[Lomax]

I picked this up a few years ago. A used 10/22 in an ATI stock along with the original hardwood stock. Never really cared for the way it looked in black plastic.

The original stock had a few dings and a thick coat of O.D. varnish over a gun oil soaked wood. I scraped the varnish off down to the wood using a piece of glass and my pocket knife, then washed the stock in denatured alcohol to wash off any oily residuals.

I wanted this to be a little bit different from a run of the mill 10/22, so I lopped off the pistol grip and stained the wood bright red with water based aniline dye. Light sanding was followed by several coats of Krylon satin acrylic spray bomb.

The straight grip feels great. Now all it needs is another heel plate screw, barrel band and maybe a small red dot on top.

The leftovers wouldn't even make a decent boat oar.

 

[Lomax]

I like what you did on that wooden stock! It's a unique design that I find reminiscent of the old Winchester lever action rifles (no heel). Good job, and thanks for sharing with us. I'll keep it in mind in case I ever come across an old 10/22 needing a home.

Straight stocks were the norm at the turn of the century. I favor them over a pistol grip. Reading an old Gun Kink('69) on stocks, the writer spoke of light weight, large bore hunting carbine he'd built with a fancy Monte Carlo stock with pistol grip. In an old magazine article he'd posed with the carbine twice, once with the grip, then after whittling the wood into a straight stock. He said it handled better in the field and generated a lot of mail from puzzled readers. Well after reading that article and seeing the straight stock on my 7 mm Mauser carbine, I chose to straighten out this 10/22. It's stock is definitely out of the norm considering all of the evil black looking .22's on the market.

 

[Lomax]

Nice work! It's a definite improvement.

Check this one out.

 

[Lomax]

The red reminds me of the stock on my M91/30 Mosin Nagant. I like it!

My last Mosin Nagant is this sweet M38. Another ginger.

 

[Lomax]

I was contemplating removing the scope mount so I could just use the irons.

During the 1st scope mount attempt, a screw had marred the receiver. Loctite was used judiciously to join the screws, mount and receiver as one unit. The mounting screws were in tight, so I hit the mount with a heat gun to loosen the glued up mess. For fear of scoring paint, Loctite residuals still remain.

Then with great timing, the mail lady dropped off some gun parts. The two screws on the right were wrong and the new barrel band looks kinda cheesy.

I found a heel plate screw that fits.

 

[Lomax]

I was contemplating removing the scope mount so I could just use the irons. During the 1st scope mount attempt, a screw had marred the receiver. Loctite was used judiciously to join the screws, mount and receiver as one unit. The mounting screws were in tight, so I hit the mount with a heat gun to loosen the glued up mess. For fear of scoring paint, Loctite residuals still remain.
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Then with great timing, the mail lady dropped off some gun parts. The two screws on the right were wrong and the new barrel band looks kinda cheesy.
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I found a heel plate screw hiding inside of this old Stevens.
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That's a plus.
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