When you put that much time and effort into a chunk of wood, you wanna show it off! Great choice and nice job! Can't wait to see what it does down range.
I like it, there are ways of bringing out the grain and maintaining basically the same blonde appearance but all in all definitely different and anyone that works with wood will appreciate it.
Tip..Use a pencil to color in the areas that need to be contoured.....you will know how your doing without having to move the light around....works as a guide coat like they use on paint prep for cars....I use the pencil technical on shaping my guitars😁
The Social Regressive, I have a Black Pro Varmint for my Mossberg MVP Patrol in .308 and love it. That said, I agree there needs some "tweaking" that needs to be done. I may just have to get after it once my latest Grendel build is done.
Totally unrelated but, I painted an AK in a giraffe pattern once. I put down a sand base coat, then tore my 1/2 inch painters tape lengthwise and flipped one length and overlapped the straight sides to create an organic border for my "splotches". Next I did a burnt rust-looking coat followed by a darker brown misting (just barely push the nozzle on the spraycan and it comes out in larger droplets). I allowed that to dry, then removed my tape and did three coats of a matte clear. Turned out EPIC.
That sounds AWESOME! Send pics! I have a facebook page: facebook.com/TheSocialRegressive/
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That looks amazing. Really turned out AWERSOME!! You've go me interested in doing that to my Savage 10FCP-SR .308. Too bad this won't allow me to post a pic. Really like the build vids
+fsteddie95 Great choice. Is that a 24-inch barrel? If you would like to share some pics, we'd love to see them on the facebook page: facebook.com/TheSocialRegressive
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+The Social Regressive Yes, it's a 24" fluted barrel. It's wickedly accurate. I'll post some pics on your FB page. I've be looking for a new stock and wow they range from $1800 to $400. Would love to find one for a reasonable price since I'm going to have to mod it anyway.
Just ordered a pro varmint for my Savage Axis build! I went with a 26 inch stainless steel heavy varmint barrel and a timney trigger for it! Mines a 30-06 build. I know I'll have to do some work to the barrel channel to make my heavy barrel fit(it's a shame Boyd's doesn't offer a long action with a bull barrel channel). Any tips for widening out the barrel channel? I've been told wooden dowels and sandpaper.
Congratulations! That should be a fun build. You're absolutely right; dowels and sandpaper are the way to go. Since you have a lot of material to remove, you might want to draw some lines on the top of the stock to make sure you don't go too far on one side or the other.
+The Social Regressive Thank you so much my friend! I do love your build, honestly, for the money spent you hit a home run, you also have very skilled hands, I think your blonde stock turned out gorgeous! I plan to Pillar bed and action bed mine, I am very nervous about the pillar bedding, I don't want to mess anything up. I do plan to follow your videos step-by-step and take my time. Still very nervous. You're extremely skilled my friend.
I know how you feel. That first time I cut into a stock was a butt-pucker moment. You'll find that pillar bedding is actually a pretty easy job, though, once you've gotten to the end of the process. The most important part is just to make sure that you drill the holes straight. Take your time. Get it lined up. Clamp that stock down. Then drill.
Enjoyed this video and opened my eye to a couple things with some questions. To do this swap did you have to use the Bottom Metal for a Model 10 and that Magazine? Could you have gone with a Blind Magazine? Have a Savage model 11 and an Axis that both need new wood and not a Thumb hole fan, Watching you work intently!
Great questions. The Axis uses its own magazine system with a double-to-single magazine. The Boyds stock is inletted to fit that magazine perfectly. I've never seen a blind mag configuration, but I have seen bottom metal that allows you to use AICS-pattern magazines. Can't remember who makes that. You would probably have to make a custom inlet.
Not sure if you’ll see this or not but I ordered a Boyd’s laminate featherweight thumbhole stock and it has a few small rough spots on it... is there any way to smooth them out without messing up the finish?
try boiled linseed oil sometime, I did the same to an old 22 from my gdad and it looks amazing. I know what u mean about the "flipping" in the grain or holographic effect, very cool!
The Social Regressive I do think it'd work fine on laminate. in fact a lot of older ak47 laminate was done with blo. I also have a couple AK's like that too. the part I really like is how you see the grain flip in the blonde wood.😁
I love boiled linseed oil as a finish. Recently I heard of something called "fixing wax" that was a blend of Boiled Linseed Oil and Beeswax. Have any of you tried that on laminate stocks?
Bro what are you doing, Thats a Palm Swell made specifically in the grip for better accuracy, it helps eliminate lateral movement, your a long range shooter I'm shocked you did this? Stocks looking great tho regardless!!
