Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Custom Rifles & Wildcats 1st quality synthetic stocks...need gunmaker

Looking for gunsmith who does very high quality fit and finish on synthetic stocks. Great bedding alone not enough. Fit around edges and paint must be just as good.

I haven't had much custom work done myself but I did just evaluate a GA Precision rifle we bought at work and the bedding + fit was absolutely first rate. I don't believe their rates are any higher than anyone else and quality of work was absolutely impressive!

Nick

Here's an old thread addressing the question:

https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/3228749/1

Thanks but bedding into a stock is not enough. I am looking for someone who can do finely detailed work on the exterior as well.

Chad Dixon of LRI does amazing stock work. Are you starting with a flat top stock?

Kevin Weaver did a good job on the couple of Legends he put on my rifles.

nathan chesney at hillbilly custom rifles

The last 3 above (LRI, Weaver, and Nathan) were the ones that came to mind for me.

Eddie Fosbaugh, eddief here on the Fire.

In no particular order, any of these guys do excellent work:

Nathan Chesney @ Hillbilly Custom Rifles
Eddie Fosnaugh @ Fosnaugh Customs
Alex Sitman @ Masteclass Stocks

Or Karl Feldkamp @ Kampfeld Customs if you can get him to do it if he isn't busy with other work.

I can go along with this.

Jon Addis at Area 419.

Chad Dixon at LRI comes to mind as first hand experience and I am sure there are many many others.
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Tag.

You can get great bedding, fit, finish, paint, from a number of talented types out there,
but that doesnt mean they all go into the modding/extra details like you see for eg. on
say a Mark Penrod M70 tang...

these are from old 24CF threads;

http://s1244.photobucket.com/user/pathfinder76/media/IMG_6436_zps9i7jqvn4.jpg.html

http://s1244.photobucket.com/user/pathfinder76/media/IMG_6437_zpsid0prsg7.jpg.html


http://oi91.photobucket.com/albums/k306/Deacondoggie/2-4.jpg

http://s331.photobucket.com/albums/l463/Huntr7X57/Penrod.jpg

PM returned

Those are danged nice rifles. I'll try to get some closer pictures of my Weaver Mashburn and my P64 338. I think Kevin did a great job, but no doubt Mark Penrod does excellent work as well.

Mark Gordon @ Short Action Customs does kick ass fit/finish work....I have a couple of his builds.

Robert Gradous @ Gradous Rifles!!!!!!!!

Weaver does a good stocking job with the regular unmodded M70 tang.

http://weaverrifles.com/Rifles/Synthetic/300WSM_2/300WSM_2.htm

http://weaverrifles.com/Rifles/Synthetic/Pre64wsm/Pre64wsm.htm

but what I've noticed with a number of gunmakers (including Weaver, McWhorter, etc) when using McMllans,
is that despite the receiver and barrel channel fit being very good, there is(often enough) an unsightly gap
around the bolt handle. This is usually the case with stocks that have the BH cut-out performed by McMllan.
Some smiths would never let a rifle leave the shop with such a gap, but I don't know which maker rinB will
ultimately decide on.

People have raved about McWhorter over the yrs , personally I wouldn't accept a custom straight BH Borden
stocked with cut-out to suit a factory dog-leg 700 BH.

http://assets4.lionseek.com/item/guns/medium_453726-2-mcwhorter-custom-rifle-for-sale-243-win.jpg

https://s3.amazonaws.com/mgm-conten...3101_01_mcwhorter_custom_7mm_stw_640.jpg

This is what a Borden in a McMllan looks like when done to what I consider true custom standard:

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k50/snapbox2/2a7af6a0-bf3f-4683-a636-6fdba59d7f23_zpsimcnbxzv.jpg

Echols McMllan stocks do not have the cut-out, allowing a smith to create a very close uniform fit around the
BH of choice. I am presuming RinB wants the best fit in every respect when stocking a McMllan, so its some-
thing one needs to keep in mind and mention to ones choice of gunmaker when commissioning the job.