Sven
Senior Member
Plan, so far, for my custom M1A is:
-Springfield Rear-Lugged Receiver
-TRW USGI Parts
-Krieger heavy profile barrel, mounted to receiver by Krieger
Now... the final question: what to do regarding the 'furniture'.
I understand that Fiberglass is lighter and more stable than wood.... I will be sending the above parts to a smith. Can the smith work as easily with Fiberglass as with wood? I understand that they have to chip away at the stock for the bedding process.
Most folks seem to be advising me to just get a Boyd's #2 heavy walnut stock... seems I'm leaning this way, but I handled a new Springfield Loaded Synthetic today and really liked the light weight synthetic stock with it's textured surface.
Plan is to build a gun that could get me to High Master (time, money, discipline and luck aside), and I want to do it right.
-sven
-Springfield Rear-Lugged Receiver
-TRW USGI Parts
-Krieger heavy profile barrel, mounted to receiver by Krieger
Now... the final question: what to do regarding the 'furniture'.
I understand that Fiberglass is lighter and more stable than wood.... I will be sending the above parts to a smith. Can the smith work as easily with Fiberglass as with wood? I understand that they have to chip away at the stock for the bedding process.
Most folks seem to be advising me to just get a Boyd's #2 heavy walnut stock... seems I'm leaning this way, but I handled a new Springfield Loaded Synthetic today and really liked the light weight synthetic stock with it's textured surface.
Plan is to build a gun that could get me to High Master (time, money, discipline and luck aside), and I want to do it right.
-sven