Maybe I didn't get the right camera angles. The rifle really had no palm swell to start with. It felt kinda like a rounded 2x4. I had to carve away material around the center of the palm to get a good swell into the shape.
@@SocialRegressive Wow really" That stinks but I understand what your saying, I was watching your video thinking Oh No he's literally removing the very swell built into the grip to help obtain accuracy LOL!! but I completely hear ya & that makes sense now, I wouldn't want a 2x4 feeling grip by no means 😫!! most Palm swells are very thick tho as I'm sure you know, but not like a rounded 2x4 block. That makes sense & it turned out Beautiful, Great Job on the stock!!
I am in the process of milling and custom building my own stocks to spec. out of oak, give me a yell if you are interested. pillars will be the only thing these stocks will need. no bedding material.
There is an OLD trick...with wood..(cant find it being done recently) but you CAN make a spring with wood...Even laqurid and compounded...it would make for a GREAT but stock..
Try scraping instead of sandpaper which clog up all the time. A knife edge will work, but you can get proper scrapers like these for wood finishing. www.leevalley.com/en/wood/page.aspx?p=32644&cat=1,310,41070 Scraping wood can actually leave a finer finish than sandpaper, and gives amazing control over reshaping sections. It's the oldest method of wood finishing, and still one of the best for hand work. I've carved profiles for custom maple hand rails and other wood projects with these, and did one rifle stock with nothing more than a pocket knife, and it worked amazing.
Scrapers are a lot easier than gouges. The scraping action can be very aggressive with the finish, but can be easily controlled to shave much less than a thousandth of an inch at each scrape. Gouging involves directly using the cutting edge (pulling chunks of wood just like a chisel), but scraping relies on the burr left on the edge of the sharpened tool after sharpening, but before honing. There are a number of old timer wood working videos on youtube demonstrating the technique. Incredibly easy.
Not related to the video, but I found an article you might find interesting, considering your mascot's species. thetruthaboutguns.com/2016/05/robert-farago/the-sheepdog-analogy-for-armed-americans-sucks/#comment-2653376
+Sunshine_Shooter Absolutely right! The sheepdog analogy includes some unspoken factors that add a dark (and realistic) edge to the whole idea. For example, some of the police departments in my area are composed of great guys that know who they're working for (the people). But there are other nearby departments with bad cultures. They love to harass the citizens for pleasure and profit. Their loyalty is to the Mayor or some other entity; not the people.
been checking out your build past few months. definitely like it so far. I've been thinking about change out my old cheap flimsii stock past year-year and half. i got the axis in 308 left handed. say it a good rifle as it i keep about inch group at hundred to hundred and thirty yard. guess i need find a range with more distance too. but great biuld
When you put that much time and effort into a chunk of wood, you wanna show it off! Great choice and nice job! Can't wait to see what it does down range.
+tdizzljr I'll give you a hint: it shoots. With a few tweaks I can make it shoot better, but I'm satisfied. Video coming soon!
I want to do this for a CZ rimfire.
Probably the nicest and humble gun videos I have seen on UA-cam in a long time.
I've wanted to do this to a 452, 455, or the fabled 453. Great rifles. I'll be working up a Savage B22 soon; maybe we can make a CZ happen later.
Really great work sir. Lord knows it took a while, but it shows.
Really enjoy this series
+AJ F Thanks for commenting, AJ! The end is aaaaaalmost in sight. I think you'll like the results.
It is coming along awesome, I bet I will.
That is very nice! I just ordered a Pro-Varmint from Boyds.
If you don't mind sharing, what rifle/caliber are you building?
Savage Axis .223
DON C
Cool. I've seen some pictures of very tiny groups guys and gals have shot with the .223 Axis.
I like it, there are ways of bringing out the grain and maintaining basically the same blonde appearance but all in all definitely different and anyone that works with wood will appreciate it.
That blonde laminate looks awesome! good choice leaving it as is. keep up the good work!
Cheers, ASC.
+Australian Shooting Channel Thanks, mate! I subbed your channel. Your hunts look FUN.
Tip..Use a pencil to color in the areas that need to be contoured.....you will know how your doing without having to move the light around....works as a guide coat like they use on paint prep for cars....I use the pencil technical on shaping my guitars😁
Absolutely right. My father-in-law taught me to use chalk, too.
That's genius! Putting sandpaper under the barrel to get perfect fit.
The Social Regressive, I have a Black Pro Varmint for my Mossberg MVP Patrol in .308 and love it. That said, I agree there needs some "tweaking" that needs to be done. I may just have to get after it once my latest Grendel build is done.
