First proper stock build complete

Hey team

I have finally completed my first attempt at a walnut stock. I was given a slab from a farmer mate and wanted to try my hand. It’s far from perfect, and a long way off some stocks on here but I’m pretty happy as a first attempt!

This is for my Browning T-Bolt .22

I made the whole stock using hand tools, chisels and files. The only power tool I used was to drill the action screw holes and to cut the blank outline :)

I really liked the spare mag in the stock from the synthetic stock, so managed to bring that across to this stock :)

The timber I used for the end cap looked much darker than it has come out. I made an axe handle from the same timber and with boiled linseed oil it came out a deep rose colour. With the tru-oil it has come out much lighter than I originally wanted. Topped with a classic Leupy Vari-x ii 2-7

Now to the range :)

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beautiful job..you should be very proud of yourself. well done indeed.

Nice job. Thanks for posting it.

That’s a very nice stock, you should be proud of the effort and result.

Great piece of work, well done :thumbsup:

Well done Mate .:thumbsup: i would be happy if your work was in my safe or better yet out hunting .but then something this nicely done could be safe @ a range only
Cheers

Well done, looks very nice.

Striking piece of grain
Nice job

I'm pretty much a synthetic stock and stainless steel user. But your stock is a thing of beauty. Very nicely done.
Hope it shoots up to your expectations.

Wow stunning job looks great

Good work man! I like how you've run the grain in symphony with the overall stock shape.

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beautiful job..you should be very proud of yourself. well done indeed.

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Ditto, but a schnabel would really make it stand out.

That looks beautiful! Crafting a stock like that is way harder than most people think, my father was a gunsmith and he almost never made furniture, too hard to get it perfect unlike working with steel, his comments. I am hoping to make something for one of my rifles as I can't seem to find anything for sale but it won't look anything like the one you made. Fully impressed.

So I finally got it to the range to give it a jam. I also gave it a basic JB weld bedding job too!
There was a bit of a cross breeze, and I was shooting off a pack. The angle was too steep to get properly comfortable, but I did my best. Pretty happy with the results. These are 10 round groups @50m. They would definitely tighten up if I was able to shoot off a bench, but these are still dead rabbits :)
It obviously likes the CCI better than the old Winchester

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Thats a nice piece of workmanship gone into that stock.Love the sweeping thru grain on it.Well done.