It's about that time.

The Mini Mauser stock is about to become a reality.

Remember this?


The pattern is complete and the blank has been choosen. This one gets the knod. I was saving it for an upcoming project but who knows when that'll happen so I figured now was as good a time as any to use it.


Here the layout James thinks works best. I get a chubby just looking at it



Both sides look very nice. It's going in the machine any day now. Keep James in your prayers

Terry

That's a very nice blank! I'm jealous.

O M G

I know that blank.. This is going to be a pure magic stock...

Terry, I want the scrap!

I like where he moved the layout way up in the blank

TC1

Man alive, you surely do come up with some exquisite stuff. That rifle is going to be spectacular.

Tom

You better hope he doesn't mix it up with my poor piece of wood. Great looking Terry!
Butch

TC1
You need to change your handle to " Stun Gun"...
AK

Gonna be a beaut. Who is doing the work for you??

James Anderson is building the stock. Shane Thompson did the metal work.

Hey Jeffe, you need some knife scales?

Terry

Terry
You scared the hell out of me. I thought you were going in for surgery again.

Nah, I'm still drawing air

Just one of those titles that makes you look

Terry

My that is an intoxicating blank. Where was it harvested?

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Originally posted by Nomo4me:
My that is an intoxicating blank. Where was it harvested?

Turkey

Looks a lot like the Morrocan wood that was available in the 80's.

Can't wait to see pics of the machined then finished gun.

I think I see a potential problem in that blank. You'd better ship it to me so I can take a look for you. Hate for you to have a problem later on.

Wowza!!!!!!! Nice stick!!! no question about it.
Timan

Very nice - can't wait to see the final product.

Thanks for sharing!

Hey Terry, left me know when it is finished. I will swap stocks with you. You will get one that moisture will not affect.
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It's a B&C tupper ware.

Keith

Yeah, I've seen that blank before too! Gonna look real nice on a full-blown Mini.

Terry,

Like everyone else, I've been a big fan of this project, and am very excited to see the shaped stock. Looking at that material, I can't help but think how every square inch of it that gets left out of the final project is a little trajedy... makes it tempting to make a bigger stock than the plan calls for!

This blank has some serious miles on it. I bought it about 4-5 years ago From Denli walnut over in Turkey for a custom I was going to have Greg Hein build for me. I backed out of the project and figured I wouldn't need it anymore and sold it to fla3006. I wished I wouldn't have done it many times. After speaking with Forrest one day about something completely different I asked about the blank and he hadn't done anything with it yet and I caught him in a weak moment and bought it back. This stick of wood has a lot of miles on it

Ian, the linier inch price is astronomical! I made the same comment to James Anderson and something he said was very true. In reality the stock won't be much smaller than a full sized rifle stock. Just thinner.

Terry

Some progress photo's came from James Anderson last night. The wood is stunning even dry and the layout is perfect. This is going to be an amazing stock!







Terry

Looking good my friend. Makes you wish you needed a 16" LOP just to keep more of that lovely wood on it.


cheers,
- stu

Simply beautiful.

Michael J

all i can say is WOW .. the stock, the skill, the duplicator .. WOW

TC1
One day when your not to busy think'in about Your next Rifle Project.. Could you post pictures of what you consider to be the Best of the Best of your completed Rifle Projects..
Could you share more of your Good Taste in Fine Rifle Projects..
AK

That's gonna be as nice as it gets, Terry. Outstanding project through and through!

Terry,

What caliber is this going to be?

Looking good!!!

If it looks that good dry, just imagine how much better it will look with a finish on it!

WOW ... that one is gonna knock your eyes out!

Congratulations indeed.

A very fine stock, has about all you could imagine. James picked the better layout in the blank and it looks to be a stylish pattern. The forend looks disproportionatly short, but cutting the extra off the butt and 1 1/2" of ebony out front should cure that.

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Originally posted by akrange:
TC1
One day when your not to busy think'in about Your next Rifle Project.. Could you post pictures of what you consider to be the Best of the Best of your completed Rifle Projects..
Could you share more of your Good Taste in Fine Rifle Projects..
AK

I don't which is my favorite but the best is yet to come

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Terry,

What caliber is this going to be?

It's going to be a .223

Terry

Not bad for a chunk of dead tree!

Terry,
I think I'm going to call James and tell him to throw my blank away. It looks like a piece of birch next to yours. After he is done give Roger Kehr a few grand and it will be ready!
Butch

Terry,
Did you say somewhere that the depth of the magazine had been reduced to make the overall depth of the finished stock slimmer? From a different perspective - will this stock pattern work for a mini mauser action, factory specs?

KB

Yes, the box has been been cut down about 1/8" so, no this pattern won't work for a stock rifle. We need to talk James into building a nice pattern for a stock rifle. I've got a semi custom that I'm not real happy with the stock on it. I'd love to get him to turn a new stock for it.

Terry

Thanks Terry for the info. This is all very interesting, and it's easy to get motivated. I have been assembling, with the help of two gunsmiths, sequentially not simultaneously, a mini which was intended for the 7.62x39, but I want a 6.5 Grendel on it. Accordingly, I have no intentions of reducing magazine capacity.

I already have a lot more into it than initially intended. I make no pretense that I'm in the deep end of the pool when it comes to this arena of the toys of the big boys with the deep pockets. However, I do want this rifle to be finished out nicely, but having a stock as nice as the one here in your pictures is not in my dreams. I'm relatively sure the cost of the blank alone exceeds what I'll have in my whole project, including scope.

After seeing the details of your project, there is no way to trump that, or even show something comparable. I'm just going for a rifle that is technically correct as far as function, feeding, accuracy, etc. and is unique, pretty and interesting at the deer camp. I really want a rifle to use frequently in the right situations, as in no proximity to salt water.

KB

It doesn't have to be the best, only something you want.

I've got a few rifles I did the stock work on that aren't in the same ballpark as this one. I enjoyed building them and I shoot and hunt with them every year. This rifle doesn't change any of that.

Everybody wants something nice but 1st and foremost it's about fun. Just do the best you can and make no excuses or apologies.

Terry

KB

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Just do the best you can and make no excuses or apologies.

Well said Terry.

I,m going to do a search, seems to me somebody said something about not going for figured wood any more...
I have liked this project all along and now you have brought it one step higher, Thanks for Sharing!