Making a Rifle Stock with CNC

Last modified: March 18, 2024

A friend of mine and I are interested in making a rifle stock with CNC to fit a Mauser action so we can have some nice target rifles. Part of that project will require a new stock for the rifles, and I'd like to make one using a CNC router that's my own custom design. This page is where I am collecting notes until its time to actually start the project.

Experiments in Rhino 3D: Making a Rifle Stock Plans

3D rendering of complex geometric shape on grey background with multiple intersecting lines and varied colors.

Start With Some Profile Curves...

A 3D wooden object viewed from multiple angles, rendered in light wood grain against a black background with white grid lines.

A wooden object with a long, thin shape and rounded edges, shown in multi-angle 3D view on a grid background.

Loft, Cap Planar Holes, Minor Fine Tuning, and Voila, a Rifle Stock in Maple!

Maple wood Mauser rifle stock 3D rendering

Light-colored wooden rifle stock with curved shape and small notch.

Wood rifle stock with curved buttstock, pistol grip, and cheek rest.

A 3D rendering of a rifle stock with light-colored wood grain pattern.

DIY Rifle Stock Photo Ideas from the Web

A rifle with a wooden stock and scope on a grassy surface.

Dark wood stocked rifle with black barrel and mounted scope on grassy background.

A rifle with a wooden stock and long barrel on a light gray background.

Rifle with attached scope.

Rifle with wooden stock and metal barrel, photographed from left side view.

Wooden-stock rifle with sleek black scope on white background.

Rifle with intricately carved stock and engraved barrel made from birdseye maple.

Two rifles with wooden and scope features on a light gray background.

A rifle with wooden stock and metal barrel on a sandy ground next to a bag with red "COURACY SPORTS GUNSMITHING MESQUITE AZ" text.

A rifle on the ground with a black and red bag reading "COURACY SPEAKS GUNSMITHING MESA AZ" nearby.

Wooden rifle stock with reddish-brown finish.

Red wooden gun stock on a black background.

Rifle with light-colored wood stock on dark background.

Wooden-stock rifle with long barrel and scope.

Fiddleback Maple with a Mauser action...

Ross Precision

An interesting "machinist's" rifle.

Rifle on a white table with silver body, black scope, and brown wooden grip.

Metalworking vise with long bar attached on a table.

Precision rifle with wooden stock and metal barrel on a white surface, featuring a mounted high-powered scope.

Rifle with silver body and wooden grip on a white background.

Rifle Stock Templates & Dimensions

Sporter rifle blank dimensions diagram measuring 2 1/4" x 34" x 6".

Technical drawing of a sporter-style firearm component with labeled measurements in black on a white background.

Technical diagram of a rifle with labeled dimensions in black and white.

Technical diagram of a rifle with measurements and labels on a white background.

The "pull" is the length from trigger center to butt plate, and is usually 13 1/2" to 13 3/4"...

Picatinny Rail Dimensions

Technical drawing of accessory mounting rail profile.

Technical diagram showing grooved component dimensions and layout.

Cartridge Considerations

.220 Swift: High velocity, flat trajectory, minimal recoil. Probably ideal for Bobby's gun.

.244/6mm Remington: Very highly regarded in the accuracy circles it seems.

.308 Winchester: "Probably the best thing to be said of the .308 is it is capable of phenomenal accuracy; it is possibly the single most inherently accurate cartridge of a caliber larger than 6mm ever designed." Could be the one for Bob's gun.

Great American Gunstock Company

Gun Stock Wood Sources

West Custom Rifles

Sarco Inc

Samco Arms

Gun Drilling:  For Crazy People who even make their own barrels!

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