aa s410 custom stock

[midge28 6]

looks the dogs nuts what sort of equipment do you need and can you do it with the bear essentials such as a drill a jigsaw and sand paper..

tools i used were router, dremel, hand plane , jigsaw , spokeshave, various rasps and files and a set of rifflers, like small rasps and a pillar drill. basic tools realy, just gotta think about what you doing and dont go mad,

[jazz_11 5]

ok thanks i could be up for having ago mysekf.. how much did the timber cost mate and wa do you use to make a template.?

cheers

[midge28 6]

got a bit of a deal on the wood, wont say how much as i dont like ta upset anyone, lol . but the going rate is around £50 for a piece of walnut around my parts , that,s if you can find a nice piece.. i used a bit a half inch ply as a template and made it so as i could move the cheek piece around and the same with the grip and thumbhole so i knew it would work once done

[willow1 0]

How is the stock coming along, have you fitted it yet...i have picked up my AA S410 Combine today so when i do get some time i may give this ago

[midge28 6]

well under way with stock no2. doing this one for me mates s410 . black american walnut skeleton stock with american maple spacers and tipped with iroko. this one should look lovely when done. will put more pics when nearer done. loads a rubbing down ta do yet . the first stock is lovely ta shoot. well balanced turned out lovely . heres a few pics of the one i,m doing for me mate

Edited March 16, 2009 by midge28

[the Verminator 0]

well done, very good stock, espicaly as its your first one

[Guest Catcher]

Looks an excellent job, did you have any Templates to follow or did you do it all free hand

thanks mate. i used a standard stock as a rough template then just changed a few bits to how i would like it and then made a proper template from a piece of ply with moveable hand grip and moveable cheeck piece and kept moving them until it felt right, it all fits like a glove and i found it fits me better then standard stock being an inch shorter and higher cheek piece , i think it important that this is the way to go before making one ta make sure it fits you , thanks for great comments

 

Are you for real

[willow1 0]

Looking really good, im having probs trying to design a knife handle alone a stock fo the S410

[Grim Reaper 1]

Looks an excellent job, did you have any Templates to follow or did you do it all free hand

thanks mate. i used a standard stock as a rough template then just changed a few bits to how i would like it and then made a proper template from a piece of ply with moveable hand grip and moveable cheeck piece and kept moving them until it felt right, it all fits like a glove and i found it fits me better then standard stock being an inch shorter and higher cheek piece , i think it important that this is the way to go before making one ta make sure it fits you , thanks for great comments

 

Are you for real

 

He is for real indeed!

 

Midge has done a fair and good job of these stocks, the first one in this thread was really good, considering it was his first ever go at it. I posted once of my stock making experiences when i made my stock (to another site, not here;) ) and what i got back was "so what . . . .? " type of thing - no interest at all. Midge has had some good replies that have shown interest in the process of DIY stock making.

 

I feel it is an experience that should be undergone once, so that one can find out if it is something they like doing, and if that is so, then you could make another one, or more, like? The nice thing is, Midge has obviously found it to his liking, and has volunteered to make one for his mate - something i think is a noble gesture, IMO.

 

 

Best regards,

Grim

Edited March 18, 2009 by Grim Reaper

[midge28 6]

thanks terry. as you say i have found something i seem to be good at and i do enjoy making these, think my mates one will be better than mine so i might have to do another , lol . mind you my hands are getting a bit sore and rough , well so my good lady told me , ha ha . will keep ya posted, just started rubbing me mates one down now so should not be long before oiling, will see if i can get a couple a descent pics up before and after . thanks again to everone for good comments

[punydan 0]

Your work is fantastic. I'm looking forward to doing similar myself, just as soon as I find a nice cheap aas400. Do you know of any other timbers that might be suitable? Keep up the good work.

Atb Dan.

[Grim Reaper 1]

Your work is fantastic. I'm looking forward to doing similar myself, just as soon as I find a nice cheap aas400. Do you know of any other timbers that might be suitable? Keep up the good work.

Atb Dan.

 

Walnut (in it's raw and unfinished state, the European Walnut is lighter in colour than it's American counterpart), Beech (if you have American steamed Beech, the timber is a light pinky colour, and this accepts oil well, and this adds to its beauty as well. ) are very good timber types to use. Even though Walnut is a hardwood, it is still a very workable timber. The Beech is also a hardwood timber, and is somewhat more difficult to work and shape, but still a viable option if you have the tools needed to work it.

 

As well as these 2 timber types, you can use Rosewood as a very good contrast to the timbers named - you could say, use a section of rosewood on the bottom of the pistol grip, or at the very front of the fore-end as an attractive tip for it. Rosewood is quite expensive as a rule, and so is best used as a 'highlight' ingredient really.

 

As an alternative to Rosewood, you CAN stain a section of Walnut so it takes on the colour of rosewood, and use it in the same way as a decorative agent on the stock in places?

 

I hope this is of some help to you mate?

 

 

 

Regards,

Grim.

Edited March 19, 2009 by Grim Reaper

[midge28 6]

Your work is fantastic. I'm looking forward to doing similar myself, just as soon as I find a nice cheap aas400. Do you know of any other timbers that might be suitable? Keep up the good work.

Atb Dan.

i have only tried the walnut although i have obtained some samples of about 7 differant hardwoods , not gun blank size just small bits to see how i get on . i have hopefully got a nice piece of a wood called zebrano coming soon , it is like a maple with the grain running through it very dark like walnut and i might try to make a stock from this. there is also english walnut , english and american maple although these are very light in colour. tulip is another i think would make a nice air rifle stock but i think i prefer the american walnut, you cant realy see it that clearly but i have tipped my mates stock with a wood called iroko. very hard to work with but the grain is lovely. will put some close up shots on here when done . good luck if you do have a go, very rewarding when done

[the Verminator 0]

u ought to start making these for a living, ur pretty good

[midge28 6]

u ought to start making these for a living, ur pretty good

cheers verminator. dunno about making em for living. me hands are red rore from rubbing down and you would never get the money to componsate the time it takes. i will make a couple ta sell on and see how it goes. nearly finished me mates stock with prob just an hour or so rubbing down left and then it,s ready for oiling. another couple a pics i took after making the butt pad today. not sure if i should add a maple spacer inbetween. any suggestions