Old walnut rifle stock. Cut it up?

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While digging around in some old storage boxes I have I found a Remington rifle stock that came from my 6mm. The rifle itself is in a composite stock now, and I never plan to do anything with the wood stock. I forgot I still had it.

Looks to be some decent figuring in the wood, and the stock is only worth $100 in new condition.

So, would you cut it up or sell it?

Charlie
 
I'd keep it in case I ever decided to sell or trade the rifle. Having both the synthetic and original stocks could bring a better price, or at least make it easier to move.
 
Well, if you are SURE you're not going to use it again on the rifle, why not cut it up? That would make several nice knife handles, to be sure. Nice walnut is always popular on knives.
 
Well, the rifle will not be sold, and since the comp stock is bedded I don't see using the wood one on it again.

I may cut it up and see what I get. Pics if I do. ;)

I use a LOT of walnut on some small kitchen paring knives I make from blanks I had water jetted.

Charlie
 
I'd cut it up, especially if it has some figure. Nice walnut never goes out of style. :)
 
Just for giggles I took the stock over to a gunsmith friend of mine this afternoon to see if I was having a stupid moment when I considered cutting the stock up. The offer he made me for the stock was a shock!

$25.00...

It isn't REAL figured, the checkering is factory, and there isn't a big demand for them... Guess what happens here in a little bit... ;)

Charlie
 
Go for it. You could pay for a membership and make that $25 by selling a few of the blocks here.
 
What action is it for? I may be interested in it for one of my many Remingtons.

I have cut up a couple of old rifle/shotgun stocks for various projects and always made a note to myself, to not cut the entire thing up. Save some for future stock repair on other guns.

Have fun!


-Xander
 
Sell it on Ebay. It may go for more than you think (depending on the model, certainly more than $25). Then take the money and buy some handle blocks.
 
I guess if you could get more than $25 worth of blocks out of it but I think I'd sell it on Ebay too. There's a sucker born every minute and you never know when two, ah, persons of interest, will get in a bidding war and pay you a lot more than the gun smith would give you.

Did your gun buddy say he'd sell it for $25 or only give you $25 for it???
 
I am a gun stock blank dealer and also a few cut out stocks. For a miscellaneous quality stock, $25 is a going price. However, I also cut scales for 1911 grips. I often use my own gunstock supplies for this. Now and then an extremely fiqured blank reveals flaws that make it unsuitable for a gunstock. For example, bark pockets or cracks in the wrist or action area are killers. In cases like this, I have taken the ruined piece of wood and cut up for scales. I often make more money off the scales than the stock would have sold for if unflawed. I cut it up and send to K&G for treating. The one disadvatage to treating is that different finishes can result in different colors in the finished piece which is not possible in treated pieces unless you stain them. A stock with feather in the butt often has great fiddle in the rest of the stock. That means a lot of scales. I had an extra feather maple piece and I sliced up that $15 piece of wood and got 8 matched scales with full, tight feather and had them treated and now have about $800 worth of grips. I have a flame feathered 2-piece butt blank in maple I have had for years and have not sold for $200 so it is next for the table saw. By the way, the best treater I have found is K&G in Arizona...very quick, too.
 
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