Here's an old example of the things I like. I made this Mauser small ring 280 about 20 years ago in order to incorporate some of the cool furniture that my friends had accused me of 'hoarding'. You'll notice that there are three traps and somewhat of a mixture of European and US styles, both vintage and modern.
The traps contain cartridges, broken shell extractor, sub-caliber (22LR) insert with lead adaptor caps, spare front sight QC insert, QC peep that attaches to the rear base, a Lenard Brownell coiled speedometer-cable cleaning rod with jag, and space for the front sight hood when detached from its ramp. Yes it's overkill but the hoarding accusation had inspired me to go to excess. (G) The seven-panel, five-fleur checkering pattern is distictly Dale Goens' design and is the most complicated I've ever done; my more usual full wrap-around point patterns are almost child's play by comparison. The rifle also has a three-leaf express open rear with NECG front band ramp, Kimber QC lever rings, Grisel 3-position bolt sleeve, Kepplinger SST, Krieger barrel with special bore and twist, hinged floorplate and Hurst engraving. All screwheads are timed and the butt trap is lined with felt. The wood remains unstained; I usually use a little reddish stain nowadays for better display of the grain. I apologise for the poor quality pic, it's a digital camera's copy of an old 35mm print. I did all the work except the engraving.
My tastes and preferences have evolved over the last 20 years but I don't have any good pics of recent
completed work. Nowadays my comb noses are much daintier and my PGs are more cleanly shaped, among other things.
Regards, Joe