Totally unrelated but, I painted an AK in a giraffe pattern once. I put down a sand base coat, then tore my 1/2 inch painters tape lengthwise and flipped one length and overlapped the straight sides to create an organic border for my "splotches". Next I did a burnt rust-looking coat followed by a darker brown misting (just barely push the nozzle on the spraycan and it comes out in larger droplets). I allowed that to dry, then removed my tape and did three coats of a matte clear. Turned out EPIC.
That sounds AWESOME! Send pics! I have a facebook page: facebook.com/TheSocialRegressive/
That looks amazing. Really turned out AWERSOME!! You've go me interested in doing that to my Savage 10FCP-SR
.308. Too bad this won't allow me to post a pic. Really like the build vids
+fsteddie95 Great choice. Is that a 24-inch barrel? If you would like to share some pics, we'd love to see them on the facebook page: facebook.com/TheSocialRegressive
+The Social Regressive Yes, it's a 24" fluted barrel. It's wickedly accurate. I'll post some pics on your FB page. I've be looking for a new stock and wow they range from $1800 to $400. Would love to find one for a reasonable price since I'm going to have to mod it anyway.
+fsteddie95 Thanks! The other guys and gals on the page love to see other peoples' builds. It's cool to see the variations.
Beautiful job!
+Schnot Thanks! I'm glad folks are liking the final effect.
Just ordered a pro varmint for my Savage Axis build! I went with a 26 inch stainless steel heavy varmint barrel and a timney trigger for it! Mines a 30-06 build. I know I'll have to do some work to the barrel channel to make my heavy barrel fit(it's a shame Boyd's doesn't offer a long action with a bull barrel channel). Any tips for widening out the barrel channel? I've been told wooden dowels and sandpaper.
Congratulations! That should be a fun build. You're absolutely right; dowels and sandpaper are the way to go. Since you have a lot of material to remove, you might want to draw some lines on the top of the stock to make sure you don't go too far on one side or the other.
+The Social Regressive Thank you so much my friend! I do love your build, honestly, for the money spent you hit a home run, you also have very skilled hands, I think your blonde stock turned out gorgeous! I plan to Pillar bed and action bed mine, I am very nervous about the pillar bedding, I don't want to mess anything up. I do plan to follow your videos step-by-step and take my time. Still very nervous. You're extremely skilled my friend.
I know how you feel. That first time I cut into a stock was a butt-pucker moment. You'll find that pillar bedding is actually a pretty easy job, though, once you've gotten to the end of the process. The most important part is just to make sure that you drill the holes straight. Take your time. Get it lined up. Clamp that stock down. Then drill.
Enjoyed this video and opened my eye to a couple things with some questions. To do this swap did you have to use the Bottom Metal for a Model 10 and that Magazine? Could you have gone with a Blind Magazine?
Have a Savage model 11 and an Axis that both need new wood and not a Thumb hole fan, Watching you work intently!
Great questions. The Axis uses its own magazine system with a double-to-single magazine. The Boyds stock is inletted to fit that magazine perfectly. I've never seen a blind mag configuration, but I have seen bottom metal that allows you to use AICS-pattern magazines. Can't remember who makes that. You would probably have to make a custom inlet.
Now I'm really eager to know how the competition turns out.
+Kosake82 Check out the Facebook page! facebook.com/TheSocialRegressive I have pics and a quick after-action report.
Not sure if you’ll see this or not but I ordered a Boyd’s laminate featherweight thumbhole stock and it has a few small rough spots on it... is there any way to smooth them out without messing up the finish?
If it's the finish that's rough, then you should be able to polish it out with car wax or something similar. I'd test it in a hidden spot first.
try boiled linseed oil sometime, I did the same to an old 22 from my gdad and it looks amazing. I know what u mean about the "flipping" in the grain or holographic effect, very cool!
I've seen some beautiful linseed oil stocks. Do you think it would work on laminate?
The Social Regressive I do think it'd work fine on laminate. in fact a lot of older ak47 laminate was done with blo. I also have a couple AK's like that too. the part I really like is how you see the grain flip in the blonde wood.😁
Very cool. Thanks, man!
I love boiled linseed oil as a finish. Recently I heard of something called "fixing wax" that was a blend of Boiled Linseed Oil and Beeswax. Have any of you tried that on laminate stocks?
What did you use to fill the gap ??
Have you ever seen any kits that can be installed to make for an adjustable cheek rest and length of pull?
+Precision Rifle Canada I've never looked that up. I'll bet they're out there, though. The concept is simple, but I'll bet the execution is tricky.
