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What Type of Wood is Best for Your Next DIY Project?
It is my understanding of this week's discussion prompt that I, the customer, will be choosing a type of wood for a build I am completing...
How to Begin Your DIY Gun Stock Project: Steps to Get Started
Should you choose maple as your wood when preparing your own wood stock? I believe this comes down to your comfort and experience when...
Essential Tools for Crafting Your Own Gun Stock: A Beginner's Guide
As an overview of the basic woodworking tools you would need to begin your own gunstock woodworking customization project, I will be...
What are the essential measurements for customizing a gun stock?
Knowing the critical measurements when custom making a gun stock is critical to the fitment of the gun to its user and to the overall...
Exploring the Art of Inletting: Building Your Fundamental Understanding
The term inletting is used to describe the process of carefully cutting away sections of a stock to fit the receiver, barrel and action....
Budget-Friendly Tips for Crafting Your Own Rifle Stock from Scratch
Seeing as I am just getting started building a new rifle stock and I have a very limited budget and skill level, I may need to think of a...
What Type of Wood is Best for Making a Durable and Attractive Gunstock?
To start my hypothetical gunstock project, I need to select a type of wood that is durable and strong but one that still has a tight...
Is It Worth Repairing a J.C. Higgins Model 20-Gauge Shotgun with a Split Stock?
For the purposes of this conversation, a customer brings in a J.C. Higgins Model 20-gauge shotgun in poor condition with a split in the...
The Importance of Proper Wood Preparation for Project Success
Wood Preparation can be the key to a successful project and can mean the difference between an amazing looking finished product and a...
How Can Decal Patterns Enhance Your Design and Branding when checkering gunstocks?
Checkering may have different purposes depending on who you are asking. For example, someone looking to have a very detailed checkering...
How to Minimize Felt Recoil: Tips for a Smoother Shooting Experience
For this, I have selected the Barrett M82A1 .50 Caliber rifle because it is one of the heaviest recoiling rifles on the market today....
Choosing the Right Material for Crafting High-Quality Rifle Butt Plates
Obviously, the preferred material used when making a rifles buttplate can be a matter of opinion. While the maker of the buttplate may...
Safely Secure Your Stock Without Using a Cradle for checkering
For this project I did not create a cradle for the stock for one reason. I am working with a raw piece of wood and not an already shaped...
Is Machine Checkering Killing the Art of Hand Checkering?
I believe one factor that is contributing to the declining popularity of hand checkering is simply technology. Back when people first...
Is Checkering Wood Before Staining or Varnishing a Bad Idea?
To be 100% honest, I have always thought the shaping and finishing of a stock was really hard. Now to be clear, my work is far from...
Exploring the Different Styles of Firearms Drawings and Their Importance in Gunsmithing
Having worked with a ridiculous number of firearms at this point in my career, I can attest that firearms blueprints and drawings can...
Does Igniting Gunpowder Cause a Chemical Reaction?
According to what I was able to find in the Encyclopedia Britannica website, a chemical reaction can be defined as “a process in which...
Understanding Rifle Ballistics: Exploring Purpose, Caliber, and Recoil Characteristics
There are three major factors to consider when looking to purchase a new rifle or designing a stock and they are the rifle’s purpose, the...
What category of Federal Firearms License do most gunsmiths apply for?
Most gunsmiths in the United States apply for a Federal Firearms License (FFL) under Category 01, which is commonly known as a "Dealer in...
ATF Definition of a Prohibited Person and Factors Leading to Inclusion
The United States Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) has established a clear definition of a "prohibited person"...
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