Omg look at the price of this wood!
http://macongunstocks.net/gunstock_wood_grades_2.html#
Lets start with a "cheap" piece first, I found a nice piece of kiln dried walnut today 2'' x 6 1/2" x 36" for 37$.
My basic plan. .
Router to form the channel for aluminum deck while board is square.
Cut a scrap piece of wood to fill channel area, hope this will keep sides from cracking or splitting during the finishing work.
Then using a band saw/jig saw rough cut stock shape, then rough finish/fit with rasp and file, then the finishing sanding.
First though, I'm still trying to decide how to do the rope cocking grove, I have an idea to make it a separate piece of wood (maybe Osage) that would slide inside the lower section of the aluminum deck. Seen another stock someone made with a grove at the butt end of the stock. I checked out the Relayer's cut, hows the safety operation in cold weather with heavy gloves on.
This is the first time I've tried to make any kind of a stock, so I'm just going to go with a conventional stock. Who knows, if this goes OK then maybe I'll try a thumb hole stock next time.
Hope to get started next week, cannot bow hunt, second shotgun season is on. Will take pictures as I work my way through this winter project.
Czy Horse