Building a Pattern Stock Presented by Larry Potterfield | MidwayUSA Gunsmithing

A pattern stock is used in a stock duplicating machine to create the final stock of nearly final dimensions. This process allows the stock to first be shaped so that it perfectly fits the shooter before the final stock is carved from a stock blank. Take a look as Larry Potterfield, Founder and CEO of MidwayUSA, creates a pattern stock using a factory Remington 700 rifle stock, some files, bondo, and a bit of know-how.
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[@konstantinbenelli2141]

It's nice to watch these professional lessons of weapon repairing.
Thanks for Great job!

[@erneststanley896]

This approach to a "dialed in" stock is the answer I have been looking for for some time. I have a sixties Ruger 44 mag carbine that I want to re-barrel to 20 inches and restock in a Mannlicher style stock. What is presented in this video is nothing less than a super slick way of getting the stock I am looking for in creating my "nearly perfect brush rifle" The sacrifice of the awful factory stock to serve as the bases of a Bondo pattern dream stock makes the silk purse from the sows ear.
Thanks Larry for sharing, I appreciate it.

[@tomzeedee]

Larry is a true craftsman.

[@MrGuitars8]

Thank you so much for your GREAT Knowledge and videos , you are a Master Hunter and Gunsmith and I as a Hunter thank you so much .

[@sergeantbigmac]

I forgot half way through he was making a 'pattern' stock. Im like, holy shit good luck finishing that and making all those patches match up! haha

[@JamesWillmus]

Just use 15 coats of paint and then some epoxy to coat it.

[@robertlombardo8437]

Wow. I am coughing and sneezing just LOOKING at that Bondo blizzard!

[@mattmcnicholas3735]

That was awesome to watch, you are the best gunsmith I've ever seen. Seriously, well done.

[@1anthonybrowning]

It is a machine that you put a pattern into and it will cut the copy while rotating the pattern and the copy simultaneously. On the pattern piece there is a ball or a wheel that tracks along and on the copy is a cutting bit. I hope they shot the duplicator in action for you to see. When you see it, everything makes sense, it's like, "oh, yeah".

[@maxair5970]

Larry your a true craftsman!

[@5899jason]

This is part of the reason why i try my hardest to do all my bussiness with midway usa. Thanks larry

[@mackenziejones4890]

Larry potterfeild is the man so colm and layed back

[@blitzsoldier1]

Sir are you sure you are not a machine ? That perfect precision and high level craftmenship isn't human !

[@jeffshootsstuff]

Thanks for uploading the longer versions of these videos. Great stuff!

[@paulpoindexter4050]

This guy is a wizard

[@neutra19]

Perfect re-engineering job

[@phillipgee5324]

Simple the BEST!! I wish you lived in the UK. I believe we have the best "gun manufactures". However, you are certainly the best gunsmith I have seen but not known personally.
Kind regards
Phillip Gee

[@jamessliman]

I could watch u work all day. amazing sir just amazing

[@devinshyremoralez9636]

Beautiful guns I actually have a Remington 700 CDL that I bought when I was 12

[@aaronmpeters26]

you sir, are a legend

[@jergensenC6]

Very cool video. Thanks Larry. Keep them coming... please.

[@Madmick82]

I really enjoyed the longer video, cant wait for the next.

[@holmes1978]

Excellent what craftsmen ship very impressed !!! WOW

[@GarnettM]

Precision engineering right there .

[@youngmanwaffen4955]

NICE WORKS!!

[@brettdearman4569]

Larry could have been a "body and fender" man. He works that Bondo like a pro.

[@mattconway7409]

Simply superb

[@Llamadosalvaje]

I love this videos! Always a excellent content . Congratulations!

[@TheFootballman123]

Larry for president!

[@RadJordy]

This video is so mesmerizing.

[@ManMak6]

I love these videos and I love the background music

[@dciresearch8281]

Your a gunsmithing genius.

[@masonheath5338]

You must be a television repairman because you have the ultimate set of tools

[@sergeantbigmac]

+Ruger Guy
Nope, just a professional gunsmith. A professional has the right tool for the job, while the average joe finds ways to make do.

[@TorchwoodLuthiers]

Unlike some people. I got the Jeff Spicoli reference!

[@silverhorder1969]

This is beyond my talents!

