Rounding Foreend of Rifle Stock

[lgm270]

How difficult is it to cut off an old military mauser stock and round the foreend? 

Is this something a novice can accomplish?

Any good books, links, videos that anyone would recommend?

[Tommyt]

Cut, rasp, Sand, Finish, this may be one way but I am in no way an expert,
  I hope more will post up
Good luck with your Project

Tommyt

[trotterlg]

It is dead easy to round off the stock.  Problem will be finding a place to cut it so that it looks right when you are done.  If you don't care about the looks just pick a length and cut it off with a hand saw.  Larry

[gunnut69]

First if the rifle is not damage it may well be worth more uncut and to destroy a piece of history that's worth a goodly amount would be poor judgement. Nut if already out of the collector relm or of a variety that's stell plentiful then have at it. It's not rocket science to cut and round the forestock. If there's a cleaning rod hole present cut the forestock off and likely the hole for the rod will show like the proverbial diamond so cutting a bit ahead of where the end is desired allows gluing a tight fitting dowel in the hole and after sufficient drying time is allowed recutting and finishing will help hide the hole. Be careful of machining cuts in the barrel channel that were put there to ease manufacture and the cuts for band attachment springs. Steps for the bands can be blended and the stock refinished as desired. I've added pistol grips, check pieces, foreend caps(many types) and added checkering. Some of these stocks have beautiful wood... Good luck with your project. Lord knows how many I've done this way but then they were a lot cheaper and more plentiful in the old days,..