I am building a rifle off of a Yugo Mauser action in .35 Whelen. I got the camera after I started the project so there are no pics of the chambering or barrel contouring but I have some pictures of the stock making process. Here you go.




Claro walnut stock blank and barreled action, yard stick and 12"rule for scale




You start by inletting for the magazine box. A mill comes in handy for this step. Chisels are used for a perfect fit(hopefully)





We stop here for now. and drill a hole for the front action screw.




Here is the barreled action before inletting. You can also get a feel for the grain and fiddleback in the wood. You can also see where I recontoured the back of the receiver.




I have not cut the muzzle crown yet. Bore is .358 and barrel diameter at muzzle is .700 or .750 I don't remember.




Layout of the action and barrel channel.




After the mill




Getting there






Inlet black is brushed onto the barrel and action, the old timers would hold it over a candle and get the soot to collect on the piece. Then it is placed in the wood and hit with a mallet. The black is transferred to the wood and is carefully removed.


Where it needs to be, half way up the barrel and action with metal to wood contact in only a few key places. You can also see the rear of the action after reshaping.


And here are the two stocks I built before this.

ETA: Photo taken by SchlaffTablett

I have more pictures and the project is not finished yet so there is more to come

Awesome job. Those stocks are astounding.

Originally Posted By BURN: mill we did not get to use a mil...all by hand baby...... are blanks were pre duplicated so we didnt need to mill them

No semi-inlet allowed here, must be done from a blank. It is very fun but takes a long time

Originally Posted By ziarifleman: Why is your action not polished? I'm going to be taking that ooogly charger hump off mine and considering filling the thumb slot, too. +1 for inletting black, the soot lamps give me a headache. What do you you do about bolt handles and if you forge them, post pics plz.

Action is not polished because there is a good chance I will nick it with a rasp at some point in the shaping process, so I polish last.

I don't have any pics of the bolt bending process. It was stretched slightly with a flat bar about a foot long with a rounded out notch in one end. I made a set of blocks that hold the bolt in the vise. They are large to take away heat, I also made a heat sink that threaded into the back of bolt. Polish you sledge hammer and get out your oxy-acetylene torch. Get it red where you want the bend and tap with the hammer until you have the shape you want. If someone else will be bending their bolt soon I will try to get pics, but I am done with school an a couple weeks. I'll get pics of the bending blocks I made if I remember


The outside of the Mauser receiver is very hard and chances are you will not be able to file on it until you get through the hardened 'skin', diamond files, stones and a disk sander come in handy

Originally Posted By ziarifleman: Originally Posted By Magurgle: Originally Posted By ziarifleman: Why is your action not polished? I'm going to be taking that ooogly charger hump off mine and considering filling the thumb slot, too. +1 for inletting black, the soot lamps give me a headache. What do you you do about bolt handles and if you forge them, post pics plz. Action is not polished because there is a good chance I will nick it with a rasp at some point in the shaping process, so I polish last. I don't have any pics of the bolt bending process. It was stretched slightly with a flat bar about a foot long with a rounded out notch in one end. I made a set of blocks that hold the bolt in the vise. They are large to take away heat, I also made a heat sink that threaded into the back of bolt. Polish you sledge hammer and get out your oxy-acetylene torch. Get it red where you want the bend and tap with the hammer until you have the shape you want. If someone else will be bending their bolt soon I will try to get pics, but I am done with school an a couple weeks. I'll get pics of the bending blocks I made if I remember The outside of the Mauser receiver is very hard and chances are you will not be able to file on it until you get through the hardened 'skin', diamond files, stones and a disk sander come in handy We'll see what my carbide end mill thinks of it.

I would think that would work. The 'skin' is only .006"-.020". The annoying part is the final polish where you have the harder skin next to the softer inside.

What!? I don't get photo credit for the other Ma-sur and Mom's shotty pic?

Who's barrel blank are you using? I just got done with a .35 Whelen project... rebarreled a .30-06 Vanguard.

- AG

Originally Posted By Magurgle: Originally Posted By Aggie_Gunner: Who's barrel blank are you using? I just got done with a .35 Whelen project... rebarreled a .30-06 Vanguard. - AG It is a Shilen crome-moly barrel. I got an unturned blank and contoured it myself

me too..I went with a .30 cal bore...went .308 chamber and I contoured it to a "4 21.628" length....but I did not get a tacked thread....can I ad my pics here man?

i always hated shaping the cheek pieces. good looking work! it could be perfect and gary will still only give you a 3.5 for it. ask me how i know

Originally Posted By baileyhead: i always hated shaping the cheek pieces. good looking work! it could be perfect and gary will still only give you a 3.5 for it. ask me how i know

Yeah, that last 0.5 is tough to get. I hate the part between the bottom of the stock and the bottom of the cheek piece, very hard to get a rasp in there to do any work.




I have a few more pics, but I had to stop working on the stock as I was running out of time. I shot it today though

Any update?

Sorry I haven't been back to this thread in a while, I've been busy with a job hunt and moving back home until I find one, and haven't had the chance to do anything with the rifle. I do have a few more pics but they are still on the camera and I think that is already at my mom's place. I will upload them when I can.

Yes, I graduated in October and have been too busy to work on it.