Study Unit Gun Stocks
Study Unit
Gun Stocks
By Dale Storey
About the Author
Dale Storey is a graduate of the Colorado School of Trades and Montana State University. He runs DGS Inc., a full-time professional gun shop in Casper, Wyoming, where he offers quality gunsmithing and gun making. Mr. Storey's 25 years of experience in general repair and custom firearms represent skill, practical knowledge, and top craftsmanship. He offers careful handwork backed by professional grade machinery to ensure sound general gun repairs, as well as accurate custom rifles. Many major arms publications have featured his custom work, along with articles explaining his craft.
In this study unit we'll concentrate on gun stocks. From selecting a quality blank to applying the final finish, you'll learn the process of building a custom gun stock.
When you complete this study unit, you'll be able to
? Identify various gun stock designs and styles ? Recognize quality in a wood blank selected for a custom
gun stock ? Develop a design plan for building a custom gun stock ? Explain stock bedding techniques ? Summarize the process of inletting a barreled action into a
gun stock ? Explain how to finish or refinish a gun stock
Contents
STOCK DESIGN AND STOCK STYLE
1
Types of Gun Stocks
1
Stock Styles
6
Designing a Custom Stock
15
GUN STOCK WOODS AND SYNTHETICS
26
Wood Grain
26
Walnut Woods
28
English Walnut
28
Claro Walnut
28
Other Woods
30
Exotic Woods
32
The Laminated Stock
33
Synthetics
34
Stock Bedding
36
MAKING A GUN STOCK FROM A PLANK
44
The Tools
45
Other Tools
47
The Particulars of Stock Making
48
INLETTING THE BARRELED ACTION
65
Using Inletting Black
65
Cutting the Mortise
72
Assembling the Rifle
74
Fitting Attachments to the Blank
75
Stock Shaping
77
Recoil Pad
83
Staining
85
Stock Finishing
85
ADDITIONAL STOCK WORK
92
The Semi-inletted Stock
92
Stock Refinishing
95
Removing Old Finish
96
Making Repairs
96
SELF-CHECK ANSWERS
101
EXAMINATION
105
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Gun Stocks
STOCK DESIGN AND STOCK STYLE
Types of Gun Stocks
A gunsmith requires a basic understanding of stock function prior to becoming a stock maker. A rifle stock, in function, is nothing more than a segment of wood, fiberglass, plastic, or other material shaped to support the rifle's barrel and action. It also functions to conform to the shooter's body so the shooter can control the firearm. That's the mechanical side of it. However, arms lovers the world over consider a stock much more than a mechanical device. They think of a gun stock as a work of art and function (Figure 1). As a prospective gunsmith, we hope this is your position.
FIGURE 1--Notice the attractive oak-leaf pattern on this Bishop-III stock. (Photo courtesy of Reinhart Fajen, Inc.)
Stocks can be built in a multitude of styles with a stock shape to fit everyone. Even factory rifles come in a wide variety of stock styles. Factory stocks, incidentally, have come a long way and can be considered quite good today, although certainly not in the realm of a custom-made stock. Figure 2 shows a gun stock labeled with its proper nomenclature.
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