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Looking for some advice from those here who have built rifles and / or are good woodworkers
I have in my possession two stock blanks, blanks as in most of the wood is still there and are rifle stocks only to the point where they have kind of the general shape of a rifle. I have a .36 caliber flintlock barrel in a half stock that my dad built, but I really want to pull the barrel and put it in a full stock with a good lock. The original rifle has a CVA lock that is... unreliable is a nice word for it. I want to pair it with an L&R lock or a small Siler lock in the new stock.
I have been looking for quite some time at Southern Mountain or Tennessee style rifles and I think I have decided that I want to use one of these two styles to shape the stocks. The problem is I'm not all that adept at copying patterns without plans of some kind. The problem is I'm not sure where to find them! So I have two questions.
Is there anywhere I can get a set of plans to follow for this? If there isn't, how can I decide on dimensions and shape without having a general pattern to follow? While my dad did a really good job on the original stock, the main complaint I have is that the rifle doesn't really conform to any pattern; it is just mostly 'shaped like a gun'. I want to have something that looks great and shoots as well as the original. I also have a .45 caliber barrel that is matched to the stock, so I can put the .45 in the original stock, or swap them out between the guns if I really want to. As this is the first rifle I plan to shape on my own, I appreciate any advice from the seasoned professionals in this area. Thanks ahead of time!
I have been looking for quite some time at Southern Mountain or Tennessee style rifles and I think I have decided that I want to use one of these two styles to shape the stocks. The problem is I'm not all that adept at copying patterns without plans of some kind. The problem is I'm not sure where to find them! So I have two questions.
Is there anywhere I can get a set of plans to follow for this? If there isn't, how can I decide on dimensions and shape without having a general pattern to follow? While my dad did a really good job on the original stock, the main complaint I have is that the rifle doesn't really conform to any pattern; it is just mostly 'shaped like a gun'. I want to have something that looks great and shoots as well as the original. I also have a .45 caliber barrel that is matched to the stock, so I can put the .45 in the original stock, or swap them out between the guns if I really want to. As this is the first rifle I plan to shape on my own, I appreciate any advice from the seasoned professionals in this area. Thanks ahead of time!