Lyman Great Plains Kit Build - Stock

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    Melnic

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    Lyman Great Plains Kit Build

    OK, I have this kit.

    I have to shape the wood. Do I shape the wood with the butt plate attached then clean up the scars on the plate after shaping the wood?

    Where do I get info on how to shape it? Info seems sparse on the net on how to go about cutting the wood down. I do gather I use a rasp then sand paper?

    How about at the nose cap?
     

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    damifinowfish

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    Pencil line around the metal parts for your guide. I borrowed a belt sander to shape the stock on my build. The belt sander was a bench mount and had a narrow belt.
     
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    Melnic

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    Getting close to finished.
    Just need to clean all the preservative off the barrel and blue it along with the sights.
    I did 5 coats of Hope'sTung oil over a period of 12 days
    I can see some spots I did not catch when wetting the stock but it's not too bad.
    I did not like the cast mold parting lines on the butt plate and trigger guard so those got sanded down. I shimmed the tang up to get the barrel to sit in the stock without flexing on the wood.
    The included wedges were a tad too small so I got some longer ones from Track of the wolf and they worked out great.
     

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    Melnic

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    I found this guy who made a video series on this kit. Even if you don't have this kit but are looking at kit building it is a good series of videos to watch.
    I wish this was available back when I made my kit.

    My favorite line was him talking about sanding down the filing marks and how anyone who enjoys that part, there is something wrong with you :)

    Filing then sanding down the metal be it steel or brass or whatever, is a big part of kit building. Be it a brushed/grained look like I did as well as the video did or more work on a polished brass finish, its a good bit of work.

    He also browns the barrel instead of bluing it so that video is good to watch for doing that as well (update 5 and 6)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bw1PQhT1ezo

     
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