Gun Stock Making Classes

Making a stock from scratch black walnut professional gun smithing series.

Gun stock making classes. Category howto style. So you want to commission a wood and metal masterpiece or maybe try your own hand at stockmaking. The basic steps in production of gun stocks have not changed significantly over the years. Table of contents book i introduction to inletting the semi inletted stock.

Fitting a recoil pad on a shotgun stock professional gun smithing series duration. By the time of the civil war machines could turn out fourteen gun stocks an hour. Taught by master gun stock carver jose valencia using the high speed drill i have classes available where you can come and learn to carve using the high speed drill. Go the the nra summer gunsmith school in trinidad for stock making week 1 and 2.

We can make it any length style of cheek piece. In the 1950s when the m1 was in production armory workers could produce one stock per man per minute. An unparalleled achievement destined to become the bible for students professionals or those who appreciate custom rifles. This is by far the quickest way to success but does cost some money.

If youre going to shell out thousands of dollars to a custom gunmaker or spend hundreds of hours of your own time inletting shaping and finishing a stock blank youll want to use the best materials available. The middle core of the stock was cut away to accommodate the old stock a floating mortise and tenon was fabricated to reinforce the junction where the rear of the old stock met the new laminate section and the front and rear of the laminate sections were bonded to the old stock using polyurethane glue gorilla glue my preferred brand and a sturdy straight edge to keep things aligned. We do not use a cnc machine or cut out patterns. This will include tunning up the bedding.

Wood carving classes in destin florida. We can make a stock for any rifle or shotgun in a one or two piece configuration. We measure and cut and shape the stocks to the dimension and style you want with mostly hand tools. You will receive personal attention as the classes are limited to 2 students only.

This series of gun stocks shows the production steps. You get to learn. Buy a semi inlet stock and work with that. Watch as larry potterfield founder and ceo of midwayusa uses ebony to dress up the stock of a remington rolling and replace the non factory sling swivels.

The livingston gunsmith who has been in the gun making business for four decades has often shared his knowledge teaching private lessons and gunsmithing classes writing monthly columns for.