Got a Slab, COMPLETE
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Wow. If you can do that with wood, bet you can carve one hell of a crown! Nice work. Are you going to finish it in natural or some kind of stain?
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Beautiful! I would not recommend stain but that is my personal opinion, Make it look like this one
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Oh snap, that's beautiful! I have a Remy 700, that has a stock with wood like that. Love your stock!
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Crosman2016 thanks. You don't even have to numb the wood to work on it. And it's easy cause there's no tongue wagging in your way. Hahaha. I agree with Tony.R, I'm planning on natural and let the mahogany be what it is. Gun oil then stock wax will likely be the finish.
Tony.R that truly is a nice piece of wood. I love the variety you can get. I would love to do a bunch of them with exotic woods, but knife handles would be cheaper and quicker. I love the uniqueness of wood and deer antlers. When I buy a firearm I always get them to bring out three and pick the best looking stock. To bad it's harder to do that with Airguns. They aren't as mainstream here yet. Most folks around me don't even know they exist much less own one. I was blown away and jumped in when I stumbled across The squirrel hunter channel and Ted on YouTube.
Tony.R that truly is a nice piece of wood. I love the variety you can get. I would love to do a bunch of them with exotic woods, but knife handles would be cheaper and quicker. I love the uniqueness of wood and deer antlers. When I buy a firearm I always get them to bring out three and pick the best looking stock. To bad it's harder to do that with Airguns. They aren't as mainstream here yet. Most folks around me don't even know they exist much less own one. I was blown away and jumped in when I stumbled across The squirrel hunter channel and Ted on YouTube.
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Plinker! This is a great journey. Personally I enjoy the sanding part very much. So nice watching the structure coming out of the wood when going slightly deeper. How about a picture showing the complete rifle as is with the action in place.......?
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Plink I wonder what you could do with a laminated blank from Boyds?
Just wondering.
Thurmond
Just wondering.
Thurmond
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Dirte, I like the Birchwood-Casey gun oil which is a linseed oil blend. I've used tung oil before also and I agree it's good stuff. I refinished a mini-14 stock with the Birchwood oil and gun wax and it turned out really nice.
Thanks for for your thumbs-up just.neil. This is my first try from scratch(slab to finish), and it's been fun and a true learning experience.
T3PRanch, there's no telling what you've got up your sleeve! Haha. I learned a lot inletting that Boyd's. It helped me have the confidence to try this. Inletting is the hard work. After that you can do whatever you want on the outside. I thought about going hog wild with a radical design of my own, but for a first try I figured it was best to stay true to the FX design. I think I got pretty close.
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Evergreenair, thanks bud, I've been surprised how well it has turned out too. My wife said, "Hey, you could make me a table." Hahaha, this kind of fun can get you in trouble quick.
Tony.R, here you go. Pictures of the first hand rubbed tru-oil coat is bringing out the pattern. NO stain, just the mahogany wood.
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It's been a long journey, but the mahogany Wildcat.22 stock is complete. Finished photos added to the bottom of first post. Thank y'all for your support, patience and kind words.
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Could I make an order, please?
I think it looks better than the one from FX
I'm serious if you ever want a side job
I have a bobcat, and would love to dress her up.
thanks
Vu
I think it looks better than the one from FX
I'm serious if you ever want a side job
I have a bobcat, and would love to dress her up.
thanks
Vu
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