Robert checking comb/grip profile with shop made template for M-70. We had previously sawn the stock profile.
Robert shaping the Buttstock next day.
Dan’s retro-Springfield Project on day two. He began with a completely square blank on day one
Dan rasping cheekpiece on day two
Besides working on a M-70 stock Lee completed a five day full rust bluing of a Custom Ruger #1 he had begun in class in 2012.
Final polishing.
Third coat rust bluing.
Carding quarter rib.
Swabing on anothe coat of bluing solution.
Rust bluing after boiling - before carding.
Dan marking layout lines, but mostly shaped, beginning forend to blend into wrist.
1990s vintage Jerry Fisher rifle disassembled on SDH workbench as an example for inletting and shaping.
Fisher full-scale drawing and shop made templates for class projects.
