Anyone ever carve their own stock before?

[bkoenig]

So a certain someone I know with an addiction to old single shot rifles found a good deal on an old Stevens Favorite receiver on Gunbroker.  This unnamed person may just have also found most of the internal parts on Ebay to complete the receiver.  So now it's waiting on a barrel (and Numrich just happens to carry NOS Stevens barrels) and a stock.  I am this guy is thinking of buying a nice stock blank and carving one from scratch, since the old Favorite stocks tend to be pretty simple.  Anyone here have experience doing this?  I assume I could use a bandsaw to cut out the rough profile, and then a power sander to rough it out.  There isn't much inletting for the buttstock, really just the tang.  The forend will need a little more inletting for the barrel.

Just in case you've never seen one, here's what they look like (photo courtesy of Wisners, which makes all kinds of repro parts for these guns):

[greg58]

I made a forestock for a friends single shot shotgun. He had the pieces of the old one so I was able to match the shape from what was left.
I used a walnut blank. I think I routed the barrel shape, then I cut it close with a band saw, and then sanded with a stationary belt sander, and then by hand.
It didn't take too long and turned out good.
I let him try to match the finish.
Greg58

[Dan W]

I have finished and inletted a rough cut shotgun stock for my Browning 425, but that was a lot less work then your friend is contemplating.

There are several companies that can copy the shape of any stock on a special machine

[SemperFiGuy]

Or........

You might consider contacting Steve Reynolds, an Omaha stockmaker, to get an estimate of what he might charge to make one for you.

Steve J. Reynolds
sjrmakingdust@aol.com
402 208-8080

He's a very easy guy to work with.

sfg