HW/Weihrauch HW 80 build .22 long rifle.
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i ordered a custom stock (UK) with no checkering , i think it would be wrong to checker that piece of wood .
P.S. i really like my plain stock .
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Albeit, functional ,I shape my stocks to fit exactly The hand of mine. I like Checkering, it not only makes the stock finished, but is functional. May I quote the late great Jerry Fisher, “a stock isn’t finished until it’s checkered” JF
When done right it don’t hide the grain. To many people seal and fill and hide the diamonds and what’s under.
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That is a very elegant, smoothly flowing design. So many AG have tree trunk wrists that pretty well destroy the looks. Your design is to my eye, flawless. I look forward to seeing what checkering pattern you use.
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I can't add anything that hasn't already been said except I really like the way you brought the top of the barrel block down to match the line of the compression tube. What did you fill the rear sight screw holes with?
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I used screws and machined them off. Ive I welded them full with no visible seam but you always get heat transfer when blueing. Its extremely hard unless you know the exact metal and use the same tig rod ,even then it’s a 50 /50 chance of seeing them. Its why I look for the unsighted breech blocks to use. No holes to begin with. This is an example of a heat transfer line from the factory At the forks .. Not always visible in every lighting and angles but there.
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You know I always admire your work.
About the best you can do is counterbore the screw holes slightly oversize. Make screws with a shank same diameter as the counterbore. We need "3 threads in the work" minimum. Install them. Now cut them off slightly proud. Peen the tops of the screws to fill out the holes tightly before you machine them off. Now the marks are at least perfectly round and virtually seamless.
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I have
I have tried it. Because of the round top they still show. I just deal with them when I have a block With screw holes ..I have welded them with satin bluing and got better results. As it hides but I would rather not deal with uncontrolled heat blobs. Round screws flush are better looking to me. The best blocks are the HW WITH NO SIGHTS obviously.
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