Thread: A Lee Speed stock

Time to trim the buffalo horn tip and I find that the fine side of a horse shoe rasp the best for this part of the process and a spacer equal to the height of the teeth above the untoothed end makes a good guage.



With the spacer held under the rasp this allows for the part of the horn that is above the stock top line to be filed down to till almost level and then finished with sandpaper.



The lines for the barrel channel can be marked in and the bulk is removed via any method that works but l was able to use the mill with straight flute cutters to remove most of it then with a coarse rat tail file with the taper is taped up until the straight part is level with a flat surface and that way I know it will not cut outside of the direction I am pushing it. Slow and steady gets the channel to very close and then it needs sandpaper to finish it off. Care needs to be taken so the part where the tape is does not go past the straight section of the channel or damage is done to the chamber end of the channel.





An old barrel is the perfect tool to wrap the sandpaper around for the finishing up of the channel and the beauty of the old barrel is that it can be slid one way or the other untill the right diameter is matched with the channel. It also has the ends ground square so it can be used as a push scraper in the channel during or finishing the process.