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  2. 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 ...

  3. GRS Riflestocks - Wikipedia

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    All laminate stocks have an adjustable cheekrest and length of pull which GRS calls "speed lock". GRS laminate stocks have been offered with inlets for many different firearm models, as well as in blanks for other models which require inletting by a gunsmith. Inletted stocks have for instance been provided for the Tikka T3 model.

  4. Gunsmith - Wikipedia

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    The highest level of custom-made firearms usually start out as several pieces of blank steel stock or rough forged parts, a slab (stock blank) of walnut; steel tubes with rifled or smooth holes ("bores") drilled their length. Many smaller detail parts are fabricated in-house and are fitted by the maker.

  5. Griffin & Howe - Wikipedia

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    He purchased a Circassian walnut blank from Von Lengerke & Detmold. In his spare time at the woodwork shop of Bretton Hall, Griffin continued to manufacture gunstocks converting surplus military M1903 Springfield rifles to sporting rifles. Griffin's distinctive hand-checkered Circassian walnut gunstocks featured schnabel fore-ends and a unique ...

  6. Harris Gunworks - Wikipedia

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    Harris Gunworks, a Phoenix, Arizona based U.S. firearms manufacturer, began operations as G. McMillan & Co. after Gale McMillan spun off the rifle building portion of his McMillan Rifle Stock business. McMillan sold this to a group of investors headed by Wes Harris. With Harris as President, the company received its first of many military ...

  7. List of military headstamps - Wikipedia

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    Founded originally in Oslo in 1946, then moved to Aurskog in 1955. They invented and marketed the first fully plastic-hulled blank ammunition in 1953 and worked with other manufacturers to develop similar rounds. The headstamp has the NATO symbol (+) at 12 o'clock, 2-digit year at 6 o'clock, BF at 9 o'clock, and 2-digit batch code at 3 o'clock.

  8. Rifle bedding - Wikipedia

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    Bedding epoxy in a stock. Rifle bedding is a gunsmithing process of providing a rigid and consistent foundation for a rifle’s operational components, by creating a stable and close-fitting bearing surface between the gun's functional parts (i.e. the receiver housing the barrelled action) and its structural support (i.e. the stock) that do not deform with heat, pressure and moisture, or shift ...

  9. Accurizing - Wikipedia

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    Rifle stock with camouflage finish. A good stock or grip allows the shooter to have a relaxed but firm grip on the firearm. This can range from minor changes such as texturing grip surfaces or adding a wide, beavertail type grip safety to a 1911, [clarification needed] all the way to a custom-built, anatomically designed grip that "fits like a ...