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https://youtu.be/xQ-fDAY5oOY My goal was to film each step of the stock making process. I ended up filling several SD cards and had to cut quite a bit out to make it watchable. It's down to a very watchable 8 minutes. On this particular stock I machined it oversized on the duplicator leaving more handwork instead of altering my pattern to the desired shape. The integral half octagon full ovate barrel was done by Morris Melani of Alaska Arms LLC. | ||
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Very interesting, thank you for sharing. "For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind..." Hosea 8:7 | |||
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Interesting to see how someone else does it, neat! Jim Kobe 10841 Oxborough Ave So Bloomington MN 55437 952.884.6031 Professional member American Custom Gunmakers Guild | |||
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very nice- must have taken many hours to do | |||
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An eight minute lesson in craftsmanship. Dave | |||
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Fantastic! Love seeing your tools, jigs and technique. | |||
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Great video Matt  I can just feel the pucker factor when you're shaping the top line down along Morris's fine looking barrel. Great piece of wood. Great stock. Great rifle. Wish I would have stopped by when I worked in Cambridge, NY building TI Mausers. My wife's from Cambridge. Might try looking you up when we get back to see her family sometime. | |||
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I noticed the bionic blue finger partway through shaping. Did you get bit by the platter's rasp? I hate it when that happens. | |||
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Great video! Superb craftsmanship. Lee | |||
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Thanks Doug. The main fixture I use for installing the sling swivel, grip cap, and cross bolts is made by Robert Szweda out of Prescott, AZ. It's incredibly handy!
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Thanks James! You aint kidding with the nervous work around Morris' metal work! I wouldn't want to have to have to fix any of those crisp lines. And please stop by if you're ever in the area. It would be my pleasure.
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I sure did! It didn't hurt to bad but it's less than ideal to be bleeding all over the polished metal work. I suppose it would blend right in with the alkanet root in the stock finish 
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Can't quite tell. Was the rifle built on one of your actions or is that a Winchester action? | |||
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Very nice stick, turned out lovely. thank you for sharing it with us. George "Gun Control is NOT about Guns' "It's about Control!!" Join the NRA today!" LM: NRA, DAV, George L. Dwight | |||
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A quick look at the serial # in the video should answer that. | |||
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It's a pre-64 Winchester. Sunny Hill bottom metal. Mcfarland 5 panel bolt. I reshaped the tang, built up the bolt release, and made the bases for the Alaska Arms QD rings.
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MNR - nice job. What are using for a sealer? Finish? Ron | |||
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Thanks Ron. I used Pilkingtons.
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Wow! Thanks for sharing. It was very watchable to say the least. I’d love to see the long version! Don | |||
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Interesting that you checker without a cradle. I'd like to see the long version too. | |||
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Great video and great craftsmanship,thanks for sharing. jc | |||
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Great effort..thanks for doing it and sharing. Maybe you can get a little technical...how do you go about getting the pitch, cast, etc. | |||
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Top job Matt, the big horse rasp looks like it cuts really well. | |||
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It's funny, I started out checkering on a towel then purchased a cradle when I could afford it. I never could make the switch though. Hard to break old habits I guess.
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That's a good idea. I'm a little camera shy myself so I tried to keep my ugly mug out of the frame as much as possible It would be neat to discuss each of the processes before showing them though. I'll work on something like that for the next video.
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Thank you! I'll start work on the long version.
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Thanks! The farrier's rasp is the ticket for removing lots of material fast. The fine side leaves a half decent finish too.
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Yep, I've used farrier's rasps for many, many years. Mostly on horses, but it works on wood as well (and the wood doesn't kick and bite). "For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind..." Hosea 8:7 | |||
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Beautiful stock and a great exhibition of Craftsmanship and skill, something that isn't around as much anymore as in the 'old days'. Steve....... NRA Patron Life Member GOA Life Member North American Hunting Club Life Member USAF Veteran | |||
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I need a few more tools and a lot of practice Thanks for posting! | |||
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Very nice work, thanks for sharing. Your hands look young. Would you mind sharing how old you are and how you got into the craft? I did a little stock making when I was young but soon learned I was no Jerry Fisher or Duane Wiebe. I commend you for putting in the time and work do do that level of work. Not an easy way to make ends meet. Anyway, if you feel like sharing I think some would be interested, if not I totally understand. Either way, keep up the great work, we need more craftsman like yourself. Thanks, John Holliger | |||
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Don't mind at all. I am quite young as far as gunmakers go (31). I started in the craft nine years ago attending gunsmithing school in Prescott, AZ. I spent a little while afterwards taking on contracted stockmaking projects from larger custom rifle companies then branched off on my own six years ago. As far as making ends meet, stockmaking has to be one of the least profitable services I offer. It's a lot more lucrative to spend the day doing trigger jobs or chambering. However, it's what I get the most satisfaction out of doing so I continue to promote that work. Thank you for the kind words.
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That was VERY VERY enjoyable, and informative. Thank you for taking the time to put that out there from someone with the interest but nowhere near that level of skill! One question, was that water or alcohol used to raise the grain before the heat gun? Shoot straight, shoot often. Matt | |||
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Thank you Matt! I used water to raise the grain before the heat gun.
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Here's an odd question. Why did you build your duplicator to operate from the left side? It looked like in the video that you were using your right hand to run the stylus. I've never seen a duplicator setup that way. I run from the right, even though I'm left handed. Well, I'm a little screwed up, I write, eat and shoot pool with my left and do everything else right handed except filing, then it's both. I couldn't imagine running a stock with my left hand as I learned on a right handed machine and using my left hand would mean having to look over the parallel arms while machining. 31, I wouldn't have guessed. You would have been 10 when I lived in upstate NY. You have a great eye for a classy rifle for someone so young. | |||
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Thank you for the reply. So often young smiths try to set their work apart by incorporating some crazy off the wall ideas. The best way to set yourself apart is with exceptional quality, and it looks like that is what you are doing. Keep it up and best of luck. John | |||
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That's a valid question. I didn't have much choice though as I wasn't the one who built it. It's definitely a home-made jobber as you can tell in the video, but I bought it from a widow of a hobbiest that had purchased it 30 years ago from a gunmaker out in Pueblo, CO. I'm unsure who that was. It wouldn't take much to change it around, but I'm kind of used to the way it is now. Thanks again for the compliments. I suppose visiting when you lived in NY would have been out of the question then
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And no glasses, bifocals, trifocals or magniviewers. Craftsman | |||
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As long as you are talking a bit about yourself I wonder if you would mention how it was that you got involved in a manufacturing company that makes rifle actions, and what part you had in designing that action. | |||
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The benefit of good genes and youth I guess Eyesight hasn't started fading yet
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