New Stock Maker

[Ned Kelly]

G'day all,
My name is Geoff, most of you know me as Ned Kelly here on this forum, I come from an aviation engineering background where I started out building aircraft then fixing them, my shooting career has been in SR BR, 500m Fly and F Class, for the last 20years. I was on one of the first Geoff Slee gunstock courses some years ago and bought nearly all of Geoff's machinery (missed out on the pantograph). Nevertheless, I am well on my way and I intend to have some of patterns and some examples of my work on show such as semi finished stocks, checkering etc at the Victorian Queens this weekend.

I've restored a pantograph that (as I believe) was owned by Simon Wattley (?) from Castlemaine. It is now up and running and combined with my 4 axis CNC router will be making and inletting rifle stocks for target shooting and varminting. Gunstocks at the moment are carved on the pantograph, with either hand finishing or CNC touch up to ensure straightness and square edges for bag riding and tracking.

I intend to make the very best stocks, test them, and sell them. If they wont shoot, I wont sell them. It probably wont ever be a high volume business but I hope you like the quality, customised design and personal service I offer.

So if you are in the neighbourhood, drop by for a chat.

My Facebook page link is below

https://www.facebook.com/JAG-Precision- ... 5/timeline

Cheerio Geoff aka Ned

[Camel]

G'day Geoff, welcome to the forum mate,

Good to see another firearms stuff maker around, do you have a web site, for those that don't do the face book stuff ?

[Ned Kelly]

G'day All,
Thanks Camel.
I'm working on it, but making sawdust is the priority at the moment.
I can certainly email anything they need pm for further contact details
Cheerio Geoff

[trevort]

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid ... =3&theater

Humpy I don't know if the link works without a fb account, let me know

[Camel]

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid ... =3&theater

Humpy I don't know if the link works without a fb account, let me know

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[Seddo]

i got into facebook without being logged on.

[Ned Kelly]

G'day all,
here is the proper link,
https://www.facebook.com/JAG-Precision- ... 5/timeline
Cheerio Geoff

[Rabbitz]

G'day Geoff errr Ned,

Are there any plans for a JAG thumbhole BR stock for a JGA (Annie) 54 action?

Rabz

[Ned Kelly]

G'day Rabz,
RF BR is something I've been considering as the cost of CF competition has jumped a fair bit lately and there seems to be a growing number of people interested in TH stocks. Initially most stocks wont be inletted for any particular action while growing the business. I do have several stocks that are TH Target Rifle patterns that could be modified to BR. Given that there are just so many actions out there and then variations of the same, it would be prudent for any stock maker (especially one starting out) to develop a stock and let the client's gunsmith do the inletting to ensure everything is exactly right for that particular action. I know I don't want a customer who is unhappy with my inletting and I'm pretty sure the customer, gunsmith and stock maker all want to be on the podium too! I'd also have to check that the patterns comply with the multitude of different rule books specifications on stock design as well.

So knowing which class, rulebook spec's and the weight limits you intent to shoot would be good to know as I am looking at various ideas to reduce the weight of each stock design to meet specific rule book class weight limits, i.e. RBA, FTR, CF Sporter BR etc. without reducing the handling characteristics and point of balance of each stock.

All my experience in competition has been CF rifles so I am inclined to focus on what I know, but I do have a Scoville and SPG style stock models in CAD that I intend to CNC in the coming months which might suit RF BR as well.

Hope this helps but I'd be very happy to work with you to come up with a stock design.

Cheerio Geoff

[Ned Kelly]

G'day all,
some visitors today
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=21939&p=215885#p215885
Cheerio Ned aka Geoff

[big G]

Welcome Geoff.
Vgigorge