Buttstock Cover without Bullet Loops

[RidgebackCustoms]

Made these mostly to practice the tooling, but wanted to start fleshing out a stock cover design as well.

Genuine question:  Does anyone think there's a market for purely decorative covers?  Maybe in the SASS?  I like the real estate provided by the project for decorative tooling, but not much function to it.

[AlZilla]

No idea of the market but why not bullet loops on one side and artwork on the other? You've covered it all.

[DieselTech]

I bet some padded cheek pieces would be a seller too. For these guys that shoot the BIG magnum calibers. 

[jrdunn]

Just my opinion but when I saw the title I wondered "why?"  Again, JM2C.  Jim

[RidgebackCustoms]

5 hours ago, AlZilla said:

No idea of the market but why not bullet loops on one side and artwork on the other? You've covered it all

I want the art facing out when shooting.  So right side for a right handed shooter, etc.

 

5 hours ago, DieselTech said:

I bet some padded cheek pieces would be a seller too. For these guys that shoot the BIG magnum calibers. 

Probably my only option for adding function to form with these designs.

2 hours ago, jrdunn said:

Just my opinion but when I saw the title I wondered "why?"  Again, JM2C.  Jim

Fair

[Mablung]

I use stuff like that as a cover for a cheek riser (though most of the time I’m the only one at the range maintaining a cheek weld). Advertise that function with it and you may get some additional buyers. 

[1961Mike]

Hi, your leather carving skills are great.  On the other hand, I think you'd find more sales providing another venue for your artwork.  I'm not in leatherwork sales, but even a leather butt pad would have to go $30 US.  I'm not sure how many shooters would bother paying that for a 1/8 inch rise is stock height and art.  Another addition to the butt pad could be to fill in the crescent shaped metal (brass or steel) butt plate.  Americans are larger now than in 1873. 

You might get more sales with something that is more useful to shooters.  NCOWS shooters that are in the working cowboy (1 pistol and 1 rifle) have to carry their equipment including ammo, cleaning equipment, etc without a cart like SASS uses.  The saddle bags would have two flaps that could be decorated as well as the connection between the two bags.

Just thinking out loud. 

[MarlinDave]

I made several a while back both ways. People thought they were cool, gave a few away, nobody bought any. I still enjoy making them, especially for lever guns.

[DoogMeister]

Have made several for my own rifles.  All have cartridge loops.  I mainly use a decorative border and some stamps like deer heads, etc.  Did one with basket weave on a large magnum, that one tends to be a bit tough on the cheek. 

With cartridge loops, decorative carving would be on the inside - the shooter can see it and appreciate it that way. 

Just a thought.

[Dwight]

I have relatively high cheek bones . . . when I want a cheek weld . . . I want it hooked on that riser.

My M14 . . . with my 50 mm scope . . . and my cheek riser.

Decoration is the logo for Destroyer Squadron 7 out of San Diego . . . I rode two ships in that group.

I have sold a number of these . . . mostly one guy sees it . . . wants one.  I make em in basically any height . . . this one is one of my higher ones.

May God bless,

Dwight