Kmw loggerhead kit for the cheek riser, david tubb adjustable butt plate.
Use Birchhwood Casey's gun oil...or tung oil...love it!!
Is it harmful to breathe in the epoxy flakes thats sanded off?
Probably. I'm sure it's "known to the state of California to cause blah blah blah." :P
It's good to be different from the rest of the herd shows imagination
Bro what are you doing, Thats a Palm Swell made specifically in the grip for better accuracy, it helps eliminate lateral movement, your a long range shooter I'm shocked you did this? Stocks looking great tho regardless!!
Maybe I didn't get the right camera angles. The rifle really had no palm swell to start with. It felt kinda like a rounded 2x4. I had to carve away material around the center of the palm to get a good swell into the shape.
@@SocialRegressive Wow really" That stinks but I understand what your saying, I was watching your video thinking Oh No he's literally removing the very swell built into the grip to help obtain accuracy LOL!! but I completely hear ya & that makes sense now, I wouldn't want a 2x4 feeling grip by no means 😫!! most Palm swells are very thick tho as I'm sure you know, but not like a rounded 2x4 block. That makes sense & it turned out Beautiful, Great Job on the stock!!
keeping with the spirit of your low budget, just cut of the head of the over travel screw and slot it with the hack saw
That's the spirit!
Easy off oven cleaner will give you a smooth strip of finish a couple of times you will only need to steal wool it👍🇺🇲
Looks like a Zastava 808 stock
Looks like the stock on my feinwerkbau 601
Wow. That Feinwerkbau 601 stock looks amazing.
Eagerly awaiting the trial by "fire", I hope it performs above expectations.
+trefod The match was extremely fun. I'd like to see if I can get more people into this sport.
I am in the process of milling and custom building my own stocks to spec. out of oak, give me a yell if you are interested. pillars will be the only thing these stocks will need. no bedding material.
with that much work you could have bondo/fiberglassed the plastic stock and gotten as functional for a lot less and gotten better glass.
There is an OLD trick...with wood..(cant find it being done recently) but you CAN make a spring with wood...Even laqurid and compounded...it would make for a GREAT but stock..
+Ed ash I'd like to see that. How cool.
Try scraping instead of sandpaper which clog up all the time. A knife edge will work, but you can get proper scrapers like these for wood finishing.
www.leevalley.com/en/wood/page.aspx?p=32644&cat=1,310,41070
Scraping wood can actually leave a finer finish than sandpaper, and gives amazing control over reshaping sections. It's the oldest method of wood finishing, and still one of the best for hand work.
I've carved profiles for custom maple hand rails and other wood projects with these, and did one rifle stock with nothing more than a pocket knife, and it worked amazing.
I've done a little work with gouges, etc, but I'll definitely need some practice. :D
Scrapers are a lot easier than gouges. The scraping action can be very aggressive with the finish, but can be easily controlled to shave much less than a thousandth of an inch at each scrape. Gouging involves directly using the cutting edge (pulling chunks of wood just like a chisel), but scraping relies on the burr left on the edge of the sharpened tool after sharpening, but before honing.
There are a number of old timer wood working videos on youtube demonstrating the technique. Incredibly easy.
throwingmud Interesting. I'll check that out.
Whats the budget on your man labor? do it all again including labor costs FYI
Not related to the video, but I found an article you might find interesting, considering your mascot's species.
thetruthaboutguns.com/2016/05/robert-farago/the-sheepdog-analogy-for-armed-americans-sucks/#comment-2653376
+Sunshine_Shooter Absolutely right! The sheepdog analogy includes some unspoken factors that add a dark (and realistic) edge to the whole idea. For example, some of the police departments in my area are composed of great guys that know who they're working for (the people). But there are other nearby departments with bad cultures. They love to harass the citizens for pleasure and profit. Their loyalty is to the Mayor or some other entity; not the people.
+Sunshine_Shooter Thanks for linking to this. This is the first article I've seen on that side of the argument.
The Social Regressive First I've seen as well. I'm glad you liked it.
Blonde it is...
....factor in your time and this (at least for what I make an hour) would be the worlds most expensive rifle.
Yeah, I have a friend who is a penny pincher. Never accounts for his time.
:-)
been checking out your build past few months. definitely like it so far. I've been thinking about change out my old cheap flimsii stock past year-year and half. i got the axis in 308 left handed. say it a good rifle as it i keep about inch group at hundred to hundred and thirty yard. guess i need find a range with more distance too. but great biuld
+shaun OKeefe Absolutely; a stock upgrade makes a massive difference, if only in ergonomics. Totally worth it. Keep shooting!