Precarved stock??????

[Steve Boyleston]

I have been building Longrifles for 40 years. In that time I used 1 precarved stock at request. I notice today that most all of the rifles for sale on TOW have the same profile but named different Counties. There are so many of the Lancaster stocks used its getting rediculous. As a builder try using your own designs and make a 1 of a kind rifle. 100 years from now Historians are going to say they all used the same stock for everything. TGP

 

[LRB]

And your problem is?? If they're all the same, that would make yours stand out more, would it not? There are immeasurable minor differences, but few major differences in Lancaster stock shapes. Even a Virginia rifle can be made from a classic Lancaster profile, and still be correct. It is the truely classic shape. If you think you can change history, good luck.

 

[rabjr]

I have been building Longrifles for 40 years. In that time I used 1 precarved stock at request. I notice today that most all of the rifles for sale on TOW have the same profile but named different Counties. There are so many of the Lancaster stocks used its getting rediculous. As a builder try using your own designs and make a 1 of a kind rifle. 100 years from now Historians are going to say they all used the same stock for everything. TGP

I know several builders who frequent this site who make 1 of a kind muzzleloaders everyday.

 

[Semisane]

I know several builders who frequent this site who make 1 of a kind muzzleloaders everyday.

Dang Swampy, one every day? Those guys are FAST!

Sorry - couldn't help myself. :redface: :haha:

 

[rabjr]

Mike works fast. :haha:

 

[poordevil]

TVM uses stock blanks, not pre carved.

Do you make a radicaly differnt design each time you make a gun? It must be hard to come up with different ideas each time

 

[Mike Brooks]

Mike works fast. :haha:

Just finished one from a blank in a 1/2 week, that's about as fast as I care to go.

 

[Zonie]

TOTW isn't the only company out there supplying pre carved stocks.
Hopefully you can see the difference in the shapes between the guns shown in these links? http://longrifles-pr.com/bedford.shtml http://longrifles-pr.com/earlylancaster.shtml http://longrifles-pr.com/afigthorn.shtml http://longrifles-pr.com/transkentucky.shtml

May I also add that the pre-carved stocks are just a starting place for the builder.
As long as there is enough wood on the precarve it is possible to reshape the stock into many different shapes representing many different schools. Of course a person can't turn a Bedford into a Lancaster but a man with your experience would know what I mean.

 

[Packdog]

This is a TN rifle built from an A. Verner precarve. Using a precarved stock saves considerable wood removal time. I guess it depends on what you want to spend your time doing and if you have a bandsaw large enough to slab wood off a blank.

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[CoyoteJoe]

Heck, one can even start with a factory built rifle and rework it into something unique. This "half-stock trade gun" began life as one of the last of the T/C Pennsylvania Hunters bought cheap on close out.
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[rabjr]

Oh great one, your gonna **** when ya see what this is gonna be made into. :grin:

 

[Steve Boyleston]

Swampy don't do it- send me the wood before its to late! The Great One is Waiting fro it beside the road.

 

[Steve Boyleston]

Ya'll look at this, can you believe that Packdog has the nerve, I mean nerve to this rifle on here, he should have sent it to me when it was finished, this is a rifle by a skilled builder if you didn't know. Man oh Man what a nice rifle!!!!!!!!!!!! did ya'll notice how the Great Pinyone brings ou the best in everybody? Way to go Ken. TGP

 

[RickD]

Must of turned over a new leaf so to speak

 

[Mike Brooks]

Oh great one, your gonna **** when ya see what this is gonna be made into. :grin:

Is that at my house?

 

[rabjr]

Swampy don't do it- send me the wood before its to late! The Great One is Waiting fro it beside the road.

Na, I'm good with a dremel tool, pretty sure I can inlet and shape everything with one..... :thumbsup:

 

[Bruce Bogart]

Hey Swampy I got a couple of old screwdrivers I'll sharpen and send you if you want. Just trying to help a brother out! :wink:

 

[rabjr]

Hey Swampy I got a couple of old screwdrivers I'll sharpen and send you if you want. Just trying to help a brother out! :wink:

I really could use a wide one and one about 1/8" wide if ya got em. :wink:

 

[rabjr]

Oh great one, your gonna **** when ya see what this is gonna be made into. :grin:

Is that at my house?

Ummm.....