Showin off the wood grain on the GPR
 

Gotta show off the wood grain on the .54 GPR flinter. I finished the rear part of the stock a little over 2 weeks ago and havent really messed much with the rifle since then. I just have to put the finishing touches on the lock area and brown the barrel and it will be complete.

I also will not be putting any inlays into the stock now that i know what the stock looks like when oiled. Heres a couple pics of the Cheek piece side of the stock. I call it Marble due to the way it swirls and just stands out.
Also see the work i did on top of the stock, i didnt like the way it originally looked so i reshaped that to the style of an original Plains rifle hawken, But decided to not go as deep as the originals were.






Couple more pics.
Semi, i didnt use any stain, i decided against it. Its just hand rubbed coats of linseed oil.

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Fine looking piece of wood there gander. Lyman does seem to usepretty decent lumber on the GPs. The factory finished stock on mine is darker than the finish you chose, but it also has nice grain.

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That is a real nice looking stock... you did a good job.

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doing that makes me what to do another stock. I only have 2 guns left with wood stock.[&:]

or redo my new englander again. take my time .

j/k

great job.

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That's a nice chunk of wood, FG. I agree with you, stain isn't necessary when you've got beautiful grain like that.

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Nice looking piece of wood. I like the oil finish on it.

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Yeah - it'd be real nice iffin it didn't have all dem lines in it..
Just kidding - very nice. Like the homemade gun rack too.

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Thanks.
The gun rack i made turned out to be very useful. I still have to add 2 more pins to it so i can put my other 2 new rifles up there.

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Those are sure nice. The stock turned out excellent. Now I'm convinced that I need one so I guess I'll shop around.:D

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Dixie gunworks has the .54cal GPH for $450. Thats a finished rifle.

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Gander-that is a nice looking stock.Good looking piece ofwood and finish.

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Midsouth has them for $435.

http://www.midsouthshooterssupply.com/department.asp?dept=%4D%55%5A%5A%4C%45%4C%4F%41%44 %49%4E%47&dept2=%4D%55%5A%5A%4C%45%4C%4F%41%44 %49%4E%47%20%52%49%46%4C%45%53&dept3=%35%34%20 %43%41%4C&dept4=%4C%59%4D%41%4E%20%47%52%45%41 %54%20%50%4C%41%49%4E%53

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Nice looking wood.