Didn't want to highjack Guillermo Amestoy thread...I really like the cheek peice on his rifle.(This rifle has one similar to that.) I built this one better than ten years ago, handcarved stock and done the barrel work. Got some projects in the oven. Will post when finished. Hope my work has improved over the years. This ol 338/06 has served me well over the years. Hope pictures turn out well.



Be honest what do you think?

srtrax

Well, I really don't like the shape of that stock, but the photos show that you are an exceptional craftsman if you in fact built that stock by hand from the blank. Nice piece of wood!

Certainly unconventional but if we were not, most of us, accustomed to "classic" stock lines, we might admit it is rather good looking on its own terms.

Different style to be cerain but you did an excellent job on it. But you still have yet to finish it. Its not checkered!

Nice wood, its shapes Look like the new modern steyr Manlincher sintetics stock, the most important is that you like it!!! If you checker it will be nicer. Cheers.Guillermo.

The workmanship is very nice. What's better of course is the years of good use you've gotten out of "your" rifle.

nice looking gun thanks for sharing

well done but the forarm is WAY too long.

Very nice work and nice piece of wood. I wouldn't checker it. Why hide that nice grain and color?

nice executed, great piece of wood, not my favorite in style, but interesting.
jeffe

Not my cup of tea, but well done! I really like the long foreend!

Very nice. Unconventional and I guess that is why I like it. Is that an old Browning action??

I would checker it but that is just me. If you like it the way it is, then it is perfect.

Do you have any more photos that show the entire rifle? Curious about barrel length. I had a 25 inch barrel put on my 338-06. I couldnt decide between 24 and 26 so I split the diff.

Thank you for all your honesty, I forgot to say this stock i made to a mannlicher length and it stayed that way for a couple of years but i bobed it and one reason for the long forend. The action is a MK X,and left pretty much as is except for engine turning and some trueing up. The reason it is not checkered is i feel i can do just about anything i want to do to a rifle but checkering is not one of them. A friend who does an excelent job of checkering owes me a couple of jobs! I've done two other blanks from scratch,but that was before digital cameras so have no pictures of them. When i had the gunshop most stocks were done on the Fajen stockmakers pattern,(i like a stock from a duplicator as it is much faster, but i like the pattern to be over size and under size for good fitting) yes i like the classic just as much as anybody and usally go that route. If you'll notice there is only one sling swivel stud installed and it isnt even screwed down, i left it somewhat unfinished so no one would want it, because i built two before this and they sold before i could hunt with them, All in 338/06. I have a Ruger #1 in the works and a Win. 94 for the wife, then three argies next in line after thoes, and well i'm thinking of redoing this one but something has to get finished before i do, because i do like the way the 338/06 performs. P.S. The barrel length is 24". Again thanks for your responce,all was well taken and informative!

Its getting there, but slowly..will be a 6.5x55

Very cool. Needs checkering though

I like classic lines, but yours is very nice. I love the wood.

Terry

Wifes 30/30, wood from Luxus will have an octogon barrel and a hidden half or a little less mag. tube. Doug will be colorcasing the reciever!

Whoa! That's nice! Please post more pictures as it progresses.

Terry

Strax; Chekering is more easy than do you think, take a good set of c. tools and start practice with a old piece of wood (preferable Hard walnut) Drawing the lines first and using the angle pattern that comes with the c.tool kit.Pas the tool softly , Very Nice wood work!!!

Honestly, I enjoy doing metal work more so than wood work. The machineshop just comes easier for me, but i also like a challange and that is where the wood comes in. Metal looks like metal, but a damn sexy peice of wood is hard to say no to! I'm rereadng my book Chekering & Carving of Gunstocks...by Monty Kennedy, so i may break out the checkering tools and practice some more. Funny, the very first checkering job was in gunsmithing school and it was flawless, but if you dont use it you loose it, i guess. Also need some 20x glasses!

Strax,

All of the rifles looke real nice, I see definite improvement on the last two. Keep up the good work.

Shane Thompson