Decommissioned weapons for handles

[Uncle Danny]

One of the local gun shops was forced by the government to junk old shotguns (side/side) without serial numbers.
I got in touch with them and I now have more than enough wood to go along for a long time

This will for sure be a quiet thread, but had to share my excitement for this “upcycling” project
Haven’t got a clue yet, what kind of wood we are talking, but the guns are more or less over 60+ years.

 

[Corradobrit1]

The higher end stuff is likely figured Walnut. The lower end mostly beech. Top right stock is my fav by a long shot (see what I did there ) showing off its tiger striping.

 

[Uncle Danny]

I hear you

 

[NickMinton]

Oh this could be pretty cool! When the opportunity present, you gotta shoot your shot

 

[SwampDonkey]

Super cool idea. Very curious how this turns out

 

[petrel]

One man’s tragedy is another man’s treasure?

 

[Corradobrit1]

Oh this could be pretty cool! When the opportunity present, you gotta shoot your shot

Must have been a bolt out of the blue to get the call

 

[Corradobrit1]

Who was riding shotgun on the way home?


I'm here all week, try the veal

 

[HumbleHomeCook]

What a damn shame. Glad your finding a way to make the best of it but what a damn shame.

Likely all hand carved with crazy high LPI checkering. Bet there was some beautiful case colored side plates on a few of those.

 

[Matt Jacobs]

I'm excited to see what you do with these. Some are not going to be fun to work with. I have redone some older guns and the amount of oil in some of the stocks is amazing.

 

[Gshep91]

The higher end stuff is likely figured Walnut. The lower end mostly beech. Top right stock is my fav by a long shot (see what I did there )

Third down on the right is my favorite.

These should make some neat handles, excited to follow along

 

[MSicardCutlery]

I'm excited to see what you do with these. Some are not going to be fun to work with. I have redone some older guns and the amount of oil in some of the stocks is amazing.

I put an old Bohler (Italian) Royal Special stock in turpentine hoping to suck out all the oil......after 9 months it still wasn't all out so I just refinished it anyways.....6 years later it still smells like turpentine

 

[tostadas]

Walnut and maple are common for American gunstocks

 

[Corradobrit1]

Third down on the right is my favorite.

I think thats just stained hardwood like beech. The grain looks wrong for walnut.

 

[tostadas]

I would bet that many of these are stained, or a lot of color built up from wear over the years. The actual color of the underlying wood is probably going to be different from what you see on the current surface.

 

[Uncle Danny]

Was kinda expecting them to have a high quantity of oil in them, but just couldn’t resist the offer. I’ll start off with some monos and see where it takes me.
Could be really fun if they worked out and was paired with the wrought irons we make.

They need to have a high level of finish, otherwise they will pull the overall aesthetics of the knife down. Guess time will tell

 

[Corradobrit1]

The one that could surprise is top left.

 

[Uncle Danny]

In the middle, 3,4 and 5 from the top and down has some nice structure to it.

 

[Corradobrit1]

If the chequering is hand carved and of the highest quality you can assume the wood would be likewise.