Thread: Stock builders

Any suggestions for someone to build me a new stock for my BSA Viscount featherweight? Would like something along the lines of the original with the Schnabel forend but maybe some nicer wood and nice chequering etc. Will still keep the original stock with the rifle as it shows signs of a lot of walking and kind of tells a story but be nice to be able to tart it up in a new dress also. I've tried to contact Laurie Bradley with no luck and Cobus who used to live only half an hour away which would have been handy seems to have moved to the north island.

I am aware that Dave Ward gunsmith in Nelson will stock a rifle from a blank. I think he is one of the few who do so. ph 03 543 3777

Von gruff lives near you. He makes stocks, mainly focusing on knives at the moment. I’m not 100%on his contact details he has been on this forum but is more active on africahunting.com

if you don't mind a gun smith from auckland then David Dwenn who is associated with Carvells/SAI penrose may be keen to do it. I don't have his number but SAI will. I normally just drop stuff off on a saturday.

nelson from status guns invercargill?

Cobus, was based in Gore but think he might have moved north ?

Originally Posted by chainsaw

Cobus, was based in Gore but think he might have moved north ?

Yea his website says he's in Tirau now

Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst

Yea his website says he's in Tirau now

Tirau? I thought he was in Te Kuiti?

Originally Posted by PaulNZ

Tirau? I thought he was in Te Kuiti?

Something like that. Just knew I had seen he had moved up north somewhere

There’s a guy in Katikati that will copy the existing stock with a copy router and finish it

Originally Posted by muzza

Does Dave McClunie in Hokitika still do stocks ? He does amazing work

Dave would be getting on a bit now but good call. I had a BSA Viscount 7x57 with one of his stocks, he modelled a few of his stocks off the early Sako shape.

Originally Posted by Mathias

Dave would be getting on a bit now but good call. I had a BSA Viscount 7x57 with one of his stocks, he modelled a few of his stocks off the early Sako shape.
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Early Sako stocks are one of the best model stocks in my opinion!

Laurie still alive n kicking...look up his email and he will get back to you...I will flick you his phone number too....

Originally Posted by Russian 22.

if you don't mind a gun smith from auckland then David Dwenn who is associated with Carvells/SAI penrose may be keen to do it. I don't have his number but SAI will. I normally just drop stuff off on a saturday.

Dave Dwen, now at Clevedon Auckland, finally has a decent workshop. 0212668527

As Micky said Laurie is still around. I saw him the other week about my rifle.