No knives today but used some

Sometimes it has been a bit of repair work like for this P14 Enfield stok. My friend bought the rifle very cheap because the previous own had a careless moment with another rifle and the shot damaged this stock.
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I cut a light dovetail and fitted a patch piece in and called it good enough that the rifle could be put back into service.
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Will get to some actual stocks from the blank next
 
This is how my 400 Lee Speed came together. I was doing a 375-303 for a friend at the same time so some pics are of both during the build as it is time saving to do the same operation to both at the same time. I have to pick and choose the pics as there are a lot and so some parts of the making prcess will have to be left out in the name of brevity.
Start with a nice blank
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I have a framed stock pattern so I can be sure of how the grain will be in critical areas although for the two piece stock it is not quite so important, however to make the best of the wood in both grain and colour, it is a good aid. I made this pattern when I had accesss to a number of genuine Lee Speeds from the early years pf 1900-1910. It is a most comfortable stock to use and now after doing over a dozen of them I apreciate it even more.
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I have a pattern of the action so with that marked in--
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I can cut down to this stage with a 18tpi hacksaw (fine teeth means fine cut) and clear the material
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I then turn it over and mark in and drill for the magazine well and trigger guard
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Then trim it out leaving the final sizing till later
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I can then turn it back over and finish the action area and for this there is nothing quite like an old grannies tooth hand router.
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Between the grannies tooth, chisels and scrapers the actions recess is soon taken care of. I have a few different scrapers that I have made from files and they are indispensible for this job.
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And after care and time this is the result.
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The next thing is to get the trigger guard setteled into place
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and then it starts to look more like it should at this stage.
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More to come tomorrow night.
 
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