A little road trip to the CMP South store.

[GunnyUSMC]

Well if it won't work then how come it works and works quite well? Must be a miracle huh?

Ron

You know how it is Ron. You can always find someone that knows more then you, even if they don’t know what they are talking about.

 

[Reloadron]

You know how it is Ron. You can always find someone that knows more then you, even if they don’t know what they are talking about.

During my years in the corps and subsequent years in engineering I can't begin to count how many times I heard "it won't work" and when I challenged with a why I was met with a blank stare. Maybe before a cry of it won't work people should at least try.

I have done quite a few stocks over the years and this thread and your information has proven priceless. I sure as heck wouldn't hesitate to try the methods you have so well outlined here. They say something about the proof being in the pudding and all of the pictures in this thread reflect some darn fine work. Thanks for sharing these methods and brew mixes.

Ron

 

[bbqreloader]

Nice work. Now everybody wants a hackberry stock!

The hard part is that it is a service grade and I don't know if it is hackberry, the hackberry was supposed to be for the rack grade from everything I read. Not a clue what wood it is, not familiar enough with identifying the grains to match what type.
Thank you for the compliment!

 

[HankC]

The hard part is that it is a service grade and I don't know if it is hackberry, the hackberry was supposed to be for the rack grade from everything I read. Not a clue what wood it is, not familiar enough with identifying the grains to match what type.
Thank you for the compliment!

Service grade would have a walnut stock, no wonder that hackberry looks lacking grain!

 

[H&R Glock]

Therez always gotta be an expert close by more than willing to expose his opinion. I like to bait them into it. My favorite gun shop operator, BARRY, knew my sense of humor and played along with it every time. I went to the shop to get a can of IMR4064. Barry, I want to try a can of that blue powder this week. I've tried the red stuff and the brown can and they don't make the bullet come out fast enough. Barry would fill my order and soon all the experts came to the surface trying to help.

 

[bbqreloader]

Done and turned out exactly as I imagined!! Thank you @GunnyUSMC for the dye mix recipe and advice along the way! Picture at top is how I got it from CMP and the bottom one is my finished M1.

 

[bbqreloader]

Now that I got the stock the way I want it, what about maintenance of it. Is it just every so often a little rub of BLO to keep the stock healthy? Is the boning concept just a one time time thing or can you do that also?

 

[GunnyUSMC]

You need to apply a wax top coat to protect the BLO finish. As long as you keep it waxed you are good.
If it ever gets hard use or a few days in the weather then you would clean, recoil, and wax. There’s no need to bone again.