Some of you may know me on here as a glass engraver, but recently I have tried my hand at rifle stock carving using my same dental drill as I use for the glass ,but with different burrs -using a tungston carbide cutting edge burr instead of the diamond impregnated burrs which I usually use. I have carved the stock of my old Parker Hale .270 rifle after first having the old polyurethane finished removed and having an oiled finish (never did like that varnish finish )Here it is carved with a roebuck and doe

Incredible talent David

If you decide to find another wood substitute for walnut you will come up dissapointed.

I have tried to use a similar glass engraving machine on several different materials to find that only walnut is hard enough.

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Originally posted by MOA TACTICAL:
If you decide to find another wood substitute for walnut you will come up dissapointed.

I have tried to use a similar glass engraving machine on several different materials to find that only walnut is hard enough.

Oak carves very well with the drill but of cause you don't get oak rifle stocks .
French walnut is good to carve as well as American blue walnut

Mine doesn't like American oak.

Any walnut works well.

That is cool. Nice way to touch up a plain figured stock.

Although I am not a fan of carved stocks, that is still beautiful. I recently returned from a trip to a number of European and Eastern European countries and had the chance to see a number of wild roe deer as we traveled. Very Nice!

some people do not like that, but it is so Bavarian, with class and simplicity that makes you think of the last time you saw one running through the brush...Excellent!

Next are the oaks and acorns for you huh?

Well said!

I really like it. It's ornate enough to be impressive without being over the top.

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Originally posted by AnotherAZWriter:
That is cool. Nice way to touch up a plain figured stock.

I just love Roe deer and will hopefully be hunting some next week up in Scotland along with Sika, and Red

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Originally posted by Use Enough Gun:
Although I am not a fan of carved stocks, that is still beautiful. I recently returned from a trip to a number of European and Eastern European countries and had the chance to see a number of wild roe deer as we traveled. Very Nice!

I am going to engrave the metal on the rifle action with a little acorn and oak leaf design. there is not a big area to engrave but I think it will just finish off this old but trusty rifle

Beautiful