Another GPR facelift

[Liver eatin’ Johnson]

This time I'm starting with a completed gun I found at a gunshop for an obscenely low price! :wink: The builder did a nice job finishing it but decided to polish a lot of the metal parts on a buffer to look like chrome. :youcrazy: Anyway, I've taken some of the curve out of the buttplate and re-inletted it...

Also re-inletted the toe plate to it's new location, moving it forward to compensate for the wood removed while reshaping the buttplate. As you can see I got the bottom line straightened out by filing a LOT of the pearch belly away and in the process, made the trigger guard inletting disappear leaving only the rear screw hole and a dent ...

From here I'll reshape the the beaver tail to make it a reasonable size and thickness in relation to the stock and then work on the comb line to add visual length to the wrist...

...stay tuned if you're not getting sick of my GPR butchering :grin:

 

[wulf]

no way! love to see good work in progress...

 

[William Joy]

TALENTED......

 

[traceywalker]

Keep it up!! You're doing my R&D for me!
Many Thanks
Rangertrace---

 

[BadHorse]

keep going! im reading everthing i can find on GPR's my should get here any day, and i so appriciate all the info and pics!

 

[Goldhunter]

Did you remove the finish first? It still looks like it's still on there. I had to strip mine to get the BLO off, it was gumming up my files and sand paper ( I tried the paper and file on a couple small areas to see what I was dealing with).

I also had to make a new toe plate. The bottoms of the scew holes were drilled so far through that when I cleaned up the bottom, the bevels completely disappeared! :shocked2: Glad you could reuse yours.

Lookin good!

 

[Liver eatin’ Johnson]

I'll be stripping the finish off soon as my rough filing and sanding is complete. My work schedule limits the time I have to work on it.

Speaking of sanding, I have found that 3M brand "Sand Blaster" is the best paper I have ever worked with. It is so long lasting, resists tearing and does not gum up as fast. Even when it does get plugged, a quick pass with a second piece of paper over the plugged area makes it like new. :thumbsup:

 

Johnson,

Get after it! :thumbsup: Do you get the feeling some of us have been ridin' your coattails abit? :rotf: My missus wants a digital camera so when we nab up one for decent price I'll post my GPR Kit progress following the suggestions you have implemented.BUTTSTOCK,NOSECAP,SNAIL,CHEEKPIECE,FOREARM.....

Jay Taylor

Jay

 

[Goldhunter]

Are you going to try LMF stain? or just oil finish again?

Looking forward to your finished product. I liked your last one alot.

 

[Liver eatin’ Johnson]

Update - Sanded and stained with two coats of Minwax Polyshade ( too glossy for now :barf: ) four more to go and then rub it out with 000 steel wool. The photos show the reshaped cheek piece, comb and toe plate area - note the old hole locations from where the toeplate was before changing the buttplate angle. Re-inletted the rear trigger guard plate in the same place.

 

[William Joy]

Did you bent the buttplate cold?

 

[Goldhunter]

I bent mine cold. I put it in the vise, about an inch or so. Bent the plate a little over half an inch, just enough to take some of the sharp point out of it.

 

[Liver eatin’ Johnson]

Finished GPR facelift with Green Mountain .54 cal barrel for hunting. ( I also have the Lyman .50 that came with the rifle for target shooting )

Comparison of factory stock shape to what I prefer it to look like

 

[Goldhunter]

What sight did you put on that barrel. Looks like an adjustable buck horn?

 

Johnson,

You already know what I think :applause: :applause: :applause:

Jay

 

[Liver eatin’ Johnson]

When I found the used .54 GM barrel, it had this adjustable buckhorn sight on it ( also came with a GPR tang, was nicely browned and had the GPR rib and thimbles installed. :thumbsup: )