My favourite new 77

[RustyBuzz]

Show off. Joking apart I wish someone would do custom specials like this again. Simply Lovely. Mach 1.5

Thanks Mach. There is a definite gap in the market for this kind of custom work, someone somewhere must have the inclination.

[Scott.]

Your rifle is stunning mate, I wish you all the very very best of fun with it in the years ahead.

I also wish that somebody would make that exact style of stock for the 77 instead of the usual boring Thumbholes & Sporters
The FWB300 style of stock with a Tyrollean cheekpiece is my dream stock for my own 77

[brian747]

That looks a master piece well done all involved, i am not jealous honest!!!!!!!
atb brian

[averageplinker]

That is truly beautiful. I too have a huge soft spot for stocks like these. I love the upright pistol grips and they look much better with dark areas of stippling rather than chequering (to my eyes anyway).
I have a couple of stocks I would like to have a go at stippling, would you be willing to share what you use to stipple the stock and what stain and/or finish is used to darken it?
Many thanks Rich.

[Rickenbacker]

Love it, all except the wooden buttpad.

... mmmm cheese, I really like cheese, I moved onto the next grate idea...

[Mach 1.5]

Those of us of a certain age remember looking at AGW and Airgunner at custom wonders by Airgun Centre, Airmasters, Gunsport,Kestock, Northern Arms, Shooting Supplies,Venom, WBBS etc and thinking I'm spoilt for choice. Now a days the golden age of the custom special is no longer with us. Mach 1.5

[averageplinker]

Love it, all except the wooden buttpad.

IIRC running boar rifles had smooth wooden butt pads so that they didn't "catch" in the shoulder when mounting the rifle to shoot the moving target.
Rich.

[RustyBuzz]

That is truly beautiful. I too have a huge soft spot for stocks like these. I love the upright pistol grips and they look much better with dark areas of stippling rather than chequering (to my eyes anyway).
I have a couple of stocks I would like to have a go at stippling, would you be willing to share what you use to stipple the stock and what stain and/or finish is used to darken it?
Many thanks Rich.

Stippling is trickier than it first appears. At first, it seems the easy alternative to chequering but to create an attractive, consistent pattern that doesn’t look like a colander made by a drunken blind man takes a lot of practice. Most stippling you see is just awful.

I use a dremel with a mix of small diameter cutting blades and multiple sweeps to achieve the desired effect. Change your angle of attack with each sweep. Be consistently random.

Best of luck. ;-)

Richard

[averageplinker]

Stippling is trickier than it first appears. At first, it seems the easy alternative to chequering but to create an attractive, consistent pattern that doesn’t look like a colander made by a drunken blind man takes a lot of practice. Most stippling you see is just awful.

I use a dremel with a mix of small diameter cutting blades and multiple sweeps to achieve the desired effect. Change your angle of attack with each sweep. Be consistently random.

Best of luck. ;-)

Richard

Thanks, I think I will practice on some scrap wood first.

Are you able to advise what you use to finish the stippled area to give it that matt black effect? Is it an oil with black pigment added?

Cheers again, Rich.

[Arthur John Smithsplease]

Wish I had a dad like that.

[Rustam Bana]

Are you able to advise what you use to finish the stippled area to give it that matt black effect? Is it an oil with black pigment added?

The same stain and finish used for the rest of the stock, will show up much darker (almost black) on the stippled areas.

I used to use the reamer from the Victorinox Swiss Tool Plus. The multi-tool had good weight to it and was easier to use compared to the reamer on a Victorinox Swiss Champ.

[Hsing-ee]

'Be consistently random'.

When can we expect the first edition of 'Zen and the Art of Springer Maintenance'. ?