Gunsmithing A tribute to Mr. Cross and his Sentinel stock (updated)

[Jperk0278]

I have a couple of Mr. Cross’s Sentinel stocks and love to shoot them. I thought I’d attempt to duplicate it in a wood stock, mahogany in this case. Overall, I was moderately pleased with the results and I’m looking forward to giving it another shot as I learned an awful lot in this first attempt and hope to do much better on the next one.

 

[PBWalsh]

Looks great

 

[sgtsmmiii]

I like it. Looks great.

 

[Basher]

@Terry Cross I think he did a pretty good job making a replica Sentinel by hand, no?

 

[Baron23]

I have a couple of Mr. Cross’s Sentinel stocks and love to shoot them. I thought I’d attempt to duplicate it in a wood stock, mahogany in this case. Overall, I was moderately pleased with the results and I’m looking forward to giving it another shot as I learned an awful lot in this first attempt and hope to do much better on the next one.

Pretty dang cool. Great job, mate.

 

[M4guru]

That’s super cool!

 

[Terry Cross]

I have a couple of Mr. Cross’s Sentinel stocks and love to shoot them. I thought I’d attempt to duplicate it in a wood stock, mahogany in this case. Overall, I was moderately pleased with the results and I’m looking forward to giving it another shot as I learned an awful lot in this first attempt and hope to do much better on the next one.

Really nice! That had to be a butt load of work.
Real wood is always the shit.

Enjoy sir.

T.

 

[Jperk0278]

Thank you sir and thanks everyone for all of the responses. I really wasn’t expecting the first one to work out as well as it did and I’m really looking forward to what the next one brings. It’s a whole lot easier just buying one though…when you can find ‘‘em that is.

 

[Dobbs02si]

Did you keep with your time in that out of curiosity? I have the utmost respect for your work with my dad being a finish carpenter.

 

[carbonbased]

That is a beautiful piece of work.

 

[502Chevelle]

Super nice! Beautiful!

 

[Shawn1492]

Real nice!

 

[Jperk0278]

Here is my second effort. The stock is made from Brazilian Leopardwood. I’m giving this one to my dad for Father’s Day. I am much happier with this one than the first effort, but that’s to be expected as we learn. Looking forward to what the next one brings.

 

[Jperk0278]

Forgot to add - Leopardwood with Ebony accents and cheek rest.

 

[PBWalsh]

Gorgeous man! I’ve never seen that type of wood, incredible grain structure.

 

[TmisterE]

Damm you are really talented very nice work, did you just look at the stock get a piece of wood and start whittelin on it, really beautiful work.

 

[Jperk0278]

Nah, I’m not that talented. I had my son rough it out on a CNC router. After that, it only took 45 hours of grinding, milling and sanding to get to the finished product.

 

[enichols]

Wow, amazing work!

 

[Mr.BR]

Years ago built a mold and made a couple of carbon fiber stocks inspired by Sentinel stock , for a pair of .284win/Shehane tactical rifles

 

[jetmd]

Nice, Very nice!

 

[JonKleman]

How am I only just now seing this thread!? That is amazing work! Did you use a template to get the profile or just do it by eye?

 

[Jperk0278]

Thanks. I had my son rough it out on a CNC router to get the proper profile, then did the necessary boring, milling, grinding and sanding to finish it. There was a lot of improvement from the first attempt to the second, and I’m about to give it another try in the next month or so. I’ll post pics when it’s finished. I found a beautiful piece of Bubinga for this one.

 

[brianf]

that is some incredible work...excellent

 

[JonKleman]

Thanks. I had my son rough it out on a CNC router to get the proper profile, then did the necessary boring, milling, grinding and sanding to finish it. There was a lot of improvement from the first attempt to the second, and I’m about to give it another try in the next month or so. I’ll post pics when it’s finished. I found a beautiful piece of Bubinga for this one.

Can’t wait to see it, I had been thinking about trying something like this myself. And now seeing some done it’s making me want to do it more, just have to find the time

 

[Aftermath]

This is definitely one of the more interesting and talented things I've seen on this forum in the last couple of years. Excellent work!

Check THIS one out. I keep hoping for an update. It is so inspiring that I have a Manners stock that I am going to send to a duplicator with a stick of wood and then do the finishing myself. https://www.snipershide.com/shooting/threads/wood.7090026/

 

[LeftyJason]

Did you gentlemen see @gebhardt02 stock? That was pretty.

Gunsmithing - Making a custom wood stock from scratch

This entire project merely started as an idea rolling through my mind in the summer of 2019. I was enjoying a few days with some long-time friends of mine and as usual, my mind drifted toward rifle projects. I wanted to do something completely different than what is normal in the...

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There is also a wood shop thread that is good.

Maggie’s - The Wood Shop

Some more profiling. It’s funny because there is enough money worth of rasps sitting on the bench to buy a really nice belt sander, lol. Yeah, that might be true, but then you'd have to wear something other than those comfy slippers.

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