New stock for my SKS

[David]

The original stock on this rifle had been the victim of at least a couple crude attempts at refinishing and was beyond repair. I considered a polymer stock but decided to make my own instead. Originally it was going to be walnut, because I know I have a chunk of it around here somewhere, but I ran across this piece of mahogany while looking and decided to use it. I made a couple small changes to the stock, the main one being that while I am going to use the original butt plate I moved it back about 1 1/2".

A while back I shortened the barrel on another SKS, kind of a homemade paratrooper, might do that to this one too.

 

[gutpile]

thats a pretty stock in training

 

[chilly2477]

stock

thats a damn good lookin stock sir, good job

 

[fastang50]

Wow! That sks is going to think it just became a millionaire moving into a new home like that.

 

[Mounty09]

Good work. Can't wait to see what it looks like all put together.

 

[David]

This wood is left over from a restoration of a mahogany Chris Craft, of which I have done a few, but have always stained as that was what CC did. I like the look of it with a natural finish. The extra length on the stock makes it much more comfortable too, pull length went from 12 1/2" to 14".

And a few of the finished rifle.

I didn't take many pictures while I was doing this, but here's one.

 

[bmyers]

That's some impressive work right there! Probably one of the nicest stocks on any SKS, anywhere.

 

[nineball481]

Looks amazing. Was this done in a home workshop or place of business? Mostly by hand or machinery?

 

[__Doc_]

That grain looks amazing. Great work

 

[38special]

Beautiful? How much for #2?

I'm only kind of kidding. I love the SKS and that is beautiful, though putting one together would probably cost more than I wanna put into one.

 

[gotojuston]

Wow, you get major respect for the skill involved here. If you ever want to turn a profit, let me (us?) know.

 

[92LX]

That is flat out the best looking SKS I have seen

 

[marcweid]

That is the nicest SKS I have ever seen!!! You have an amazing talent.

 

[t1545jh]

Nice job!

 

[Jordan]

Would love to see this done to one those Albanian SKSs where you have more wood to show off.

 

[David]

Thanks everyone for the nice comments

As far as making any more of these goes, who knows, make me an offer, what have you got to lose?