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Post by fowlplay on Apr 2, 2009 10:31:30 GMT -5
Bill and Jim,
Those are some fine looking guns. On the average , how many hours does it take to fit and finish one of these stocks to the Savage.
Thanks, Steve
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Post by edge on Apr 2, 2009 11:40:22 GMT -5
Very pretty rifles....too nice for edge! I have one '06 with wood and it stays home....I am much too rough on stocks with my hunting to have something that nice. I almost bought the Tac Driver stock a million times...but can't pull the trigger  edge. |
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Post by 1shot1kill on Apr 2, 2009 13:06:11 GMT -5
Fowlplay, my milling machine really takes a lot of the inletting work out of it and save me a tons of time as compared to the old hand method I used to have to do. Not only does the mill allow me to keep tolerances much closer, but while I have it setup for inletting, I can mill and drill the etschusons and pillars. I would guess about 2 hours, maybe 3 max, on the mill to fully inlet, etschusons and pillars installed and ready for bedding.
Shaping and sanding the stock, does require much more work and time. To contour the pistol drip, undercut the cheek peice, bevel or round the forearm, and shape the forearm, takes about 8 hours. Then the final sanding takes another hour or two.
The finishing is the time killer. I like to use a dozen coats as a minmum. Most of the time it may take me 16-18 coats to reach the desired depth, luster, and mirror smooth finish. On average it may take me 3 weeks from the first coat to the last. I have used Tru-Oil for many years in the past, but for the last 10 or so year I've been using Chem-Pak Gun-Sav'R finish. Man is it an awesome finish and it comes in 8oz can or 16oz aresol. Tough, durable, self-leveling, and quick drying, can be handled in about 3-4 hours. I the early filling stage, I can apply a couple of coats every 2-3 hours, sanding it down every other coat, after a 24 hours cure time, for the first 4-6 coats. The build-up coats require 24-48 hours to cure out completely before 0000 steel wooling between coats. In all I probably have 20-24 hours in sanding, stell wooling, and applying fininsh.
So I have can have anywhere from 30-40 hours of actual hands on work invested in a stock.
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Post by jims on Apr 2, 2009 13:42:59 GMT -5
Fowlplay: I have not kept an actual log of time, I would have guessed 20 to 30 hours. It sounds as if 1shot,1kill has kept a better record. Also he is using a mill that would speed up the process and make it more accurate. I would say based on what he says I was too conservative on my estimate. It may be like a remodeling job, often it takes twice as much time and money as you first estimated.
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Post by fowlplay on Apr 2, 2009 20:44:13 GMT -5
Bill and Jim,
Thanks for the information. The amount of hours I would imagine would be off set by a great since of accomplishment for such fine workmanship. Those rifles would definitely be stand shooter only.
Steve
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Post by jims on Apr 2, 2009 21:34:18 GMT -5
I enjoy doing the stock work so the time never bothered me, more like fun than work.
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