Table of contents

Making a gunstock	1
Laying out the stock	2
Inletting the receiver	3
Inletting the barrel	3
Finishing the receiver and barrel channel	4
Finishing the outside of the inleted stock	4
Rasp types	4
Fitting recoil pads and butt plates	5
Selecting the proper butt plate or recoil pad	5
The stock length	6
Pitch	6
Sawing off the stock butt	7
Finishing out the sawed off butt stock	7
Cutting the pad/plate to the proper size	7
Finishing gun stocks - the basic	8
Types of sand paper	8
Flint paper	9
Garnet papers	9
Aluminum oxide paper	9
Wet-or-dry silicone carbide paper	9
How to use sandpaper	9
Flat surfaces	10
Curved surfaces	10
Removing dents	10
Steaming out a dent	11
Refinishing with lacquer	11
Types of wood lacquers	11
Clear gloss furniture lacquer	11
Furniture lacquer sealer	12
Refinishing wood	12
The tools you will need for refinishing	13
Stripping	13
Sanding and sanding blocks	13
Brushes	13
Abrasives	14
Sanding the wood	14
Filling the wood	14
Gouges and dents	14
First aid for wood	15
Fading	16
Stripping wood	16
Paint and varnish removers	18
Bleaches and fillers	18
Staining the wood	18
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