AV Avenger

[AVS Stephen]

Just wanted to let you know I'm making progress on the walnut stock for the Avenger, in case your interested. Inletting is much easier to make than Liberty stock.

Stephen how did you cut the inlet ?  I  have done several Richards micro fit stocks using a die grinder with carbide cutter to get the general shape , then tubing with DA  sand paper with sticky backing to hold it on the tubing , also a up right drill press with machinist vise  ..  I have a lot of experience using die grinder's porting 2 stroke racing motors for jet ski's for decades, the average person might have a hard time with that ...  it it is some work  accomplish for sure ..

I cant wait to see your finished stock , I like the effort your putting in   ...

Hey Dan, All done with a router and two bits. 1/2" straight bit and 1" core box cutter. Oh and some chisels. Much easier than the Libetrty. I will have a detailed video in a few weeks.

stephen

[RunsOnAir]

Ronan, asking to make a custom wood stock for a $300 gun they must have thought it was an April Fool's prank...

My original signature on GTA was "Never take yourself too seriously, nobody else does", so passing for an April fool's prankster in July fits the bill! this being said, they have stock for the Ruger 10/22, a gun that is sold around $280 new (I just looked a well known brick and mortar store chain's website selling hunting stuff), so I think it might just be they never heard of the Avenger and discarded an isolated request/Email of interest.
As you said, the petition/request idea advanced by Dan has merit in my opinion.
As I'll use the Avenger essentially for bench rest related fun, I do like the idea of swapping the stock for something better.

Regarding the type of stock, what would be your type/style preference if they so happened to offer one?
I must say that a direct conversion of the actual stock to wood would please me greatly, as I do like that classic shape. Otherwise, I have a bias toward thumb-hole stocks aesthetically speaking.
Now, coming back to Stephen's great work, the idea of trying my hand is also very enticing. I can see myself going both routes, especially if swapping stocks is one or two screws away. I believe that according to what I plan to use a gun for on a given day, putting it on a different stock seems a totally appropriate thing to do.

[gendoc]

i have had mine in .22 since the early delivery of the 1st run, and i like the gun as it is right out of the box.....little tweek'n and its a hunter for sure.
not far behind my Impact .22 in accuracy out to 100yrds 

[Pewpew]

Just wanted to let you know I'm making progress on the walnut stock for the Avenger, in case your interested. Inletting is much easier to make than Liberty stock.

Stephen how did you cut the inlet ?  I  have done several Richards micro fit stocks using a die grinder with carbide cutter to get the general shape , then tubing with DA  sand paper with sticky backing to hold it on the tubing , also a up right drill press with machinist vise  ..  I have a lot of experience using die grinder's porting 2 stroke racing motors for jet ski's for decades, the average person might have a hard time with that ...  it it is some work  accomplish for sure ..

I cant wait to see your finished stock , I like the effort your putting in   ...

Hey Dan, All done with a router and two bits. 1/2" straight bit and 1" core box cutter. Oh and some chisels. Much easier than the Libetrty. I will have a detailed video in a few weeks.

stephen

so just curious, whats your thoughts on taking strips of walnut and glueing them together to make a "stock blank" instead of buying one.  seems it would be way cheaper than the few places ive seen asking crazy prices for stock balnks

[RunsOnAir]

Just wanted to let you know I'm making progress on the walnut stock for the Avenger, in case your interested. Inletting is much easier to make than Liberty stock.

Stephen how did you cut the inlet ?  I  have done several Richards micro fit stocks using a die grinder with carbide cutter to get the general shape , then tubing with DA  sand paper with sticky backing to hold it on the tubing , also a up right drill press with machinist vise  ..  I have a lot of experience using die grinder's porting 2 stroke racing motors for jet ski's for decades, the average person might have a hard time with that ...  it it is some work  accomplish for sure ..

I cant wait to see your finished stock , I like the effort your putting in   ...

Hey Dan, All done with a router and two bits. 1/2" straight bit and 1" core box cutter. Oh and some chisels. Much easier than the Libetrty. I will have a detailed video in a few weeks.

stephen

so just curious, whats your thoughts on taking strips of walnut and glueing them together to make a "stock blank" instead of buying one.  seems it would be way cheaper than the few places ive seen asking crazy prices for stock balnks

Andrew,
Wood always expands and contracts with humidity and probably temperatures also. Blanks are usually priced high due to the quality of the walnut grain as well as the fact they have seasoned/aged/dried for years. Those blanks are stable and can usually be trusted not to crack or twist.
If you want to glue together walnut planks, it may work, but you have to be sure they are well seasoned before doing anything. Otherwise, you're playing lottery/roulette . Russian style.

