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I haven’t bought a stock blank in years. I have one blank left and pretty sure I bought it on eBay and it’s pretty nice. I bought a bunch of them years back from a guy that was a retired stumper in California. He moved to Arkansas when he retired but he could still get wood but that was years back, 15-20 years. I used those blanks. I sold a few here on AR, wish I had them back. I’ve poked a round online a little but everything I liked was so over priced. I may call Cecil Freddy next week, I bet he is still in the stock busines. Where are some of you guys buying Blanks from. Billy, High in the shoulder (we band of bubbas) | ||
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Cecil has a ton of nice wood and has always been my go-to blank provider. My last blank was bought from Roger Vardy as I'd seen so many beautiful stocks posted here that were sourced from him so I figured I'd give him a try. He was a real pleasure to deal with and the blank looked better when it arrived than it did in the photos (which says a lot). You can't go wrong with either men in my opinion. | |||
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It’s been a while, but I also used Cecil Fredi with great results. NRA Patron member | |||
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www.rogervardystockwood.com | |||
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Steve Heilmann in Grass Valley, CA has sold me blanks of high quality Turkish. He has a lot of fine walnut for sale. website? Steve Heilmann WOOD Check ACGG website for other suppliers as well. | |||
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Rodger Vardy does have some nice stocks for the money and the exchange rate is favorable. Thanks much for the info. I recall seeing his website but it’s been years back. Billy, High in the shoulder (we band of bubbas) | |||
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Cecil Fredi Quotes "C'mon by, I'll have the trap set for ya." "Everything I have is for sale, except my wife and my dog. Sometimes I'm not too sure about the wife!" LOL My next trip down through LV I am stopping in. https://www.gunstockblanks.com/ | |||
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Last time I was in Las Vegas, I got married at one of those drive through get married places. But I refused to pay extra for the preacher that looked like Elvis. I didn’t even think about looking gun stock wood. I missed out. Billy, High in the shoulder (we band of bubbas) | |||
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Billy, Larry's wood, choice, and cut was exception at 3x the price #dumptrump opinions vary band of bubbas and STC hunting Club Information on Ammoguide about the416AR, 458AR, 470AR, 500AR What is an AR round? Case Drawings 416-458-470AR and 500AR. 476AR, http://www.weaponsmith.com | |||
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Who is Larry? | |||
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I'm in vegas right now till 1/2 | |||
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Swing by Cecils and leave Las Vegas penniless like so many others. | |||
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Doug, I think Larry was the guy I bought a bunch of blanks from, Jeff probably remembers better than I do he got a couple of them too. Had to be 2002 or 3 if I had to guess. I was still living in Corpus Christi, tx at the time. I can't remember where I ran across the guy, he sent me some pics of blanks. There were a couple I wanted. He insisted he bring them to me. I was like its a long way from Arkansas to Corpus Christi, Tx. One rainy Sat. morning I get a call and he says he is about an hr away. He shows up at my house with a bunch of blanks wrapped in a blue tarp. I can't remember how many I bought, but it was a mix if English, Bastone, Claro and American. He sold me the first bunch at about the going price at the time if I had to guess, but next I tried to buy price went way up as I recall. Pretty sure the 458 lott and the 404 I built I used Bastone I got from him. I stocked a 376 Steyr with a piece of american. One piece of English was pretty good, used it on a CZ 550 375 H&H. The other piece of English intended for 300 H&H came out kinda one sided when Mike Kokolas turn it. I still have not inletted after all these years. I will get around to it someday, provided bass fishing and hunting doesnt get in the way. Billy, High in the shoulder (we band of bubbas) | |||
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I've gotten some nice blanks from Calico http://www.calicohardwoods.com/index.php If I remember right Wayne at American hunting Rifles gets his blanks from them. As usual just my $.02 Paul K | |||
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Larry, sadly, i have forgotten his surname, lived outside of Little Rock - i bought more than a couple blanks from him, 1/3 of then fully dried, bastogne, but a great price, and about 1/3 claro, fully dried, again at a great price (couldn't tell ya what it was, I don't recall) and 1/3 of the best quarter sawn, but wet, checkerboard bastogne I have seen ... sold/carved all of them over time ... I think my 550 express AND 550 flanged double rifle I built were stocked in the later #dumptrump opinions vary band of bubbas and STC hunting Club Information on Ammoguide about the416AR, 458AR, 470AR, 500AR What is an AR round? Case Drawings 416-458-470AR and 500AR. 476AR, http://www.weaponsmith.com | |||
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