Custom Rifle Build – The Stock by Andy Dubreuil


Those of you who follow my articles, will already know that I am a benchrest shooter and I thought it might be useful to share information with other benchrest shooters - or maybe those looking to get into benchrest shooting - how a stock is made for a custom rifle build. When some shooters hear the word ‘custom’ they think that it will likely cost loads of money, well yes it can but you can get a custom build done for around the same kind of money as a new factory rifle - if you shop around. The UK has some great gunsmiths and stock makers but, as a breed, they can be hard to find and often it’s done by ‘word and mouth’. Personally, I wish that these guys would come out of darkness and promote themselves a little – by advertising in Target Shooter maybe! Stephen Parker of Parmoor Stocks started his custom stock making business about a year ago. Getting a company going in a climate that is still recovering from the recession can be hard work and a gamble – as we at Target Shooter know all too


well. Stephen has done his best to promote himself by taking his stocks to shooting clubs and shows to let shooters see what he can produce and get feedback as to what shooters would like. He is now starting to find his feet and gunsmiths are starting to use his stocks for custom rifle builds. I spoke to Stephen late last year about him maybe building me a stock for a project that I had in mind. He then sent me some photographs of the different woods and laminates he uses but I was looking for something different both in wood and shape to meet my needs. The great thing about a custom build is that you start with a ‘blank canvas’ and work out a budget of how much you are willing to spend. Hopefully, you will not have to compromise too much on what you are looking for when you add up the cost! After studying Stephen’s range of woods, laminates and designs and after a lot of thought, we came up with a combination that would do the job. Then I met Stephen at the Newark Show last month where he was showing a laminate that I had never seen


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