Thread: Self isolation gun projects

I fined down the butt stock today
And made a solid start on the fire end
Still needs finessing

Great stuff, Thank you for sharing !

Makes me feel slack as I have 3-4 Lee Speed type stocks fit myself .

Drilled out a storage space under the buttplate of my 10/22 today,makes it a lot lighter as well,Balance’s better for offhand shots being a little front heavy now.

Originally Posted by Scout

Great stuff, Thank you for sharing !

Makes me feel slack as I have 3-4 Lee Speed type stocks fit myself .

@Scout You have an excuse

I got the butt closer to shape and started sanding it
Still all the tricky bit to do yet.
But it's starting to look nice

Wow - beautiful grain in that piece of wood!

My generic copy of a Harris swivel bipod (I think it was marketed as a Remington) needed something a bit more grippy to lock the swivel than the stock, poorly knurled nut... something like the Podloc... So here it is!

Cost: about $0.15.

Nearly finished the butt stock
Next it's on to the fore end hanger and then I can get that to the same stage and leave it until I make a .25-35 barrel to go with it and its own fore end.
Finish all the wood together so it comes up the same.
Slow rust blue both barrels
Colour case finish the action, lever and butt plate

Been meaning to do this for ages - sick of cramped and lightweight loading trays. Pouring all day yesterday so fired up the CNC router on some scrap rimu:

I have dun the same just not as tidy as urs haha

I spent a few hours yesterday slowly cleaning 110 years of dirt and grunge and oil stains off this winchester 1885 stock.

Before


Multiple applications of white spirits and acetone using 0000 steel wool.
Slowly the dirt and oil dissolved and came out.
It took a few hours but it was obvious from the dirty rags that it was working
A good long drying time for all the solvent to evaporate then 4 coats of schaftoil
And then a light polish once reasonably dry.
It's now lots lighter coloured and has heaps more of its grain and character showing



When I was finishing the fore end I was horrified to find the ebony fore end insert was gone !
Mad panic and search of the workshop and I found the little lighter and epoxied it back in before oiling

Now today I'm slowly and carefully taking the rust off the action and parts.

Hardly in the same league as most the stuff going on here but i finally got around to fitting Volquartsen hammer in 10/22, makes me wonder why i didnt do it sooner!

@Grasshoppa - I put a cable tie on my bipod swivel lock and wondered the same thing as you - it doesn't matter how small or seemingly insignificant the job seems, mate - it all counts!
Edit: I do wish I had a lathe and milling machine in my garage though... And a bucket of epoxy... And a roll of carbon fibre... And a whole lot more toys...

About to get out a rasp and reshape my 10/22 stock..wish me luck,have no idea what I’m doing but a replacement is only $50 if I stuff it up.

Good luck! Having just been through this, I'd advise you to go slow and steady... Small changes, rather than hacking away. And take plenty of pics as you go so you can keep us updated.