Don't know when it all went off the tracks but OldSwede had him do a Brno Stecher 3S that is gorgeous.
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Remember Gatewood stocks?
As you can see in the thread link below Gatewood produced a great offhand stock. Owners of his offhand stock had nothing but good things to say about it.
As he stopped making stocks several years ago, I wonder if anyone else ever copied his design?
https://www.rimfirecentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=593824
As he stopped making stocks several years ago, I wonder if anyone else ever copied his design?
https://www.rimfirecentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=593824
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I wouldn't copy his design without his permission. He was nice enough to spend some time on the phone with me years ago.
Made some pretty stocks for sure. I was taking a break from rimfires when the meltdown ensued, only see remnants of it around the web. It's a bummer as we've not maintained many of the one off custom stock makers in the 10/22 sphere. In the early 2000s we had a good run of some spectacular wood.
I miss Claude...
I have 5 stocks that Claude made. Four different patterns and each one is a gem. Unless Claude got back into the 10/22 stock making business again, I sincerely believe that I have to last one he made before moving on in his career. I made a post about this several years back if anyone wants to search it out.
I'm fortunate to have quite a collection of 10/22 stocks & I really miss the craftsmen like Claude Gatewood, Mike Turner, Dan Hawkins w/ Hipshot, and others! Those folks were not only artisans but visionaries and gave us some awesome stock designs.:bthumb:
I have 5 stocks that Claude made. Four different patterns and each one is a gem. Unless Claude got back into the 10/22 stock making business again, I sincerely believe that I have to last one he made before moving on in his career. I made a post about this several years back if anyone wants to search it out.
I'm fortunate to have quite a collection of 10/22 stocks & I really miss the craftsmen like Claude Gatewood, Mike Turner, Dan Hawkins w/ Hipshot, and others! Those folks were not only artisans but visionaries and gave us some awesome stock designs.:bthumb:
yes, as much as I like my Gatewood, I absolutely love my Hawkins/Hipshot Raptors..and even though I have four of them in various colors of laminate, I wish they (or the company that produced them later) had offered some in fancier woodsI miss Claude...
I have 5 stocks that Claude made. Four different patterns and each one is a gem. Unless Claude got back into the 10/22 stock making business again, I sincerely believe that I have to last one he made before moving on in his career. I made a post about this several years back if anyone wants to search it out.
I'm fortunate to have quite a collection of 10/22 stocks & I really miss the craftsmen like Claude Gatewood, Mike Turner, Dan Hawkins w/ Hipshot, and others! Those folks were not only artisans but visionaries and gave us some awesome stock designs.:bthumb:
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