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Alaskanrocket
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Steyr 1914
      #264923 - 14/05/15 03:55 AM

I've been working on a sporterized 1914. Its in fairly good shape but the end result will be a field gun at best. Long story short, the stock was absolutely atrocious, which I'm fairly certain was built from a rough sawn walnut 2X6, I decided to shorten the forearm up and after cutting it down a few inches found that the would be "sporterizer" trenched the forearm out and filled with bedding compound, needless to say I had to continue cutting shorter and shorter until the trench was mostly gone. I was ok with this as I was going for a "british" length forearm but I think its just a tad too short. This picture is a little ways into the "transformation" Ive done further work to lower the comb (I hate cheekpieces on open sighted rifles but in America it seems to be impossible to find stocks without) and lessen the angle of the grip and other general cleanup. The trigger was absolutely horrible, which I fixed up with some sanding and polishing. Next step is to make a new bolt handle to replace the current one. A new rear sight and front swivel attachment and she'll be ready for final polishing and a re-blue.

Does anybody have an old 1903 stock for sale? I know I could probably make one or have one made but I would like to try and find one first. Thanks, Jess

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Huvius
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Re: Steyr 1914 [Re: Alaskanrocket]
      #264925 - 14/05/15 05:48 AM

Your forend as it is looks quite like that on a Cogswell & Harrison Certus rifle.

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Alaskanrocket
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Re: Steyr 1914 [Re: Huvius]
      #264927 - 14/05/15 07:39 AM

The certus wasn't the most attractive gun to me. I can't say it's terribly attractive in this application either.

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casper50
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Re: Steyr 1914 [Re: Alaskanrocket]
      #264929 - 14/05/15 08:11 AM

Might be better off to just buy a new rough fit stock. That's going to take a lot of work.

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Huvius
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Re: Steyr 1914 [Re: casper50]
      #264933 - 14/05/15 08:55 AM

These folks may be able to help
http://www.walnutgrovegunstocks.com

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Sarg
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Re: Steyr 1914 [Re: Alaskanrocket]
      #264934 - 14/05/15 09:21 AM

Looks like you could make some thing out of it, I most likely could not but VonGruff could .

I have saved a few stocks that had channels milled out by expects & factory by adding a contrasting fore end tip, I use Buff horn as it is easier then Ebony for me to get, might be harder to do now after you took a lot of wood off, but add a longer piece, slim down as much as you can around the mag well, then trim tip till it looks right !

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Alaskanrocket
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Re: Steyr 1914 [Re: Sarg]
      #264935 - 14/05/15 09:38 AM

Casper, Im seeing this. Should have stopped while I was ahead, but I hated it then so not much lost.

Thanks Huvius, I sent them an e-mail.

Sarg, I'll keep on it until I like it or I find a better stock.

Thanks for the replies. Jess

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Ash
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Re: Steyr 1914 [Re: Alaskanrocket]
      #264952 - 14/05/15 05:00 PM

Quote:

The certus wasn't the most attractive gun to me. I can't say it's terribly attractive in this application either.



How dare you!




Joking, joking.

I like how yours looks at the moment, haha. But i also love how a Certus rifle looks.

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Alaskanrocket
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Re: Steyr 1914 [Re: Ash]
      #264976 - 15/05/15 01:04 AM

Haha, whoopsie. I thought everybody had exactly the same taste in rifles and I wouldn't have offended anyone.

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Ash
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Re: Steyr 1914 [Re: Alaskanrocket]
      #265223 - 19/05/15 09:54 PM

Hehe, looking foward to seeing how you progress

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