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Airguns by Make and Model => Benjamin Airguns => Topic started by: Van on October 15, 2021, 10:41:39 PM
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I have had a 392 action setting around for a year or two needing a stock. I never liked the blocky ones that come on modern Benjamins. I had a fancy Calico Hardwood one I planed to use but used the blank on a powder burner. I got this Winchester un-inlet one that was listed as hardwood from Numrich today for $31 to start work on. It looks to have some Quilt figure so I plan to finish natural. Not sure what kind of wood it is. Grain looks like Maple or Birch to me, very hard. Anyone know from the picture what this may be. (http://)
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I don't know what kind, but it sure is beautiful!
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Judging by the pattern, color differences, maple is my guess.
If you really want it to pop, order some Golden Honey stain, from Dixie Gunworks. You won't be disappointed.
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Sure looks like birch.
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The flame or quilt pattern is nice on both sides looking like Maple but the grain of the wood looks like Birch to me. Either way I like it and will take the advice from Longhunter and use some Honey Maple stain to bring out the figure and keep the overall color a lighter shade.
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You sure will have the nicest looking Benji 397 around when you're done, certainly compared to the current plastic abomination and still better than the ugly recent wood stocks too.
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You sure will have the nicest looking Benji 397 around when you're done, certainly compared to the current plastic abomination and still better than the ugly recent wood stocks too.
Never kept a plastic stock on a gun be it rifle or pistol. I plan to keep the regular pump lever on this one as it will not be a steroid. Just a back yard shooter. I have a billet lever on my modified one for hunting. I like to mount the lever to the stock arm with screws inside the lever "U" slot on the ones I inlet myself so holes don't have to be drilled for pins. (http://)
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You sure will have the nicest looking Benji 397 around when you're done, certainly compared to the current plastic abomination and still better than the ugly recent wood stocks too.
Never kept a plastic stock on a gun be it rifle or pistol. I plan to keep the regular pump lever on this one as it will not be a steroid. Just a back yard shooter. I have a billet lever on my modified one for hunting. I like to mount the lever to the stock arm with screws inside the lever "U" slot on the ones I inlet myself so holes don't have to be drilled for pins. (http://)
I keep forgetting this.
I definitely need to remember it because I can never get the pin holes right.
You saw my first attempt " American boy " and the redo, I failed both times.
#2 is good enough to stay, but if I ever decide to redo it or just do another in .22 I gotta remember to do it this way.
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I keep forgetting this.
I definitely need to remember it because I can never get the pin holes right.
You saw my first attempt " American boy " and the redo, I failed both times.
#2 is good enough to stay, but if I ever decide to redo it or just do another in .22 I gotta remember to do it this way.
I have made a drill fixture for drilling the pin holes in the wood forearms/pump handles for Crosman 2200 etc. pumpers.
Works out pretty good........
After machining the slots for the pump tube and pump lever, the holes go in next while the blank is still square...
The Crosman pump arm is pretty narrow inside. Dunno if the screws could be squoze in there............
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I keep forgetting this.
I definitely need to remember it because I can never get the pin holes right.
You saw my first attempt " American boy " and the redo, I failed both times.
#2 is good enough to stay, but if I ever decide to redo it or just do another in .22 I gotta remember to do it this way.
I have made a drill fixture for drilling the pin holes in the wood forearms/pump handles for Crosman 2200 etc. pumpers.
Works out pretty good........
After machining the slots for the pump tube and pump lever, the holes go in next while the blank is still square...
The Crosman pump arm is pretty narrow inside. Dunno if the screws could be squoze in there............
The slot is narrow so I use small Phillips Head screws chucked in drill press and turned down against a file till the head just slips in the "U". Screws that way look better as I don't like holes on the pump arm wood. But if I'm drilling for pins in an existing hole I use a simple set up as pictured. Mark the action and jig in the position that the bit lines up with the hole so that when you place action in stock you can place it back on the table to drill the correct placement in the wood. Or if you don't plan to use existing holes, it's simpler to just drill new hole in the wood and metal together and pin that way. Hope the picture explains it better. May have to shim the stock to make it level before drilling. I have a narrow shim under the lever here to level it with the tube. (http://)