now that I got her feeding amo decided to put a crescent buttplate and slim the forearm. it was a bit more work than I planed but finaly got it. "good enough to share" the buttplate came from brownells, and was rough. It was also shorter and narrower than the stock. I removed a lot of wood. and finaly got the buttplate polished. the last pic is my final fit test. The wood will get a finish sanding and true oil, and the but plate will get a DIY bluing.
make my 1894 look like a cowboy
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scroll saw, file, course sandpaper, and hammer
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nice. I chopped my forearm to thin as well and like it a lot better. looks better too. I also added a metal buttplate, but I used one from treebone. I cerakoted my buttplate because it is no sweaty on my half of texas that I didn't want to rust all my work 
I can't wait to see how it all comes together for you.
I can't wait to see how it all comes together for you.
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Nice work.
That butt plate sure has a nice polish. I've debated getting those rough cast ones from Brownell's, you did a great job on it. How hard was it?
That butt plate sure has a nice polish. I've debated getting those rough cast ones from Brownell's, you did a great job on it. How hard was it?
started with the grinder and file then belt sander and sand paper. polished it with a small 3" bench grinder I picked up at harbor freight. got a buffing wheel on one side. blued it with some skinner bluing I had laying around
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I used sand paper on mine. took a couple of hours. started with 220 and worked up to 600. for blueing I probably would have gone up to 800.
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Using the hammer around the toe area always makes me sweat!
The fit looks good. Did you make any other changes for to fit to you?the hammer was for the buttplate actually had to pound it a tad bitt flatter. it was fitting well, I screwed it down and used a belt sander to mach the wood to the metal. then used JB woodweld under it to keep it from shifting. Put it together for the woodweld to dry and guess what, it shifted a bit. CRAP... more sanding. once the wood and metal was flush it was stll a bit tweaked. so more sanding to straighten everything out. I actualy took a lot of wood off to get everything straight and true again. and some metal off as well. turned the beltsander upside down and used it. the JB woodweld worked good but was lighter than I hoped. not sure if i'd take on that project again.
did not care for the plain side of the stock so wanted to make it stand out a bit...that should do it. probly better suited on a Winnie but I got a marlin. love my dremel. going to tru oil over it. we will see if it works well. so far so good
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Outstanding work on that inlay. A one of a kind rifle for sure.
sorry it took so long to get some pics. still not done. screwed up the butplate. had to repolish it. the bluing I used etched the metal. also need more tru oil over the badge area on the stock. been doing some horse trading also. got some running buddies for the old girl
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