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Section 6: Rifles Subject: 358W Custom Msg# 970680
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I can relate to that. My first checkering cradle was a three legged bench with a single 4"x4" at the front. I mounted a vise on the end of the 4x4 to hold the cradle. Had a seat you sat on straddling the bench. Worked surprising well. It was a copy of one shown in Monty Kennedy's book, checkering and carving gunstocks. When I got serious about building stocks I came up with the one in the picture.
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For reference, the above message is a reply to a message where: Excellent checkering cradle!! Remember the old NRA Gunsmithing Guide? I took the plans for a poor man's checkering cradle that started with what was essentially a fancy sawhorse, and I turned the project into a shooting bench by replacing the checkering cradle part with a shooting benchtop. The first try was way too wobbly so after a ton of beefing up the project it worked great. At the time, you couldn't buy a portable benchrest, and my club had no benches on the pistol ranges. I was doing a lot of handloading handguns for accuracy and benchresting them, so I needed something I could throw in the back of my pick-up. |
