SwampTrooper
AH member
Hello all,
I’m working on restocking an old 30-06 and got the stock shape right where I want it to be, but I still need to checker the gun. I have no skills in checkering and wouldn’t want to do a lousy job. Buying the tools would be a bad investment as I would rather pay someone who knows what they’re doing. I messaged Sherry Abraham who seems to have done some checkering for other people on here because I really like her patterns, her quality of work (she used to checker for Kimber rifles), and her fair prices. I emailed her inquiring if she had availability but she did not respond. I think she may be out of the game and her site is still up? Latest I could confirm, she was working last year. I also checked Ahlman’s which had the same price for the job, about $350 for a simple wrap around forend and standard pistol grip, meeting at the top of the wrist, but not wrap around. However, they’re fixing their machines and are not taking orders for four months. Does anyone know of a similar service that has a similar price point? I’ve seen some others that get extremely expensive really fast and while I understand it’s a serious art form, I want to keep the project on budget. Any advice on where to go would be greatly appreciated. Pic of the project attached.
I’m working on restocking an old 30-06 and got the stock shape right where I want it to be, but I still need to checker the gun. I have no skills in checkering and wouldn’t want to do a lousy job. Buying the tools would be a bad investment as I would rather pay someone who knows what they’re doing. I messaged Sherry Abraham who seems to have done some checkering for other people on here because I really like her patterns, her quality of work (she used to checker for Kimber rifles), and her fair prices. I emailed her inquiring if she had availability but she did not respond. I think she may be out of the game and her site is still up? Latest I could confirm, she was working last year. I also checked Ahlman’s which had the same price for the job, about $350 for a simple wrap around forend and standard pistol grip, meeting at the top of the wrist, but not wrap around. However, they’re fixing their machines and are not taking orders for four months. Does anyone know of a similar service that has a similar price point? I’ve seen some others that get extremely expensive really fast and while I understand it’s a serious art form, I want to keep the project on budget. Any advice on where to go would be greatly appreciated. Pic of the project attached.
