First attempt at stock making
As the title says, this is my first ever try at making a stock. It is also quite possible that this will be my last attempt too! LOL. Having no idea what I'm doing, and only a picture in my noodle of what I want, I find myself doing alot of :huh: and:go crazy:. I wanted something a little different from the norm, so this is what I came up with...(so far)
The stock is for the wife's 2250, running on HPA. The 13 ci bottle will be housed in the butt portion of the stock, with a S/S brake line running from bottle to valve by going up through the inside of the stock for a little cleaner look. More on this nightmare later...
Started out by laminating 2 pieces of 3/4" plywood together, tracing some lines on, then cutting out rough shape on a bandsaw:
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Next, I did a bit of shaping/smoothing out of the rough edges, plus cut out the inlay for the gun to fit:
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Made the housing for the 13 ci bottle by gluing 12 pieces of 3"x4"x3/4" plywood together, then bored out the center with a 2" Forstner bit in the drill press. Rough cut the outside shape with the bandsaw:
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Pic of the bottle housing glued in place. Bottom of pistol grip will be removeable so I can remove bottle later on if/when necessary:
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Rough mock-up of what gun will look like when completed. Alot of elbow work yet, but you get the idea...
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Will post some pics of my valve set up, altered grip frame, etc in my next post soon.
Any thoughts/suggestions so far?
Todd
