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Jim, a good drill press with interchangeable pulleys speeds will do a nice job of getting rid of the 90% before your start with the little chisels. New, sharp, center cutting end mills in several sizes, at the highest speed the pulleys will go, work for me. Also, a decent cross slide drill press vice is so imperative to do the hogging out like this. I did 95+% of the inletting on this Schillinger lock with mine, then finished it up with chisels. Shoot me a p.m. if you want to talk about it one evening. Best, SRH
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That Inletting looks great, Stan. I've got an AyA no2 with beautiful engraving and overall a wonderful gun. But it looks like they went to Depot de Casa to pick up some lumber for the stock. The fit and finish are outstanding, but it's just seriously plain.
I should probably start with a boxlock or something else simpler (like Steve suggested). But if I can't find a 'practice' gun, I might go with a practice piece of walnut just to get the feel, knowing that I'll likely be putting the original stock back on after the first attempt.
I've got a couple of other projects to finish first, but I'll take you up on the offer of a phone call for advice. PM forthcoming
Jim
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You can send your side lock stock to someone like gene semillian (spelling?) To make the side lock stock.he cut one for me that came out far better then if I had started from a blank
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could do. I'm interested in doing the whole thing by hand, but sending it out for the initial duplication might be a better idea. this project is probably not going to start anytime real soon, so for now I'm looking for resources for learning how the old timers did it.
Jim
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I have a FN side lock I wanted to do all the work myself after buying a really nice piece of English walnut and weighing the probability of it being less then acceptable when finished I sent my old stock and my wood to gene simillian there was still a lot of work but it came out really good.i just came to the realization I'm not a stock maker good luck Mark cooper
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Some of the best explanations of stock inletting and the tools involved were in articles in Rifle magazine, written by John Bivens in the 1980's. They pertained to Kentucky rifles, but the tols and techniques are generic.
Bill Ferguson
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I built my first m/l rifle using the Foxfire book (I forget what number) that contained a lengthy piece about Herschel House, who built/builds them completely by hand with no power tools, as my instructional guide. It turned out fine for my first attempt, but my inletting was pitiful. I learned a lot between it and the next one. If one does not possess a fair modicum of patience he should not attempt inletting a stock. It won't end well. I always tried to picture perfect inletting while doing so ........."like the wood grew around the metal".
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Foxfire 5 i built my first one the same way ,for the gun in the book House used a skill saw and spindle shaper .i was very lucky to meet some great muzzle loading rifle makers in tenn. Virginia and Kentucky .
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