Thread: Another Paulownia CF stock build

My second effort, this one for a REM Model 7 708. Pretty much copy of Model 7 factory stock but with a longer LOP to suit the shooter (long arms) plus a slightly raised comb and a check swell.
Pictures tell the story easier than words.
Starting with shaping of the 10x2 Paulownia block, cutting out rough profile, then start shaping the butt section first before working into wrist area.
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Next marking out and cutting the barrel channel, action and action screws, bottom metal cut out, etc.





Once happy with action and barrel fit then set up bedding pillars before bedding the action using Terminal Ballistics kit. Then final cut out of mag and trigger wells prior to shaping of fore end and final tidy up of wrist & butt sections. At this stage wood stock with bedding job weighed in at 424gms, plus another 132gm for the Limb saver recoil pad.






Now the “fun” starts - filling barrel channel and action areas with plasticine before base epoxy coat then the CF wrap once the base epoxy reaches tack stage. I have yet to find a good way to get the CF to stick down neatly in areas like the wrist and pistol grip. Large flat surfaces & one dimensional curves are pretty straightforward but tight complex curves and ends are tricky. This is the ugly duckling stage , CF on and epoxy coated.


After 24hrs then clean up of the CF epoxy by sanding back the raw edges and joins then full sand with 120 grit before next 2 coats of epoxy. Starting to look better. A few areas around wrist needed patching with epoxy where there were defects from the wrap stage. Fill, sand rinse and repeat.


Third coat of expoxy before cutting out the barrel channel, action and bottom metal and removing the plasticine. Then a fine sand (180 & 240 grit) before final coat.




Pretty happy with the end result. Finished stock weighing in at 586g and 723g with recoil pad. The factory stock is around 1100g, so a weight saving of ~400g.





All up with bare rifle weighing 2.393 kg or ~5.3lbs, a 16in bbl.