to me a rifle is a piece of engineering, and a piece of carpentry.
put together it`s a piece of art.
it is a tool if i say so.
i look after each piece of art as it needs to be looked after.
the woodwork on some of the pieces i have lost would look like nothing else in a museum.
i think the remington 30 cal. i had stolen would prove that.
brought from a rusty relic to a sought after prize in the sixties.
rusty, if you take a peice of wood and just keep polishing it, the oil f rom the wax will keep seeping in.
it might take years to make the stock "bespoke" but it can be done quicker with the new stuff.