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TasunkaWitko
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aka The Gipper
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Location: Chinook Montana
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Topic: check out this stock refinishing! Posted: 12 June 2003 at 16:52 |
before:
after!
looks great! thanks, dempsey!!!
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TasunkaWitko - Chinook, Montana Helfen, Wehren, Heilen Die Wahrheit wird euch frei machen
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TasunkaWitko
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Posted: 12 June 2003 at 16:53 |
pix don't do it justice, of course, but just ask cb900f!
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TasunkaWitko - Chinook, Montana Helfen, Wehren, Heilen Die Wahrheit wird euch frei machen
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Rob1
.416 Rigby
** The Walnut Whisperer **
Joined: 10 June 2003
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Posted: 12 June 2003 at 17:26 |
Ron
I'm glad your happy with it. But to be honest, as you know, I was a little disapointed it didn't turn out better. I breathed in enough acetone fumes sucking out the oil in that stock to get the whole town of Lewistown high. I've yet to achieve the "perfect finish", something to strive for I quess. Rob
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mr mom
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Posted: 13 June 2003 at 02:49 |
hey ron: i have been told the the pic dosent do it justice. he also said that was the best job he has seen and that if he needs a stock done he knows where to go. nice work dempsey.
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mr mom
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Rob1
.416 Rigby
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Posted: 13 June 2003 at 09:32 |
Mr Mom
Thanks for the kind words. I can still see in my mind several flaws in the finish When I do my own stuff it's a little easier to be less crititcal, when do something for others it can drive you nuts striving for perfection. I really wish I could spend some time with a noted professional for awhile and pick up some pointers. I do enjoy it and it's a good winter hobby after hunting season has passed. Rob
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TasunkaWitko
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Posted: 13 June 2003 at 12:38 |
we're paving main street right now, lewistown's already high from THOSE fumes!!
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TasunkaWitko - Chinook, Montana Helfen, Wehren, Heilen Die Wahrheit wird euch frei machen
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NH_Hunter
.416 Rigby
aka The Kid
Joined: 13 June 2003
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Posted: 15 June 2003 at 06:54 |
Dempsey did a pretty good job on your stock, maybe i should send him my winchester 94 stock and have him refinish that too!
NH_Hunter
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Kingpin
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aka Old IronSides
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Posted: 01 July 2003 at 17:05 |
Rob, may I remind you of something that a gunsmith that taught me about stockmaking once told me? He said, "Beware of perfection, it may pass you by." This is something that I dredge up when I am building a rifle for a client, usually I remember it too late......Kingpin
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There are times when a normal man must, spit in his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.
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Rob1
.416 Rigby
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Posted: 01 July 2003 at 17:18 |
Kingpin
Thats good advice. Sometimes I wish I had the same passion for rifles when I was younger that I do now and went into the trade. But then I think it may not be as fun as a hobby. My dad lost a lot of his passion for building hot rods once he started his own business and got overly involved. Now that he's retired we're going to build another one together. I can't imagine the stress involved in working with a blank with a four digit price tag. But then I quess when a person does it for a living their skills are much greater then my own and it's just another days work.
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Dave Skinner
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Posted: 04 July 2003 at 21:47 |
You guys are not going to be happy when I'm done with my Super Duper 10.22 target model Benchrest Stock Conversion. I cut that pretty laminated sucker just behind the wrist today, changed the drop, and stabbed it together with drywall screws. If you don't get too close it looks all right, and it feels a lot better, with a great cheek weld. I'll shoot it tomorrow and if I like it, I'll epoxy it tomorrow night and then worry how it looks.
As for other "pretty" guns...my tastes run toward the elemental. I'm too much of a klutz otherwise. My dad spent days bringing a Marlin 88 back from the dead for me. I really got the Evil Eye when I fell on the darn thing in some pointy rocks and "kustomized" it. Finally, I just had to strip it and use a dark matte finish on it. Harder to see the gouges that way.
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Up hills slow, down hills fast, tonnage first and safety last
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CB900F
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Honor, Integrity
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Posted: 06 July 2003 at 10:15 |
Kwacker;
You should see the custom stock I've got on my 10/22. It's a Hogue overmolded. Matte black finish, no glare to spook gophers. Bounces off rocks. Costs less, tastes lousy. Cheap too.
900F
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Birth certificate!? He don't need no steenkink birth certificate!!
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NH_Hunter
.416 Rigby
aka The Kid
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Posted: 06 July 2003 at 11:34 |
Hey CB, last time i checked you werent supposed to eat gun stocks!
I may be wrong, that happens quite a lot.
NH_Hunter
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Leverguns make me smile
Proud Left Handed Shooter
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Dave Skinner
.416 Rigby
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Posted: 08 July 2003 at 19:16 |
Fred, you were right about the alternator missing a side. So the order is out while I'm keeping the revs up. Kind of miss the 550 rpm lumpity idle, tho. My 65 year old retired fighter pilot Dad turned in his red Interceptor for an ST1100, equally red. Rode it a little, very nice and quiet, handles okay, but a behemoth. I would not like to get it bent out of shape and try to bring it back.
As for stocks, free is key in my case...already had it, already done all that bedding BS, so what the heck. I need to find a set of extension bolts and spacer plastic to make it all look pretty, but it's easier to shoot now. I don't understand why Ruger went with that droopy butt.
STILL haven't had time to "gopher," I went up to Eureka tonight for the Judge Molloy ruling lowdown from the USFS, depressing to see this town on its back. I had an extra hour so I stopped to try to get a train picture, on the way up the embankment I glassed enemy territory, they are still out in droves, so this weekend I'll ask around.
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Up hills slow, down hills fast, tonnage first and safety last
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