This article references checkering stocks by hand. How is that accomplished? The stocks in the picture accompanying the article look fantastic. I can’t imagine the skill required to do even a mediocre job of that.
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I came into possession of my blued 6” Smith & Wesson Model 14 K-38 Target Masterpiece .38 Special revolver in November 1986. I hadn’t planned anything special for the day, except my dad and I were visiting a close friend of ours, Harry.
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