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Looking for recommendations for a wood stock maker....

I know it isnt a cheap deal but wondering who does good work at reasonable prices?

Thanks in advance for any and all help....

James Kobe on this forum. Not cheap, but very good and has a very reasonable turn around time.

Jim does excellent stock work. I say that from first hand experience.

Another vote for Jim Kobe. He’s made rifle and shotgun stocks for me.

Is he the only one?

I have seen some of Dennis Olson’s work and I was impressed. Maybe he would send pictures. I saw them in person.

I have a beautiful 458Lott with metal work by Dennis Olson and Jim Kobe did an outstanding stock for it.

You might want to look at Tom Turpin's Modern Custom Guns (book): https://www.amazon.com/Modern-Custo...swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

The book lists and gives pictures of many beautiful rifles and skilled artists.

Many I'm not intentionally going to mention below, just short sighted. And you didn't mention a budget so (if you can afford the top two you don't need anything from me!)...

David Miller

D'Arcy Echols

Kevin Weaver: weaverrifles.com/

Jim Kobe

Leroy Barry at Canyon Creek: http://www.canyoncreekgunstocks.com/Display.asp Canyon Creek does some interesting checkering also.

Robert Szweda: http://customstockmaker.com

Dennis Olson in Plains, MT. No website. He advertises in Rifle magazine (as does Szweda).

You'll also have to purchase a wood blank. That alone could ruin your budget. I have purchased wood blanks from Cecil Fredi in Las Vegas and Roger Vardy in Australia, both with good results.

Cecil's website: http://www.gunstockblanks.com

Roger's website: www.rogervardystockwood.com/

Also Dressels and others for the blank.

v/r
Joel

Case in point I forgot JRGunmaker in South Dakota. I appreciate his posts here.

Along with many others