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BMD Gunstocks Gunsmith specializing in stock work and restoration of fine sporting arms. Gun parts sales. Gunstock wood blanks.

A completed Kibler Hawken kit in .50 caliber. The stock is made from a piece of curly walnut that I sent them. Period ...
09/14/2026

A completed Kibler Hawken kit in .50 caliber. The stock is made from a piece of curly walnut that I sent them. Period style engraving is done by Daniel Krauss. Metal finishes are case hardening (for a more subdued period look), rust blue and fire blue.

Some photos of the upcoming restocks that I have coming up. All duplicated and ready to start fitting. A custom savage...
09/12/2026

Some photos of the upcoming restocks that I have coming up. All duplicated and ready to start fitting. A custom savage 99, a custom browing superposed, Westley Richards 410 custom, 3 parkers (invincibles) and 2 foxes (DE and XE).

I am wrapping up metal alteration on this Westley Richards 410. It is a T Series gun which means is was their economy o...
09/10/2026

I am wrapping up metal alteration on this Westley Richards 410. It is a T Series gun which means is was their economy offering.

I added single fences, a scroll back, rounded the edges over a bit, made a new safety button and restyled the top lever and surrounding area. New screw blanks were made up too which will eventually be fitted down.

The original wood was bedded for use as a pattern to duplicate in the new wood which is pictured.

I just wrapped up a cleanup of this factory monte-carlo stocked Lefever E grade. The wood was very dark but was solid a...
08/14/2026

I just wrapped up a cleanup of this factory monte-carlo stocked Lefever E grade.

The wood was very dark but was solid and did not really need any repair work. It just needed to be brightened up and made to look a little newer.

The stock oval had to be re-set as it was pushing out of the wood. After a light sanding, The wood figure really came out with refinishing. The checkering was deepened and the action completely cleaned.

This Parker CHE 20g was in for stock repair, refinishing and cleaning. It is a 30” damascus gun. The barrels were sepa...
08/13/2026

This Parker CHE 20g was in for stock repair, refinishing and cleaning. It is a 30” damascus gun. The barrels were separately sent out for finishing by the owner.

The stock head had some internal damage and chipping/cracking around the inletting which I had to repair before a light sanding and oil finishing. All of the checkering was recut. Action completely stripped and cleaned.

I am working on a Harrington & Richardson A grade and before I send the barrels out for finishing, I needed to make a ne...
08/07/2026

I am working on a Harrington & Richardson A grade and before I send the barrels out for finishing, I needed to make a new extractor for it. The one that was in it was all cobbled up and sloppy. And the guide pin was even made from an old machine screw.

I started with a new old stock Parker extractor blank which then needed a good amount of modification and fitting, but it all turned out very good.

Very old shellac wood finishes can “aligator” over time, this is very common on old furniture. See here an example of t...
07/22/2026

Very old shellac wood finishes can “aligator” over time, this is very common on old furniture. See here an example of the stock on a Parker VHE that did this and what it looks like now after cleaning. Time invested… maybe a half hour.

In 2012 I made a significant discovery of a Parker on display in the Re*****on Museum and identified it as a prototype g...
07/22/2026

In 2012 I made a significant discovery of a Parker on display in the Re*****on Museum and identified it as a prototype gun made by Parker Bros. Designer James P. Hayes. An earlier prototype (1910-1912) made by him was known about, but the fully finished prototype in the museum (1929) had never before been documented.
I was able to research the gun and wrote a lengthly article for Doublegun Journal that was published in Summer of 2013. And then a condensed version published in Parker Pages.

After the publishing of these articles, I was able to acquire the earlier prototype from the Hayes family, about 10 years ago. As well as a letter from Hayes to Parker management about the gun. I intended to write a detailed piece on just this gun, but did not get around to it.

Any thoughts of being able to actually own the 1929 prototype was simply a dream since it was in the Re*****on Museum. However with the breakup of the company and the active selloff of the archives, that dream has become a reality. I was able to purchase it and I now own both Hayes prototype Parkers.

This will give me the opportunity to study this gun fully and document it for the community.

This Lefever DS was left with me by a friend who started refinishing the wood and after an acetone soak he found that ha...
07/14/2026

This Lefever DS was left with me by a friend who started refinishing the wood and after an acetone soak he found that half of the butt of the stock was filler or something. What was left was a butt that was oddly shaped and not really workable. He wanted me to try and figure something out.

What I decided to do was a butt transplant. Normally this is done using a new wood block on the back half, but in this case I used a finished donor stock. Which limits you for dimensions and such, but it was the easiest option to solve the problem and minimize the expense put into the gun. All finished up it looks good and is functional.

07/13/2026

Shooting the old 8g that I recently cleaned up.

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