Lifting and Transferring a Stock Checkering Pattern

I often get firearms in with broken stocks. Many of these are two-piece stocks where either the forestock or buttstock needs to be replaced or repaired. Frequently, the checkering pattern on the forestock or wrist of the stock is damaged, worn off, or lost during the repair and to do the job appropriately, the original

Sometimes a stock can be a Beech!

For several centuries, walnut has been king of the gunstock woods for rifles and shotguns. The wood’s moderate density, strength and workability make it suitable for long arms as well as the two-piece stocks of shotguns and lever guns. The appealing color and grain variations of walnut can make some gunstocks akin to pieces of