Mine is hickory which was a pain in the rear but i m happy with the results.
Making laminated rifle stocks.
The striped multi color laminated wood will make any project standout.
The color doesn t sit on the surface it goes clear through front to back each wood laminate layer.
Not only is it much stronger and stable it has a tactile warmth about it that no synthetic can.
Thinking about thumbhole stock just make one out of the wood you d like.
I just made one.
An increasingly popular alternative to synthetic gunstocks.
And that s what gives boyds gunstocks those deep bright and rich colors.
I make laminated stocks for several reasons.
Colored laminate projects of all shapes and sizes.
Semi custom gunstocks since 1948 gunstocks for over 100 bolt actions air rifles muzzleloaders in 25 different sporter standard target stock designs.
20 laminated colors 8 grades of 7 different species of hardwoods.
Wood stocks fiberglass stocks laminate stocks tactical stocks and takedown stocks.
We work with our clients preference of stock style and material for an exceptional shooting experience.
It is laminated but it s only 4 layers so you don t have the laminated look.
Our laminated gunstocks are composed of 1 16 birch veneers which have been completely saturated with colored dye then hydraulically pressed and bonded together using a superior resin adhesive.
I suppose it would depend on how tough your action is to inlet.
The main one is stability for target shooting the other big reason is the time needed to dry a thick blank and the high cost of fancy wood in sizes big enough to use.
One really cool feature about the boyds laminated gunstocks is that the color in each individual layer of wood is actually infused into the wood fibers themselves.
Once the log is trued and the blade is making total contact with the spinning log the veneer peels off in an unbroken sheet at 15 mph.
A laminate is just flat out better at being a gunstock than the traditional one piece chunk of wood.
I spent a lot of time looking at other stocks and although i really like the look and feel of thumb hole stocks the action of this particular rifle a toggle bolt is better suited to an open saddle type design so after a lot of sketching and thinking i decided to model the stock on the beautiful sako trg 22 which was also convenient since a friend of mine owns one and was.
