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  2. Gunsmith - Wikipedia

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    Simulated checkering on plastic pistol grips. Checkering tools, showing tiny saw-teeth used to create v-grooves. A gunsmith checkering the fore-end of a rifle. (This specialization is frequently combined with that of the Stockmaker) Uses checkering tools to create an ornate pattern of small raised diamonds in the wood surfaces which are to be ...

  3. Ruger Red Label - Wikipedia

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    The checkering pattern changed several times during the production run. Several variants of the Red Label were offered by Ruger including the Woodside. Introduced in 1995 and produced until 2002, the Ruger Red Label Woodside used select Circassian walnut for its forearm and buttstock, which extended into the action on two side panels.

  4. Accurizing - Wikipedia

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    This was traditionally accomplished by steaming and bending the stock, but a simpler solution for modern guns is a set of shims that alter the angle of the stock. [24] Rifle stocks have similar issues of fit, and though the use of sights makes this less vital than in a shotgun, a good fit still helps the shooter to relax and concentrate on ...

  5. Checker - Wikipedia

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    Check (pattern), also called checker or checkered, a pattern consisting of squares of alternating colors; Checker, the action that produces checkering, a surface applied to wooden gunstocks to provide a non-slip grip (see Gunsmith) Another term for retail clerk.

  6. Stock (firearms) - Wikipedia

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    The anatomy of a gunstock on a Ruger 10/22 semi-automatic rifle with Fajen thumbhole silhouette stock. 1) butt, 2) forend, 3) comb, 4) heel, 5) toe, 6) grip, 7) thumbhole A gunstock or often simply stock, the back portion of which is also known as a shoulder stock, a buttstock, or simply a butt, is a part of a long gun that provides structural support, to which the barrel, action, and firing ...

  7. Evans repeating rifle - Wikipedia

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    Transition model Evans rifles were made in the following configurations: Sporting rifle: Walnut stock, checkering and engraving available on special order. 26", 28", and 30" octagon barrels. Estimated quantity made - 1,050. Military musket: 30" round barrel, full forend retained with 2 or 3 barrel bands. Estimated quantity made - 150. Carbine:

  8. Remington Model 572 - Wikipedia

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    The BDL featured a ramp front sight with gold bead, a fully adjustable rear sight modeled after the sight used on Remington 700 big-game rifle, and a higher-grade walnut forearm and straight-comb butt stock with impressed checkering. In 1991, the walnut butt stock of the BDL Deluxe version was altered to incorporate a Monte Carlo comb to ...

  9. Remington Model 30 - Wikipedia

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    The Remington Model 30 is a US sporting rifle of the inter-war period based on the military P14/M1917 Enfield rifle action, which was manufactured for the British and US governments during World War I. [4] [5] Initial specimens used surplus military parts with some modifications in order to consume the stock of parts, though further modifications were made as production progressed and later ...