Sharps and Trapdoor Sporting

Treebone Carving

Sharps and Trapdoor Sporting

These are actual production stocks, showing the shaping of particular stock patterns. They can be carved in any wood you desire.

Trapdoor Sporting

This is an English Sporting style classic stock for the Springfield Trapdoor. You won't see many of these around, but you won't forget the ones you do see.

I do not cut full length military stocks for the trapdoor

Here is another shot of the maple trapdoor sporting stock shown above. I wet it with paint thinner to bring out the figure.

As you can see, this is an exceptionally nicely figured piece of wood, and will be even nicer with a real finish on it. This stock is available for 425. SOLD I just carved a run of 6, so there are others available.

Select Quartersawn walnut

finished Trapdoor Sporting Rifle, .45-70

Paul Galbraith's Trapdoor Silhouette rifle

Paul Galbraith ordered a pistolgrip sporting stock for his Trapdoor project a few years ago, and brought it out to NM from his home in NY State for the BPCR Silhouette Nationals. Not an easy job, nor a short trip, this guy definately takes the sport seriously.

Here are 3 views of a rifle built by Mark Natale of Troy, Montana. Mark came to my shop back in Idaho and selected a blank to be carved. Since he had something different in mind than what my pattern offered, he requested I carve

the action and lock mortises, leaving the butt uncarved

for him to shape himself.

I would like to take credit for this, but the fact is, Mark's talent made it happen.

This is a rather unique stock blank, notice the butt end is english walnut grafted to Claro walnut. If you look closely you can see the graft on the cheekrest.

Come to think of it, that is fairly appropriate, being a Trapdoor Springfield "grafted" to an English sporting pattern.

Sharps. 59-74 77&78 Borshardt

I have quite a number of patterns for the various Sharps models, some not shown here.

Shiloh -1874- Patterns for straight grip and pistolgrip, factory

and Long Range patterns

C. Sharps, Montana Armoury- 1874- Pistolgrip and straight grip Long Range Patterns

Pedersoli 1874, High comb straight grip and factory pistolgrip

Original 1874 Sharps, Sporting straightgrip shotgun, Military with patchbox.

1878 Borshardt- Long Range pattern, one of my most popular patterns, available with or without Cheekrest

There are quite a few variations and even more reproductions by makers both foreign and domestic. Call for help when ordering.

John King's Long Range pattern

Customer finished Borschardt Long Range

Traditional Sharps Pistolgrips

These are traditional pistolgrips for the straightgrip Sharps. While these do not offer as good a hold as a true pistolgrip stock, they are more economical than converting a straight grip rifle to pistolgrip. When done correctly, they are one of the finest details on a custom rifle. Before you order one, consider that these are NOT

a hand filling grip, and you will be not be satisfied if that is what you expect.

Ebony grip, 85.00 delivered

Other woods can be ordered, priced accordingly

-No hardware included-

My friend Curt Hardcastle was kind enough to send me pictures of his installation of a Treebone ebony sharps grip.

The picture above this shows the grips in the raw as he received it. The pictures below show the same grip, AFTER Curt shaped and finished it.

These are absolutely stunning when done well, and this job is as good as it gets. He has gone to considerable effort to refine the shape of the grip, and the customer that had him do the job is lucky to get this level of work. I believe this cost about 250., and no excuses are required.

Position the grip so the lever can close and the rear tang screw is clear.

More of Curt's work can be seen here-Remington Rolling Block stocks

He can be contacted here- curthardcastle@hotmail.com

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