Please note that I believe you would more likely than not end up with roughly the same costs, maybe even higher that way (glued planks vs slab). Here is my reasoning:
If you look not for blank sellers (those guys I respect, as they do provide a great servie) but woodworkers' lumber yards, you will see that wood is usually sold at fixed price by volume, and changes in length, thickness etc don't matter at the dimensions we are talking about here for stock. Getting several planks to glue or getting a slab should end up at the exact same cost to you.
Your best best for me would be to look at those woodworker's suppliers directly and find a seasoned slab that has not been selected (yet) for its beauty by a blank seller (they scour those suppliers and select the best material, sometimes they age the wood themselves and incur a loss when they twist, hence the cost.)

gluing planks is nonetheless a valid technique used for making stocks, but I believe it is used to play with color patterns, save wood and more easily create the general shape of the stock. Example here:


Woodworkers more experienced than me are welcome to chime in and correct  what I offered at any time.

[Norcal]

Randy at RL Airguns is expecting his next shipment of Avengers any day now!

[Dan H]

Just wanted to let you know I'm making progress on the walnut stock for the Avenger, in case your interested. Inletting is much easier to make than Liberty stock.

Stephen how did you cut the inlet ?  I  have done several Richards micro fit stocks using a die grinder with carbide cutter to get the general shape , then tubing with DA  sand paper with sticky backing to hold it on the tubing , also a up right drill press with machinist vise  ..  I have a lot of experience using die grinder's porting 2 stroke racing motors for jet ski's for decades, the average person might have a hard time with that ...  it it is some work  accomplish for sure ..

I cant wait to see your finished stock , I like the effort your putting in   ...

Hey Dan, All done with a router and two bits. 1/2" straight bit and 1" core box cutter. Oh and some chisels. Much easier than the Libetrty. I will have a detailed video in a few weeks.

stephen

Thanks for the info Stephen , I can't wait to see the video , maybe after watching I will get a block of forest camo laminate ,and take a crack at it myself ..  

[Dan H]

Randy at RL Airguns is expecting his next shipment of Avengers any day now!

OH YES !  I have a .22 ordered from him ...  I cant wait to pull the trigger on this 1 ...

[Dan H]

i have had mine in .22 since the early delivery of the 1st run, and i like the gun as it is right out of the box.....little tweek'n and its a hunter for sure.
not far behind my Impact .22 in accuracy out to 100yrds 

John that's great news , pretty amazing for $300  ...

[AVS Stephen]

Here is some more progress on the Walnut stock for Avenger

[Wayne52]

There's a lot of work that goes in to a custom stock for sure, you're making some remarkable progress on that one Stephen !!!

[RunsOnAir]

Oh man , I can't wait for the video !
Thanks Stephen!!!!

[superchikn]

Sorry fellas... I'm not interested in adding a couple more pounds and a couple hundred bucks to my investment in this gun. That kinda defeats the reasons I bought it in the first place.
I love looking at what other folks do to theirs though.

I agree  on the weight part ... that stock on my mrod at that point in time un- finished was around 70 bucks if I remember right , what I do on a few of my guns is have the light weight stock usually oem for going out in the field ...then have my own usually better for bench shooting after market stock , so you have the best of both worlds ...

 so even if I buy a cool wood stock for the Avenger , the plastic 1 goes on for for hiking /hunting  .   Boyds on the Benji stocks they make ,has a light weight 99 buck stock in laminate that's pretty cool .. spike camp forest laminate  99 bucks !  cheap !  for the guy that wants 1 ...

https://www.boydsgunstocks.com/product-configurator

will a Discovery stock work on a Maximus?

[AVS Stephen]

Attached are three scans of the outline for the Avenger Walnut stock in case you want a rough sketch to go by

[RunsOnAir]

Attached are three scans of the outline for the Avenger Walnut stock in case you want a rough sketch to go by

A very big Thank You, Stephen!

[AVS Stephen]

Going to raise the grain tomorrow and apply Tru-Oil

[mrbulk]

 

[Dan H]

I like it ! ..

       

Stephen mine's next  ! ... .... but I want forest green camo Laminate  ....

[Wayne52]

Oh yeah that's turning out to be another beautiful gun stock Stephen !!! I'll be looking forward to another one of your top notch video's . . . very cool

[AVS Stephen]

Just finished the Walnut stock for the AV Avenger.