BenchBeam wood & carbon fiber stock blanks

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henrya

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I've made definite progress on my stock blank project. Here are photos of the first "production" blank before the carbon fiber barrel channel has been molded. I'll have photos showing the finished blank with the completed molded channel in a day or two. This redwood stock will get a strip of 1/2" redwood each side of the forearm to make the 3" width.

I'm leaving the blanks as a basic beam to make it easier to hold for the work that follows - cutting the trigger and guard mortises and any guard screw or pillar holes. The toe section can be variable in size and configuration. For a real low profile stock the "toe block" shown here attaches after inletting. About any toe configuration is possible by making a toe block to suit. If the stock was going to be cut on a duplicator I'd glue it up one piece.

I'm also making cherry and walnut blanks that'll be nice for HV or long range guns.
 

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Dang Henry

Your rough blanks look better than my finished stuff. Looks great!

Shelley
 
Wow Shelley,
Thats a nice thing to say.

I did sand it up nice for y'all.
 
Nope

That one is Jim P.'s

But your's will be ready next week.
Is this looking like what you want?
 
Henrya

Can you post a picture of the whole stock as it will ship out rather than jut sections of it? I want to see what it looks like as a unit if possible.Also it appears everybody has already ordered a stock so how long would it take to get a redwood stock with the buttstock parallel to the forend and with a 1/2 inch wide flat on the buttstock.Plus enough material on the forend so it will sand to exactly 3 inches wide not 2.8XX?
Lynn
 
What is shown is the starting point.

Hi Lynn,

The way you see it here is the "whole stock". I'm leaving it in the two pieces because its so much easier to work on the main beam without the toe attached. After cutting the trigger and trigger mortises is when I suggest attaching the toe. But if you want one with the toe attached when shipped and a 3" forearm I will be happy to do that as those parts simply add on to the beam.

How deep do you want the toe? The one pictured is pretty shallow for a real low profile stock. I guess you'd want something deeper to fight the torque of your long range gun? I have some more in process so I can get you one pretty soon - a week maybe.

It might be a good idea to PM me to work out the details.
 
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Dimensions might be in order here

The stock you're looking at has a 1.375" diameter action/barrel channel. Other than cutting a mortise for the trigger (and screw holes if you use them) it is ready to bed most any round action that will drop in the channel. The beam shown is 2" tall by 2.125" wide by 34.5" long. With the toe block shown in the photo you can make a stock with the toe 4" below the bore centerline.
 
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