Stock for custom Gahendra rifle

[dasa2131]

RCS,

Your 218 Bee Martini is absolutely beautiful. I'll be thrilled if my rifle turns out half as nicely as yours. That wood is stunning - very nice job.

I think I understand what you're talking about regarding milling the tang slots. Someone suggested to me I use a cheap piece of wood to test fit to the receiver. I looked in my garage an found an old piece of pressure-treated 2 by 6. I milled the slots as you suggested, however, I did not put enough time and planning into the wood-to-metal fit. The results look sloppy. However, at least I can now shoulder the rifle and get a feeling if the comb is too high. I roughly copied the stock shape on my son's Henry 22 lever action rifle.







Pretty ugly huh? Have you ever seen a rifle with a stock made out of a 2 by 6? One of the things that makes the inleting tricky for me is that both the upper and lower receiver tangs are tapered. I got fed up with this and milled the upper tang to remove the taper, and I'll do the same to the lower tang. The reasoning here is to make the stock inleting easier for me.


Mr. Skeels,

That's a very generous offer you made me, however, I really don't want to destroy your stock. That's a piece of history. It was very kind of you to offer it to me - thank you. I think the 2 by 6 stock is working okay as a rough template. I may even inlet another piece of 2 by 6 as practice before I move on to the final claro walnut blank.

Thank you again for the help!

Dave

[browningautorifle]

Have you ever seen a rifle with a stock made out of a 2 by 6?

My first reaction was "What's that material?" But as you say, it for a test and adjust purpose so it'll be fine until the gun's almost done.

[Von Gruff]

That is a great start to what will be a really nice range rifle. Making a stock would finish it very nicely indeed.
I am just starting a new sporter stock for a martini in 303 British and as I am also making a pattern stock for another chap for the MK 3 Lee Enfield I started them at the same time so I could do the butt stock through bolt

[henry r]

von gruff, you might want to be careful showing the uncut LE forend take off... your inbox will fill up with pm's.

there is some beautiful work being shown in this post.

[Von Gruff]

I have done quite a few lee Speed styled rifles and the martini is a lovely action to stock.
The Lee Enfield is for a Mk 3 pattern stock.and is finished except for a little sanding now.

This is a link to a couple I have donehttp://britishmilitariaforums.yuku.com/topic/19093/Bills-Lee-Speed-cure#.VkfGH8uhfIV
And a 400 Lee Speed
Forums.NitroExpress.com
There are a few more but you get the idea.

On the martini front the blank in the pic above has been done but I was talking to its owner yesterday and I am going to cut the tip off the forestock and put a piece of buffalo horn on for the tip to make it a bit special for him.
This is where it sits at the moment. The thread on the build A couple of stocks - Enfield-Rifles.com - Page 1


This is a couple of martini builds I have done
A Martini Enfield 303 -- again.
LSA MH 577-450 in Martini-Henry Forum Forum

[dasa2131]

Von Gruff,

I visited the links to the other rifles you built. Wow - your work is beautiful. Very nicely done. I get the impression you've been doing this for while!

Dave

[Von Gruff]

Von Gruff,

I visited the links to the other rifles you built. Wow - your work is beautiful. Very nicely done. I get the impression you've been doing this for while!

Dave

Thanks Dave.
Mostly it was wanting them for myself and not wanting (or being able to afford) to pay someone else to do it for me. There have been a few over the last couple of years I have been doing for friends as well so having the practice I have learned a thing or two along the way.

Have altered the martini forestock to give it a buffalo horn tip.

[Von Gruff]

Sorry for the thread hijack Dave. Will leave it to go back to your range rifle. Looking forward to seeing the results after your test piece.