Gunstock Craftsman
This Winchester .22 WRF rifle started out as a standard model 90. The original buttstock had been badly broken and repaired through the wrist. Along with the damage to the stock, both upper and lower tangs of the frame had been bent to one side. Since the rifle had to be restocked and tangs straightened, …
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This Marlin 39a Mountie model rifle was in great original condition, but it had the typical fat and crudely shaped stock and forend that was typical of newer Marlin rifles. The owner wished to make it a custom rifle with more of a traditional look to it. A beautiful piece of Claro Walnut was used …
This high grade Parker hammer gun was built in 1874 and was in good overall condition for its age. However, the owner wanted the gun freshened up a little. Along with a good cleaning, it got a checkering recut. The original checkering was all visible, but was worn in some areas but mostly filled in …
Special guns can be passed down through families or given to people for birthdays, military graduations or various other special occations. A great way to commemorate an event or a special person is to do a classic brass, silver or gold inlay in the stock. A common place for these on classic guns is in …
Eighty years of use had left this 1932 vintage 20g. GH Parker in well worn cosmetic condition. However, despite the amount of hunting it saw, the gun was pretty well cared for. The original stock finish was very worn and completely gone in a lot of areas. Checkering was half worn flat. The wood had various …
This K98 Mauser had a buttstock that was too short for its owner to comfortably shoot due to the non-adjustable claw mounted scope. It needed about an additional 1″ to 1.5″ of length. And the addition of a thicj recoil pad was not an option because the existing buttplate was a military mauser type with long …
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This fine Parker hammer gun had at one time its checkering worked on by an untrained hand. The forend had an attempt at a full cover checkering pattern, which got badly out of control in the rear section. And the wrist checkering was full of over runs and the patterns did not match from one …
This fine Parker CHE had at one time had a non original Beavetail Forend (BTFE) added to it. A proper forend iron was fabricated for it, which utilized the draw bolt in the nose of the forend. However the forend wood itself was the issue. It was very fat and had a large belly on …
While checkering the stock of a custom built low wall rifle I decided to take the opportunity to document the process and share it here. The first step of checkering any stock is laying out the pattern. Be it a replication of an original pattern or a custom creation for a one of a kind …
This Parker VH has belonged to and was passed down through the owners family since it was purchased new in 1901. It had been used a lot as a working shotgun. The buttstock had been very badly damaged and crudely repaired with screws, tie wrap, etc. The trigger guard bow had a second screw run …