Finished Browning 425

[AultMan]

Finally buffed the finish on Saturday and went and shot my first round of clays with my new stock on Sunday. It felt like it fit right and hit where I looked, but it was way too cold and windy to focus, so I'll have to try again another day.

I bought a Kickeez recoil pad because they seem popular on the internet sites. I was very dissapointed with it. I have shot roughly 50,000 rounds through this gun with my old Pachmayr pad and I have never felt more sore than after only 50 rounds with the kickeez. What a waste of money.

Saved all the scraps, as usual, for pen blanks. Now they are in the boxes full of fancy lumber I keep pretending I'm going to have time to turn one day.

 

[keithbyrd]

THAT is an awesome stock! Fantastic job - the wood is absolutely gorgeous!

 

[D.Oliver]

That should make the other shooters green with envy.

 

[alinc100]

Being a 425 owner I gotta say yours is way nicer than mine.Any chance I can send mine your way and it comes back looking similar to yours? : )

 

[paps]

Beautiful! You did a great job on that!
Phil

 

[David B.]

That is very well done .

 

[ctubbs]

Magnificent work. That is too pretty to take into the field! That would be like taking a Roles four wheeling and getting it all scratched up. I'd be afraid to even pick something like that up, I might drop it. Congratulations on a work of art. Oh yes, God did pretty good too with the wood.
Charles

 

[AultMan]

scratches

Not too worried about scratches since I know the guy who did the finish. I usually refinish my competition gun every couple of years anyway.

Thanks for the complements. I can wait for winter to be over so I can start enjoying it. I think the pretty wood will definitely make me hit more targets. Just like my fancy pens make me smarter when I write. Maybe I should make a fancy bowl next. That would make my food better and I wouldn't be so fat. Right?

 

[GaTurner83]

WoW that is a beautiful piece of furniture on that scattergun.I dont usually like over unders but I gotta say I really like that one.

 

[Craftdiggity]

That is a beauty. Nicely done.

 

[toyotaman]

Stunning work and amazing wood.

 

[Edward Cypher]

Nice gun did you go shoot up north of Ault? That is a sweet range. I have been there twice. One of these days when I get up there I will give you a yell.

 

[BULLWINKLE]

That is a beautiful stock. You created an artwork not a field gun. With wood grain that good, who needs checkering? Beautiful job!

 

[mredburn]

Having frequented trap, skeet, sporting clays and other smoke pole compititions for a few years or so. The best thing a pretty piece of wood on a gun does "is make you look good when you miss." You may not have hit the clay but damn that gun looks good! Its a beautiful stock and a job well done. No doubt about it.

For our other members, If you have never frequented a trap/skeet compititon you would not realize the money that is spent on a gun or the artristry in some of the stock making. If you think pen making is expensive try clay shooting some time.

 

[ALA]

Looks great! Something to be proud of!