Cheers mate I’ll carbon wrap under the limbsaver too which will help.
I was blessed with being right handed but made the stock symmetrical to appease my ocd
I ended up going the carbon wrap route on this. I ran this carbon wrapped for about 9 months however I never achieved a very good finish. When doing the carbon wrapping I had trouble getting the fibre to stick evenly to the blank and there were spots that were raised up off the wood leaving a small void underneath.
Accuracy has been great with dozens of goats and a few deer taken at distance however the finish finally got to me. Over the past few weeks I sanded back most of the carbon fibre and recoated the blank in an epoxy/iron oxide mix. This left a nice gloss black finish that could easily just be clear coated. I ended up spraying it with Matt black enamel paint and I’m now pretty happy with the result.
The ‘shell’ created by the epoxy mix is strong and resists any dings/compression that the plain paulownia wood is susceptible to. I don’t think it’s any weaker than with the carbon wrap. If anyone is considering a build in the future and is not sure on going through the carbon process I would recommend this method. I will likely do the same again for a magnum build.
Stocks have held up well. Id use all slow drying resin next time. and Ill do a no carbon (Resin only) build and post my findings in a couple months.
Paulownia blanks for sale $50 plus shipping.
Heres my effort so far. Pretty basic, but I'm pretty pleased with myself. Definitely beats the rubberised Houge alternative!
Great work. my next one is for a Sako75 for a friend and will be done the same, without the carbon but a few coats of resin to keep the moisture and dings out. well done on the bedding too.
Be keen to see that @Scott Cowan as I wouldn't mind one...
ill be starting the sako75 stock next week and will post pics
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