Gun Stock Making Classes

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.

Gun stock making classes. Category howto style. We can make a stock for any rifle or shotgun in a one or two piece configuration. 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.

This series of gun stocks shows the production steps. Making a stock from scratch black walnut professional gun smithing series. We can make it any length style of cheek piece. So you want to commission a wood and metal masterpiece or maybe try your own hand at stockmaking.

Go the the nra summer gunsmith school in trinidad for stock making week 1 and 2. An unparalleled achievement destined to become the bible for students professionals or those who appreciate custom rifles. 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.

You will receive personal attention as the classes are limited to 2 students only. In the 1950s when the m1 was in production armory workers could produce one stock per man per minute. 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. Comprehensive coverage of the techniques are illustrated to gain skill andor understanding of the professional gun makers craft.

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. Wood carving classes in destin florida. 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.

We do not use a cnc machine or cut out patterns. You get to learn. Lohman gunsmith does custom stock making and stock repair. The basic steps in production of gun stocks have not changed significantly over the years.

Buy a semi inlet stock and work with that.