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Rifle stocks

Back when rifles (03, M1, M14) were made to fire accurately up to 1000 yards, the stocks were turned on lathes!

Semper Fidelis
Jack, 0311 Vietnam
 
Jack Riley said:
Back when rifles (03, M1, M14) were made to fire accurately up to 1000 yards, the stocks were turned on lathes!

Semper Fidelis
Jack, 0311 Vietnam
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Yep. Called a "Blanchard Lathe." Invented by Thomas Blanchard at Springfield Armory around 1820, for "Turning Irregular Forms." Patent numbers before the fire mid-19th century are haywire, but might be found as no. 3131x or x3131 (I forget which.) Works substantially the same as today's Duplicarver (Google for more).

Joe
1st Armored Division, 1966-68, but still admire you gyrenes.
 
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