Thread: 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

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

Well done Mate . 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.

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

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

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

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