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Tuning Vulcan Zebrawood.

Two year after the possession of my "short", I finally decided to give at this "muscular" bullpup a stock manufactured with a precious essence and as the title of the thread says, surely you understand that the block in question is Zebrano (Zebrawood) , a very particular wood for various reasons: dark brown veins, which in the most valuable tables are perfectly horizontal and ... the characteristic and unique smell that distinguishes this essence, the smell of horse dung, which is released especially during the processing, causes overheating of the oils contained in the fibers.

The purpose of this custom stock is to replace the original stock, not so much because it is ugly ... indeed, but for the fact that it has some design defects:
- butt pad made with a rubber, too hard among other things, which seems to derive directly from a shoe sole: lipssealed: ..... certainly the most unhappy piece of this weapon; the butt plate thus made is absolutely non-ergonomic and very uncomfortable once it is placed on the shoulder, as it is flat and too small.
- Forend too steep and short
- pistol grip not very ergonomic, even if comfortable
- overall too short stock; missing, at least for my physical structure, about 4 cm.

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.... here is the stock with the wooden pad mounted; to connect zebrano and national walnut, essences totally different from each other, both in color and vein, I mounted a 3 mm thick aluminum plate, mirror-lapped, which acts as a detachment.

To "enrich" the equipment, the fixing holes of the mechanics have been equipped with stainless steel bushings and two holes have been drilled in the fore-end, equipped with bushings, on which a small sled will be mounted, for "field" shots weaver and a brand new Atlas bipod (strictly made in China ).


 
Thank you... . I'm glad you like it. To build the stock it took me about 35/40 hours of work, but I do the work in the few moments of free time (I am a healthcare professional, I am not a carpenter) and also I do not have many mechanical means. I use a hand milling machine, a pillar drill, a hand sander and a lot of "elbow grease". This is why it takes me so many hours.
 
As I wrote above, it took me 35/40 hours to make this stock. I built more than 20 stocks, but the time it took is always the same ... it would take better performing power tools to do it first.

Once you've built your stock, I'd love to see it. What weapon for?

I've just finished one for my crown.25.

Ahhh .... For internal milling, to do a good job, you should use a milling machine with a semicircular cutter of suitable diameter.

I have about ten semi-circular cutters (plus many others of various shapes) that I have accumulated to build all the stocks.