[@tetekofa]

Outstanding!!

[@shortlong8936]

*Bondo now illegal in Britain*

[@82SchoolBoy]

Epoxy and either baking soda or micro balloons + cabosil

[@robertlombardo8437]

What? Why the hell for?

[@Jari_Kuusisto]

I have found, that synthetic elbow grease works best in projects like this.

[@licensetochill79]

how I knew Larry was a great gunsmith. but damn I didn't know he was a body Man to lol

[@FishyBoi1337]

Wow, just... wow

[@manuelyepez8814]

Buenas pregunta tengo una escopeta de arrojo de tres tiros pero el sistema que sube el tiro no fusiona bien

[@bobhilly546312156332]

I take it it would be a similar process if you started with a plastic stock

[@kellycheng5119]

i got lucky, i went to work with the girls and we were cleaning out a house that was foreclosed, i opened a door to my supprise i find a gun case with all sorts of things i could use to build my own gun :D

[@Aint1S]

It's a shame that you don't have many model 94, 30-30 offerings beyond sights.
Specifically, rifle parts kits and bullets for reloading like bulk of the the Hornady 160 GR FTX. Just a better selection would make me want to use Midway for my of my 1894 projects and reloading.
Great video.

[@ericburlingame8079]

i love watching this but this music pisses me off so bad

[@APACHE529CREWCHIEF]

Eric Burlingame Lol me too

[@JohnDoe-iw7zc]

Can you do the same thing with a millitary style?

[@Vike0120]

How would you go about removing laminate stock finish?

[@mikein_ga]

What is the best wood to use as a blank to cut the new stick out of? Where would you find wood blanks at?

[@shanepurcell8376]

I am not sure what is the best, but alot of company's make them out of walnut

[@teh0theif]

Cerakote it. Forget the duplicator.

[@paulvenn4447]

Any ideas on the name of the tool he uses that has the pins in it?

[@louiscoetsee2354]

where can i post a question. for the gunsmith to explain something to me.maybe in a movie or something

[@documentationdepot2585]

Oh My Gosh!

[@koyasahmed6537]

fabarm brecla m 130 itale

[@ibrahimyousef]

I love USA

[@sheepsfoot2]

Can someone tell me the tool at 3:29 is thanks

[@izvarzone]

How is this thing on 3:33 called?

[@xoPballguyox]

finger gage

[@TheWilliamlk]

Anyone else using this knowledge for an airgun?

[@DvotaktniKrkan]

Yup, im working on a target Zbrojevka Model 77, old but gold rifle

[@zanpekosak2383]

@@DvotaktniKrkan CZ for the win! I presume you are from balkan?

[@DvotaktniKrkan]

@@zanpekosak2383 Yes, im your neighbour from Croatia

[@user-nc6pj4sm8v]

I Love you

[@ibrahimyousef]

United States great

[@craigsguns4495]

If anyone but Larry Potterfield had presented this video, it would've been more authentic. In reality how Larry ends up with a pattern stock is to buy a company that already has hundreds of patterns, equipment to use them on, and more combined years of experience than Larry has lived! in this case that company was Reinhart Fajen!

[@DickTheDonkey00]

does bondo stain the same as the wood?

[@crazyfvck]

+xXDICKTHEDONKEYXx No. And it doesn't matter, because he is not using this stock. This is a pattern stock. It is used as a pattern for making the actual finished stock.

[@justinbouvier132]

That is really good work but with all your talent why didn’t you just build your own stock from scratch. Its not like you have alot of work being you own midway so I’m sure you can make the time to do so being what you just did took the same amount of time and you wont have to worry about being disappointed

[@ianrotundo8545]

somebody cancel this music!!

[@allanking3800]

What's up with the bad music

[@Puckelf4923]

if u used the metric system this would be translatable, I enjoy the patete feel to the weapon. As a bladesmith all the swords i make have girls names ... dont mess with my emma lol.(shes my spear)

[@thorodinson1587]

what's with the Africa music!?!? lol!!

[@crazyfvck]

+Thor Odinson This video was from his Safari Rifle series. Apparently you didn't watch the rest of the videos.

[@blitzsoldier1]

Sir are you sure you are not a machine ? That perfect precision and high level craftmenship isn't human !