Choosing And Fitting Custom Grip Panels

More than simply a handle, stocks and grips can add function, good looks and personality to your project.

by RK Campbell

Extreme Stock Repair

Old oil soaked wood stocks are hard to repair successfully unless you know these tricks.

by Paul Mazan

A Hunter’s Finish For The Wooden Stock

If there is more than one way to skin a nine-lived cat, there are ten times more ways to finish a wooden stock. That is a good thing. Like snowflakes, no two stock blanks are exactly alike. How could there be only one way to do this job?

by Wendell Dwight Deaner

Finishing A Gunstock

Tricks of the trade can turn a machined stock into a treasured heirloom.

by Dominick Pisano

Fitting A Semi-Inletted Stock

Despite the availability of drop-in stocks for most of the popular guns, there is still plenty of work for the gunsmith.

by Paul Mazan