Posts Tagged ‘Alaskain moose’

Ruger 300 Mag Gunstock Carving

Finished! I have never carved a moose before, but this gunstock carving has been a joy to do.  The gun is a Ruger 300 Mag with a stainless steel barrel. It also have a stainless steel scope to top it off. After looking at many pictures on the internet.  I found a picture of a moose I just couldn’t pass up. The carving is of an Alaskan moose. The scenery in Alaska is breath taking. I am looking forward to the day I can go visit, take my own pictures and enjoy what Mother Nature has given to us to protect and share. Then return and carve the images I will have on film as well as in my mind into wood. “The last frontier,” is what my husband would say. I would agree with him.

 Here is my rendition of this picture.  The gun has been custom carved and painted. I chose this large caliber of gun to put the moose carving on because in my mind you need a large caliber gun to bring down an animal of this size. Whether you choose to have your gun painted or left natural is up to you. Either way the end result is a beautiful, one of a kind artistic master piece. One you will be proud to own and display. I’m sure this gun will be hand down from generation to generations.

This gun as well as many others is for sale. I will have this gun with me at the Crossroads of the West Gun Show in Salt Lake City, Utah, this September 25, 26, 2010. Please come and look me up I would enjoy meeting and visiting with you. If you have a comment, please feel free to leave one below. I enjoy all the feed back I receive. Thanks and happy hunting! Deb

Gunstock Carving Ruger M77 Mark II 300 Mag

Here is the before picture of the next gunstock to be carved. I will be carving an Alaskain moose on the stock with the fish scale on the grip and forend. As I’m sure you are aware, this gun is meant to bring down large game. For this reason I have chose the moose to grace the gunstock. I believe this will make this gun a very unique custom gunstock carving. Again, I have found some interesting history about this gun. I have listed what I have found below.

The Ruger M77 is a bolt-action rifle produced by Sturm, Ruger & Company. It was designed by Jim Sullivan during his three years with Ruger. The rifle features a traditional Mauser-style two-lugged bolt with a claw extractor.

Design details

From the beginning, the Ruger M77 was intended as a modernized Mauser 98, though numerous changes were made. Bill Ruger wanted to use investment casting in place of a forged receiver. The Sullivan-designed bolt dispensed with controlled-round feeding and instead used the simpler plunger style of ejector. A two-position tang safety and redesigned trigger system were also designed from scratch. Read the rest of this entry »