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YouTube clip of a custom stock being made. The guy is an artist

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23 January 2016, 11:27
Bakes
YouTube clip of a custom stock being made. The guy is an artist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xcXszM3_Hg

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A mate of mine has just told me he's shagging his girlfriend and her twin. I said "How can you tell them apart?" He said "Her brother's got a moustache!"
23 January 2016, 23:56
ramrod340
I'll pass


As usual just my $.02
Paul K
24 January 2016, 00:15
dpcd
Nothing wrong with how he did it; I made my first one, in about 1967, with a hatchet. Stock duplicators being in short supply then. I know it was before 68 because I ordered the donor rifle directly; none of this FFL crap invented by the GCA of 68.
24 January 2016, 00:57
ramrod340
I can remember how easy it is to take off "TO MUCH" wood using a belt sander.


As usual just my $.02
Paul K
24 January 2016, 01:50
ColoradoMatt
That's alright for purely utilitarian type stock, but isn't art in my subjective opinion. However, everyone's ideas on art is subjective.


Matt
FISH!!

Heed the words of Winston Smith in Orwell's 1984:

"Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right."
24 January 2016, 01:55
Bakes
The artist bit was a little tongue in cheek Wink


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A mate of mine has just told me he's shagging his girlfriend and her twin. I said "How can you tell them apart?" He said "Her brother's got a moustache!"
24 January 2016, 02:18
cooksey
Necessity is the mother of all inventions. Got to admire his ingenuity.
24 January 2016, 02:28
dpcd
His stock design may be wanting, but his method of excess wood removal is fine; certainly not for those with shaky hands or lack of nerve. Of course it is dangerous and easy to mess up the stock, but after all, he found the wood under his house.
24 January 2016, 03:02
Mongo
kept reminding me of John Belushi's 'Samurai Deli' bit....
24 January 2016, 11:50
Idaho Sharpshooter
The proper words to describe this escape me...
24 January 2016, 12:41
DOPPELGANGSTER
What in hell fire has he attached to the top of his scoperator?
24 January 2016, 20:50
cooksey
I had to watch the whole thing to make sure he didn't cut the little girl in half!!
25 January 2016, 01:18
Code4
Necessity is the mother of invention. Not every stock has to be a work of art or cost a squillion $ unless you need to generate self esteem.

I'll bet he shoots more animals in a year with that 'bush' set up than most of us shoot in a lifetime. Good on you bro.
25 January 2016, 02:24
butchlambert
I don't care for the finished product, but I think he works very efficiently. Kinda reminds me of Duane's beaver wood eater.
25 January 2016, 02:33
Idaho Sharpshooter
Asked: why did you do this?
Answered: because I can...
25 January 2016, 03:06
sjr
quote:
Originally posted by butchlambert:
I don't care for the finished product, but I think he works very efficiently. Kinda reminds me of Duane's beaver wood eater.

Wonder if he uses the chainsaw for checkering too ??
25 January 2016, 07:45
montea6b
You've got to admire his courage, I would never attempt that with a chainsaw...

I flirted with something similar in this thread: Chainsaw grinder

After my last post on the subject I tried it on an inexpensive blank and had pretty decent results, but if I even blinked the thing would plunge right in. I was nervous enough about taking off too much that the time saved wasn't worth the stress, so I quit using it.

Maybe one day I will use it to carve a bear...
06 February 2016, 15:09
Mike_Dettorre
Quite a talented guy.

I suspect if he was provided all the same tools that the professional stockmakers have and a year of apprenticeship he would give them quite a run or their money.


Mike

Legistine actu quod scripsi?

Never under estimate the internet community's ability to reply to your post with their personal rant about their tangentially related, single occurrence issue.




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1. The proper answer to: Where is the best place in town to get a steak dinner? is…You should go to Mel's Diner and get the fried chicken.
2. Big game animals can tell the difference between .015 of an inch in diameter, 15 grains of bullet weight, and 150 fps.
3. There is a difference in the performance of two identical projectiles launched at the same velocity if they came from different cartridges.
4. While a double rifle is the perfect DGR, every 375HH bolt gun needs to be modified to carry at least 5 down.
5. While a floor plate and detachable box magazine both use a mechanical latch, only the floor plate latch is reliable. Disregard the fact that every modern military rifle uses a detachable box magazine.
6. The Remington 700 is unreliable regardless of the fact it is the basis of the USMC M40 sniper rifle for 40+ years with no changes to the receiver or extractor and is the choice of more military and law enforcement sniper units than any other rifle.
7. PF actions are not suitable for a DGR and it is irrelevant that the M1, M14, M16, & AK47 which were designed for hunting men that can shoot back are all PF actions.
8. 95 deg F in Africa is different than 95 deg F in TX or CA and that is why you must worry about ammunition temperature in Africa (even though most safaris take place in winter) but not in TX or in CA.
9. The size of a ding in a gun's finish doesn't matter, what matters is whether it’s a safe ding or not.
10. 1 in a row is a trend, 2 in a row is statistically significant, and 3 in a row is an irrefutable fact.
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12. A well hit animal can run 75 yds. in the open and suddenly drop with no initial blood trail, but the one I shot from 200 yds. away that ran 10 yds. and disappeared into a thicket and was not found was lost because the bullet penciled thru. I am 100% certain of this even though I have no physical evidence.
13. A 300 Win Mag is a 500 yard elk cartridge but a 308 Win is not a 300 yard elk cartridge even though the same bullet is travelling at the same velocity at those respective distances.
09 February 2016, 03:53
PD999
quote:
Originally posted by cooksey:
Necessity is the mother of all inventions.


+1 archer


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20 February 2016, 23:13
Quick Karl
Watching that hurt my eyes and scarred my soul...
13 March 2016, 05:35
Atkinson
Perfect for a wiener roast..Do they require a wood cutting license I NZ....


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