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Grand slam Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 309 Location: Mountains of E. Tennessee Joined: Jun 7^th, 2015	Re: Building a Winchester/Winder .22 match rifle Reply #30 - Feb 2^nd, 2024 at 3:02pm	Print Post
	Pecking away...


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Grand slam Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 309 Location: Mountains of E. Tennessee Joined: Jun 7^th, 2015	Re: Building a Winchester/Winder .22 match rifle Reply #31 - Feb 2^nd, 2024 at 3:04pm	Print Post
	And a few more...


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Chris W Junior Member Offline Posts: 85 Joined: Sep 14^th, 2020	Re: Building a Winchester/Winder .22 match rifle Reply #32 - Feb 9^th, 2024 at 9:48am	Print Post
	Thats a pretty piece of wood! Love the look of your Butt work! I'd have to have those two pieces engraved!


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calledflyer Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 3486 Joined: Mar 9^th, 2015	Re: Building a Winchester/Winder .22 match rifle Reply #33 - Feb 9^th, 2024 at 12:35pm	Print Post
	I agree that it's a beautiful piece of wood, and it's really being treated to by a tasteful, skilled artist. And, that's why I'd leave the nifty butt plates unadorned by engraving- I wouldn't want the wood or workmanship to be overlooked while looking at the scratches of an engraver. (not to denigrate the engravers out there).


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Skalkaho Oldtimer Offline Posts: 727 Location: Montana Joined: Sep 29^th, 2006	Re: Building a Winchester/Winder .22 match rifle Reply #34 - Feb 9^th, 2024 at 6:37pm	Print Post
	Agree...that wood have some depth to it,going to be gorgeous when completed.

	May the Bullet Gods be with you.......
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Grand slam Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 309 Location: Mountains of E. Tennessee Joined: Jun 7^th, 2015	Re: Building a Winchester/Winder .22 match rifle Reply #35 - Feb 14^th, 2024 at 8:13am	Print Post
	Thanks guys! It’s always nice to get those attaboys. About the engraving I’m thinking of engraving the rifle and the heel and toe plate myself. Other than engraving a few trinkets and my name and caliber on a barrel it will be my first engraving venture…probably screw it up…but that what files are for. Talking about file, I just bought about a dozen new ones from Gesswein. They have flat, hand, half round, rat tail and machinist files by Grobet but instead of from Switzerland they are from the commies in China. At around 5 or six bucks They cut great in wood, don’t plan on using them on metal. I bought the course cut and fine cut….all are double cut. Talking about files, my buddy Rod England who produces those beautiful Alexander Henry target and sporting rifles called me a few days ago and said he had “great success soaking files in vinegar for about 3 days” sounds great sez I. I’m going to get a pvc tube, cap it and give my well worn trusty friends a spa treatment. For those following my stock design thread I’ll get back to it soon. Thanks again for all the looks and kind words . Cheers Richard


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ssdave Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1735 Location: Eastern Oregon Joined: Apr 16^th, 2004	Re: Building a Winchester/Winder .22 match rifle Reply #36 - Feb 14^th, 2024 at 10:44am	Print Post
	Soaking files in vinegar works okay for improving the cut, but isn't wonderful. To work effectively, it's essential that you pick out all the crud from the grooves; plastic and wood and glue buildup in the grooves keeps the vinegar from acting evenly. All you're really doing is eating away the rolled over edge, and leaving the remaining edge jagged, which cuts better. I just sent a bunch of files off to Boggs - (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) to have them abrasive sharpened. They did a much, much better job than I've had using vinegar. For the finer files, I didn't notice as much improvement as I did with the coarse rasps and specialty file/rasps. They charge about $2.50 per file for ordinary metal files, and $6.60 for specialty rasps and files. Very definitely worth it. I posted some pictures in my thread on Shop Organization, and the billing for the work.


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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 15735 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: Building a Winchester/Winder .22 match rifle Reply #37 - Feb 14^th, 2024 at 12:45pm	Print Post
	Really nice looking stock, and the buttplate treatment is really great!

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Grand slam Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 309 Location: Mountains of E. Tennessee Joined: Jun 7^th, 2015	Re: Building a Winchester/Winder .22 match rifle Reply #38 - Feb 15^th, 2024 at 6:51pm	Print Post
	Marlin guy, thank you. Dave, I may give Boggstool a try. A few photos. One of the details in stock building is to make sure the lines that need to be straight are indeed straight. Straight lines emanate from the butt plate to the wrist and the nose of the comb. I use a straight edge to make sure my filing is proceeding properly. In one photo you can see the straight edge that has a relief cut in it so it clears the cheek piece. I’ll use rasps until I’m within a 1/16 or 3/32 of finished. With that safety margin I’m assured the final finishing with files and sandpaper will clean up any rasp marks. I use metal files of gradually finer cuts after the rasps. To refine the cheek piece shadow line I’ll use the side teeth of a file the opposite side of the file is ground “safe” so I can work up to the finished shadow line without changing its line.


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Green_Frog Frequent Elocutionist Offline "It ain't easy being green" ASSRA Life #281 Posts: 3910 Location: Lynchburg, VA Joined: Apr 18^th, 2004	Re: Building a Winchester/Winder .22 match rifle Reply #39 - Feb 17^th, 2024 at 9:21pm	Print Post
	I did the same project 30 years ago, but not as fancy by a long stretch. Mine does have a SST, but after 30 years it doesn’t have a speck of finish on it. It has been to a bunch of ASSRA events though. Froggie


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Grand slam Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 309 Location: Mountains of E. Tennessee Joined: Jun 7^th, 2015	Re: Building a Winchester/Winder .22 match rifle Reply #40 - Feb 23^rd, 2024 at 6:55pm	Print Post
	Being a glutton for punishment I decided on skeleton grip cap. Slow going and not much room for mistakes. I was thinking of putting a ebony insert into the grip cap but decided on the traditional route. Thanks for looking in.


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idjeffp Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 269 Location: Boise, ID Joined: Nov 11^th, 2017	Re: Building a Winchester/Winder .22 match rifle Reply #41 - Feb 23^rd, 2024 at 7:05pm	Print Post
	Coming along VERY NICELY Richard!! Thanks for sharing... Jeff P


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Grand slam Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 309 Location: Mountains of E. Tennessee Joined: Jun 7^th, 2015	Re: Building a Winchester/Winder .22 match rifle Reply #42 - Feb 25^th, 2024 at 3:40pm	Print Post
	Thanks Jeff! In the photos below one shows the bushing I made to center the drilled hole in the stock for the grip cap screws. I also needed the holes so I could use a small hook to remove the grip cap. The other photo is an aluminum tool so I could tap the grip cap To get a mark on the wood to scrape away to slowly sink the grip cap down. Slow going …ink the grip cap, place it on the stock, tap and scrape…over and over again


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Grand slam Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 309 Location: Mountains of E. Tennessee Joined: Jun 7^th, 2015	Re: Building a Winchester/Winder .22 match rifle Reply #43 - Feb 29^th, 2024 at 11:28pm	Print Post
	Finished the grip cap inletting. Made a little to to flatten the base for the grip cap to sit on. I used the flat portion of the pistol grip for the reference surface.


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Grand slam Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 309 Location: Mountains of E. Tennessee Joined: Jun 7^th, 2015	Re: Building a Winchester/Winder .22 match rifle Reply #44 - Feb 29^th, 2024 at 11:34pm	Print Post
	And a few more…the reason I inletted it so far is that extra wood protruding will allow me to follow the shape of the grip cap that will have a domed shape. Thanks for looking in. Cheers Richard
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