Imagine the condition of a blank coming off a stock duplicator where the pattern was an existing stock just taken off the rifle. I've only seen this once and the work was done on a Hoenig duplicator by an experienced operator. The barreled action did not simply drop into the new stock. Corners in the inletting and final scrape in was needed and removing tool marks on the exterior and redefining the fine detail was going to be needed. And unlike wood where chisels, scrapers and paper are used to remove tool marks rather easily and quickly, removing tool marks from metal is a different problem.
The clean simplicity of the barrel profiles that you are seeing in the photos belies the complexity of the various tools and tool paths that are required to get to a point that file and stone artistry can finish the job.
"I imagine it still require more than a bit of finish work~~", yes indeed, Steven, it does.
Last edited by Dennis Daigger; 01/19/18 12:16 PM.
