Vtsmoker said:
But it will look like manure!
Well, I hate to tell you this but
most of the guys first rifle did look like manure. Some of them the 5th ones look like manure & some of them the 10th one still looks like manure. But it is Your manure.... It is like anything else, you do the best you can & go on. Some learn to build well, some never learn to build well..
But I can tell you this for sure..... You Quit & all you learned is Failure.
You don't Fail till you quit trying...
So what if you make some errors...... Hell I make errors & I have built Dozens of them. And I can guarantee ya that Fred & Mike & Zonie & the rest of them make errors too.... Do the best ya can & go on. When you are finished, look at the errors & on the next one try not to make the same errors. If you cannot live with what you built, just get another stock & do it over.
Good example of one I built ? 2 years ago. Got it In the White & ready to start carving on it. I decided to shoot it first. Was taking it all apart to drill the vent liner & etc. Got in a hurry & pulled too hard on the forestock, snapped it in 3 pieces. This is a $450. stock !
Now I have built dozens of rifles & never had this happen.... but it did. It was my own fault & I knew better, but regardless it happened.
I glued it together & finished it "In-the-White & took it out & shot it anyway. Since I broke it in three, I would not sell it. So I took all the parts off & tested my glue repairs for stress, used the stock for practice carving & etc. Will restock the rifle when I have time to do it.
But I didn't quit because things didn't go my way that day. I have built ? 20 rifles since.
Don't get discouraged...... Do the best ya can & go on. We are not machines, we are human. Humans make errors.
Keith Lisle