About a year ago I inquired about having a custom stock for my Marauder made but got the brush off by a stock maker. However, after seeing Plinker's Wildcat stock thread, it got me motivated to build a stock myself. Found this duplicator on E-bay and here are my results so far. It is not quite finished but I will add photos as they come. There is a learning curve and it might take some practice to become proficient. I plan on taking a 2 week Stockbuilding class in June at the Trinidad GunSmith College up in Colorado. I have two Marauders so I do plan on making another.
On the prototype I thinned the pistol grip and forearm so it wasn't so "Beefy". I also removed the "wings" of the forearm and beveled the stock towards the bottom side. I tapered the bottom plane upwards again to removed excess wood. I have small hands and this felt so much better to hold. I bought a Cherry wood slab about 8 months ago to keep me moving forward on this project. I should be able to get another stock out of it. I am very lucky to have a wood supplier in town.
After using the duplicator, the real work began with Rasp files and lots of sand paper. I made several sanding blocks from scrap wood but also cut a few different size dowel rod and wrapped the sand paper around them. Really helped out around the barrel channel and pistol grip. I made one big mistake by not allowing enough room for the Comb but I think it will be OK for me. This is my first attempt so I was quite pleased that the action actually fit on the first go around. May have to do some more adjustments once I shoot it. Joe or Tom, any help or suggestions finishing would be welcome.
Here is what I have so far:
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On the prototype I thinned the pistol grip and forearm so it wasn't so "Beefy". I also removed the "wings" of the forearm and beveled the stock towards the bottom side. I tapered the bottom plane upwards again to removed excess wood. I have small hands and this felt so much better to hold. I bought a Cherry wood slab about 8 months ago to keep me moving forward on this project. I should be able to get another stock out of it. I am very lucky to have a wood supplier in town.
After using the duplicator, the real work began with Rasp files and lots of sand paper. I made several sanding blocks from scrap wood but also cut a few different size dowel rod and wrapped the sand paper around them. Really helped out around the barrel channel and pistol grip. I made one big mistake by not allowing enough room for the Comb but I think it will be OK for me. This is my first attempt so I was quite pleased that the action actually fit on the first go around. May have to do some more adjustments once I shoot it. Joe or Tom, any help or suggestions finishing would be welcome.
Here is what I have so far:
[url="http://i.imgur.com/ftRBFRf.jpg"][img]http://i.imgur.com/ftRBFRf.jpg[/img][/url]. [url="http://i.imgur.com/U4iB9RQ.jpg"][img]http://i.imgur.com/U4iB9RQ.jpg[/img][/url].
[url="http://i.imgur.com/A24xncV.jpg"][img]http://i.imgur.com/A24xncV.jpg[/img][/url]. [url="http://i.imgur.com/MwWRpy7.jpg"][img]http://i.imgur.com/MwWRpy7.jpg[/img][/url]. [url="http://i.imgur.com/bp95QO2.jpg"][img]http://i.imgur.com/bp95QO2.jpg[/img][/url]
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