A long put off project of mine will hopfully make some headway tomorrow and not being a wood guy hoping for imput on the blanks I have (this is a savage 99 project)
In the first four pictures the bottom two pieces of wood are what I always thought I would use obove them are a couple more fore end blanks that may be better suited or maybe none of them are right?
Pictures 5 and 6 are of anothe blank purchased with my Dakota 10 project in mind
Pictures 7 and 8 are of another set that I purchased mainly for the Butt stock with a replacement for a cracked stock on my borchardt in mind.
Looking for imput on what may be suited for the new 99. Do you guys think the bottom 2 in the first set of pictures will work?
https://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/galleries/13473370#Post13473370Thanks Chris
They'll all work. The bottom one in the far LH pic might be a little tricky getting around the sap wood, if that bothers you.
What's this Dakota 10 project of which you speak?
I have an action here that I need to finish. I had finally decided to barrel it in 22lr but when I called Dakota looking for another breech block they said they no longer offer them? When I told them thier websight lists the cartridge I was informed my action is eary enough they have sinse changed the block some and a new manufactured one will not work.
Still thinking on it though maybe I will machine the bore of center enough to acomodate the firing pin placement.
Tell us about the 99 metal...model, barrel wt/length, TD/solid, PG/straight, etc.
Solid frame 260 remington, she will be light weight, 23" barrel, pistol grip stock, hoping for the pre war R shaped for end.
Will need help on the early r for end dimentions. Hopefully I will have a few pictures tomorrow.
Started life as a post mil E has serrial number on bottom if memory serves.
Rick I still think we should rebarrel a 22HP with a 224 bore for you.
Mr. Williams,
I vote for the 7/8 set, but I am a fool for curly/fiddle back/tiger stripe wood of any breed!
Beautiful...
Chris, Nice to have so many choices! I agree with Gary, they all would work! Nice that You are finally working on Your own project!!
To the question of grain character on the first bunch, yes a 99 PG butt will end up with some of that sapwood, which is softer/lighter, especially at the top tang and grip end. Lighter is good, but softer will mean it's more susceptible field dents over time, maybe more susceptible to the dreaded tang crack too, but that feels like a low risk. That butt might work better on a small frame action with straight grip, which will give more opportunity to work around the sap wood. But if you like the contrast of light and dark colors, I'd say go for it.
The single block with the pretty feather grain looks to offer the most consistent grain character across the both pieces, plenty of wood to work with.
Looks like the last set might be close for fitting the pistol grip. I made some templates out of plexiglass so I could move them around a piece of wood and see how the surface grain lays within the stock shape.
I can dig out some of my blocks so You can compare other options.
"Rick I still think we should rebarrel a 22HP with a 224 bore for you"
What a great idea!! Instead of 22 "High Power" maybe we could call it something like 22 "Zipper" or 22 "Varminter"