Tiger Hunt precarves

[LRB]

Has anybody out there had any experience with precarved stocks from TIGER HUNT?

 

[Birddog6]

Have not used any or theirs, but from what I saw at Friendship I was not impressed with the wood or the prices.

 

[kvistads]

Wick:
Wayne Dunlap is the man for blanks. He may have pre-carves too - I'm not sure. Pecatonica is the place for pre-carves I'm told. They do most of T.O.W.'s for them. I'm told they (TOW) just marks the price up a little.

 

[LRB]

Thanks guys. I have used a few from TOW, and are not real happy with them. The maple is a tad soft and I have encountered other problems. When I first started dealing with them they were very helpful and customer friendly. Lately they are getting an atitude. Got one stock in with a ramrod hole running very close to the belly. I asked for an exchange and was told that this problem could not exist because they were machine drilled and it would be impossible to run off center. Yeah, right! If Pecatonica is cutting theirs I can eliminate them also.

 

[Randy]

Wick,

I've also dealt with TOW for a number of years. My biggest complaint is thier pre-inlet areas sometimes have too much wood removed so you can't do a nice looking job no matter how careful you are. I started buying their precarved "seconds" or damaged stocks. It seems they have no worse problems than their top of the line stocks but are cheaper.

Since they moved Gene and Greg are not so helpful and friendly like they used to be. Ask for Dave and you will almost always get better service. Brian is OK too if he isn't busy.

Horse Dr.

 

[tg]

I know one builder who used TOW stocks then went to Pecatonica and felt the quality was better?? maybe he just got some good ones or maybe they keep the beter stuff to sell under their own name and sent the rest out to other vendors.

 

[Zonie]

I haven't bought from TOW but I have from Dixie and from Pecatonica.
I was unhappy with the Dixie stock which had the ram-rod hole drilled about 3 inches deep and then a channel cut down from the barrel channel to intersect it the rest of the way back. This took out a He.. of a lot of wood where it's needed.
I have always had excellent results from **** Greensides who owns Pecatonica and now am hesitant to buy from anyone else unless I can hold the stock blank in my hands.

 

[Flint]

I haven't worked with wood from Tiger, but I have had the oppertunity to work softer maple from Fort Hill. Personally I don't believe it works as good as a quality hard maple stock. Wayne Dunlap knows his wood and is impressive to talk with, however I don't think he does precarved stocks. His site is http://www.dunlapwoodcrafts.com . Though I have not bought any wood from her I find Susie at Muzzleloader Builders Supply http://www.muzzleloaderbuilderssupply.com/ to be a good source for supplies. One word of caution I don't care for the thickness of the brass she uses for inlays and thimbles, but her patch boxes are the best I have found on the market. Back to the wood, I have heard that Susie buys her wood from Wayne then puts it on the CNC machine. Jim at Golden Age Arms in Ashley OH generally has good wood as well, I have worked several of his stocks and like the quality of his wood.

Flint

 

I've never personally used their wood but had heard that it was quality wood.

I have only built one custom rifle to date, but the wood was excellent. The wood was purchased from a friend who uses the same source that Suzie at Muzzleloader Builder's Supply uses.

 

[LRB]

I built an English officer s fusel on a precarve I got from Susie at MLBS. It had the ramrod hole routed from the inside. I don't like this, but it does guarantee where the hole is. I insertd a dowell in the rout, set a piece of poster board over it and glass bedded the barrel up to the thimble area. Worked fine, but you also have to drill or dig out at the breech area a tad to get a deep enough ramrod set. Other than that, I was well pleased with the stock, so maybe I will consider going this way again. Thanks, all who replied.