Cost of rifle stock work

[FEENIX]

$50/hr won't keep the lights on in shop today!

This!

 

[Will.284]

I talked to a guy in Texas who said he would inlet a carbon stock for 400- 450$ and I supplied the stock I jumped on it. It's for a savage build I'm doing and he said a savage is finicky

 

[old_heli_logger]

It's crazy, you pay good money for a blank and then try to save money on getting it inletted and finish

 

[Lenny Foffa]

Since the Stock Doctor stopped accepting work, I do not know of a GOOD, Smith who will do the final. fussy inletting and finish and checker the stock, OTHER THAN Griffen and Howe over in Andover NJ . I read somewhere that the late Al Bissen (Who did Jock O'Conner's stocks ) has a son who is continuing his father's work.

 

[Philward]

Wood is a one shot deal, can't just go pour more resin and fiber in a mold to kick out a new one if it gets screwed up. Rather interesting that the cheapest factory rifles have wood stocks, for the most part....

 

[JMB 1911]

just had one custom built, cost 1650 for the wood, build, cut and install RAD, inlet, bedding and finishing. I supplied the rad and trigger guard. Picture 1 and 2

Picture 3 is the one I'm moving on from that he also built

That's stunning who did you have do the work

 

[JMB 1911]

It's crazy, you pay good money for a blank and then try to save money on getting it inletted and finish

Holy crap that's a nice pile of stock blanks

 

[Pudgy]

That's stunning who did you have do the work

Devin Wiggett out of Coeur d'Alene ID.
He's well known in f-class circles. Does it as a hobby more than a. Business. Does great work

 

[M1A1ABRAMS]

Holy crap that's a nice pile of stock blanks

I was digging the ones off to the left that were laying down & not marked. Especially the one on the bottom.

 

[shortgrass]

Classic style stockmakers; Jim Kobe, Duane Wiebe, Stewart Shatterlee, just to name a few,,, ad JJ Perodeau to that short list. There are still a few 'out there'.

 

[Will.284]

It's crazy, you pay good money for a blank and then try to save money on getting it inletted and finish

Well if you got another idea I'm open for suggestions. Looks like some people are bashing carbon stocks , I've got pretty wood stocks on a lot of my stuff but come do a walk with me in Twodot, Mt and bring a beautiful wood stock then let's talk

 

[Will.284]

It's crazy, you pay good money for a blank and then try to save money on getting it inletted and finish

Yikes!! Those are absolutely beautiful!!

 

[old_heli_logger]

Yikes!! Those are absolutely beautiful!!

Thank you! My cousin ran this old mill and saved a bunch of blanks for retirement

 

[Namuh]

All he's gotta do is not screw up what is probably already an expensive piece of wood that has been semi-inletted. And we all know the last 20% of work takes 80% of the overall time…it's the little details that chew away at the clock, and make the most costly mistakes.

OP, I would say $500 is a great price, especially if the smith is good at it. Not all are- many will send wood work out to be done by specialists.

How true this is. I replaced a broken 1947 Browning auto 5 butt stock with a semi-inletted one I bought, I fitted the receiver and butt plate, shaped, finish and checkered it. It took me about 30 hours from start to finish. I must have had to take the stock on and off fifty times to smoke the steel receiver and shave off a sliver of walnut with a chisel wherever it touched. To do it right there's a lot of work to it.