Anyone have any experience purchasing blanks from Stephen Heilman or Jim Preslik. Any other recommendations would be helpful.

Thanks JC

Purchased stock blanks from both of them. PM coming

Thanks Jim.

JC375

I some time ago was referred to Luxus Walnut by a friend.

I am passing on the favor. Here is there link.

http://www.luxusgunstock.com/

Adam and Clay are in charge there. Great Guys. They will take care of you and stand by there product. They are both very passionate about what they do.

Take Care

Thanks maxbear for the reminder. I have been to their site before. I will check it out again.

Thanks JC

I own one stock of Heilmans and it nice but I also own 10 from luxus and they are better and a better price. You can't be Adam and Clay for good guys.

Darrell Ragar

Preslik offers very nice blanks at very good prices.

Thanks everyone. I am a first time buyer and have a lot of questions. Your help is priceless.
Jim Kobe you have a PM.

do a search on here of Forrest B's posts in the past few months if you are a first time buyer. He has quite a bit of experience in picking blanks and he laid out in detail how he goes about it. Another one to search would be SDH, aka Mr. Hughes, who has also posted in detail in what to look for in a good English blank. And finally, it might be a good idea to consult your stockmaker. Many times they have gone to conventions and hand picked blanks from the various purveyors. Who knows, maybe the Stocker you have in mind already has the blank you are looking for, or in the alternative could tell you what kind of blank they like to work with.

I have over 30 blanks from Gordon.... Some of the best wood that exists...

http://www.oldtreegunblanks.com/

Boss Hoss

Yes, Gordon is a great guy. I bought a Tiger Maple blank from him thats just beautiful. Gordon and his wife are good people who haven't forgotten what customer service is.

I have purchased five blanks from Steve Heilman. All were very fairly priced and were dry. Steve is easy to deal with as well. I have also purchased a blank from Lexus and was completely satisfied. I have no experience with Jim Preslik, so can not offer a reasoned opinion.

A member here by the name TC1 picked up a nice blank from DRESSELS not long ago. Sure was purdy...they have them from a $100.00 to around a quarter of a million dollars. I have not bought from them, but when i have asked about one, they have gone out of their way to talk or e-mail me on them!

I hope every one who is interested in fine guns, hunting and reloading finds AR. I will do the recommened searchs and thanks again for all the advice.JC

Just a FYI about Gordon Smith at Old Tree---he cuts his own stuff from start to finish (no middle man) and has some of the best English I have ever seen right now. Just a sample:
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Looks lke a pile of green firewood to me