Lance
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  • nononsensenononsense Member Posts: 10,928 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    djh860,

    The collegiate gunsmithing programs do not offer just an individual course so the NRA summer school programs will be your solution for a class.

    The most simple method is to read up on the process then get a semi-inlet stock to get started. As you gain experience, you can work your way up to making a stock from a blank.

    This is one of the better books on stockmaking and checkering:

    CHECKERING & CARVING OF GUNSTOCKS

    CHECKERING & CARVING OF GUNSTOCKS
    Price Range:$39.95 - $39.95 (In Stock)
    Mfr:STACKPOLE BOOKS

    http://www.brownells.com/.aspx/pid=12613/Product/CHECKERING___CARVING_OF_GUNSTOCKS

    Both Brownells and Midway carry videos on the subject and have a good selection of tools to get you started. Be aware that you will need to make some of the tools as you progress simply because they will fit your hand and do the job better.

    You should also try searching used book stores since most of the old gunsmithing books all had chapters on stockmaking.

    Best.
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  • cbxjeffcbxjeff Member Posts: 17,637 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I would suggest starting of w/ something not too difficult. I have purchases semi-inletted stocks from Richard's. They look almost finished but you will be surprized how much work there is still to do. You can always get a little creative and modify the shape to suit you. After a couple of these you will be ready to start w/ a bare log! Boyd's also has semi stocks.
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  • BigLoop22BigLoop22 Member Posts: 620 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    djh860,

    Until you get into a school, you can check your local library for books & videos on the subject. Also, as nononsense said, some older gunsmithing books had chapters on stock making.
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