Author Topic: Built my own encore stock (Read 1235 times)

james · « **on:** February 18, 2004, 08:35:07 AM »

The synhetic stock are light and durable but I thought I might improve on it. The factory wood was a little thick for my hand so I set out to make my own custom stock the way I wanted it. Only hand tools were used -other than a router for the barrel channel and a hand drill for the holes. The SVL recoil pad takes the bite out of the 209 X 50 and 7mm-08 recoil. It increased the weight to 9.5 lb. for the 24" heavey barrel. I left the forend flat for bench shooting but thinned it down at the balance point for carrying. I have only shot it a few times but believe there is no change in accuracy over the synthetic stocks. I have not free floated the barrel at this time. It is a good project for people like myself that are prone to cabin fever.

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james · « **Reply #1 on:** February 18, 2004, 08:38:52 AM »

Sorry, the picture didn't go thru. I'll have to see if I can resend it or you can go to hunt101 to see it.
jh

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Raven · « **Reply #2 on:** February 18, 2004, 10:09:37 AM »

Man, that is some great looking work. Very impressive. The butt stock looks like a thumbhole monte carlo. Great Job!

buckenbass · « **Reply #3 on:** February 18, 2004, 03:25:55 PM »

james looks great

longwinters · « **Reply #4 on:** February 18, 2004, 03:33:21 PM »

James, real nice. Looks like you have some considerable time and sweat into a very nice piece of wood. How did you figure out your pattern?

long

james · « **Reply #5 on:** February 19, 2004, 03:13:41 AM »

Thanks Buckenbass, -I'm not much of a whiz on computers.- but I finally got the pict to open. This was my first encore stock so I used the synthetic for a pattern for inleting. the rest was trial and error. The synthetic forearm was too small so I left the wood wide and flat on the bottom. I quickly realized it would be a pain to carry so I cut it down to normal stock dimensions in the area where I carry it. I haven't seen much checkering on encore wood so I put the finger grooves in the stock to give a better grip. The thumbhole started with a 1.25 inch hole cut with a spade bit and then wood rasped until it fit my hand. I used a quarter inch allthread bolt for the stock with a washer and nut on the bottom. I had to use the forearm screws from the synthetic stock as I couldn't find any longer ones that fit. This required deep counter sinks but I can always put in pillars if I find longer screws. I finished it with about 10 coats of a tung oil finish. Oh yea, I also put a big cheek piece on the left side because I had very little cheek contact with the synthetic stock when using a scope.

old4x4 · « **Reply #6 on:** March 14, 2004, 03:20:26 PM »

I just built mine, too. The EABCO 6.5-06 Ackley Imp barrel strings 'em vertically even with the washers, so I'm going to try putting a very slight pressure point in the end of the forearm. It turned my brother's Rem 700 7mm Mag into a sub 3/4" shooter from a 2"+ rifle. Kinda nice making your own foreends..you can fool with it as much as you want..

longwinters · « **Reply #7 on:** March 15, 2004, 12:00:01 PM »

Looks real nice 4x4. Let us know how the pressure point works.

long

powermad · « **Reply #8 on:** April 04, 2004, 05:20:59 PM »

Curious as to what tools you are using to make these stocks/forends. I have access to some woodworking tools and may try to fabricate something myself.

old4x4 · « **Reply #9 on:** April 05, 2004, 10:47:45 AM »

Powermad, I use a 4 or 5 hand files and a lot of time. The forearms are cut out with a table saw and the barrel channel is hogged out with a router (mounted in a table) I haven't figured out a perfect technique for inletting yet--drill press and lots of Dremel work. If you saw the inside of my walnut stock, you'd laugh, but it works. It was my 1st stock. My second is a curly maple for a 416 Rem Mag barrel (on order-OTT). I didn't think the walnut would hold up.

james · « **Reply #10 on:** April 13, 2004, 02:45:38 AM »

For inleting the stock, I drilled out the excess wood then used a chisel. I needed a smaller chisel than I had so I ground a chisel point on an old quarter inch square shaft screw driver. I used the homemade tool more than the real chisels. I also used small rasps and files to get the final fit. I spent the time because I enjoy it and had nothing better to do. It is very slow and not a method I would recommend to someone making a living as a stock maker.
jh

bushmaster · « **Reply #11 on:** April 21, 2004, 08:18:56 AM »

4X4,
Did you stain your stock? I tried to make a stock with maple and it looked as white as a shovel handle.

old4x4 · « **Reply #12 on:** April 21, 2004, 11:36:43 AM »

Bushmaster, I stained it with a dye stain (not what you'd find at Home Depot or Walmart. You'd have to go to a woodworking store. The theory is that the pores in Maple are so small that the particles in regular stain (pigment) are too large to soak into the wood and wil congregate in any tool marks that remain. Then it will lay on the surface and will wipe off when you wipe the stain. Dye stain has much smaller particles that will soak into thepores of the wood. It USUALLY comes as a powder that you mix in either alcohol or distilled water, depending on which type you choose. I hate the color that it came out..I wanted a more reddish color like you see on the super fancy muzzleloader stocks, but oh well. I ain't making another one because, as you know, maple's so damn hard to work with...