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Re: Hatcher Stocks

Post by cracker » 11 Aug 2019, 11:15 pm

i wasnt completely happy with my product as i said earlier.
how ever he is a very nice guy, did what he said and i brought the stock before i brought the action, so i wasnt too know it wasnt a "perfect fit"

my issue was a barrel inletting shouldnt be like 18-20mm for a 6.5 sweede, it looks s**t.

they arnt very finished, which is fine. the timber is nice and his a nice guy honestly. he does state it requires work
i dont want to come off as the whole "his rubbish' because thats not true and i did nothing to mention to him i wasnt happy or anything of that nature.
would i use him again, yeah perhaps. but id take my action there with me to check.
kinda forgot about this post and i dont want to slag the guy off.
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Re: Hatcher Stocks

Post by Bill » 12 Aug 2019, 8:59 am

I guess a lot the complaints comes from what constitutes an unfinished stock, I've bought a few Boyds, few project Mauser unfinished stocks and a few martini cadet unfinished stock and generally the barrel channel/ action area would be 90-95% finished to allow for variance in barrel, action and bottom metal differences. The rest of the stock 95%. what i saw of my mates stock was like 85-90% finished and poorly done. goodluck Pete
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Re: Hatcher Stocks

Post by Stix » 12 Aug 2019, 11:02 am

Bill wrote:I guess a lot the complaints comes from what constitutes an unfinished stock, I've bought a few Boyds, few project Mauser unfinished stocks and a few martini cadet unfinished stock and generally the barrel channel/ action area would be 90-95% finished to allow for variance in barrel, action and bottom metal differences. The rest of the stock 95%. what i saw of my mates stock was like 85-90% finished and poorly done. goodluck Pete


Where have you got the various martini stocks from Bill...?
Various places, or one supplier...?
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Re: Hatcher Stocks

Post by Bill » 12 Aug 2019, 11:44 am

Martini stocks predominantly came from Georgievski, had a few from Slee but I didnt like his fore end patterns. George makes a lovely stock in various styles but as his age has gone up so has his price lol. Still going, havent been to his new location. I also took the time to visit Vardy and select timber, worth the effort and price saving.

I have an excel spreadsheet of stock makers with numbers if your interested but ph numbers may have change.
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Re: Hatcher Stocks

Post by bigpete » 12 Aug 2019, 11:52 am

I'm beginning to wonder if I do just go for a boyds to be honest.
His email response didn't exactly fill me with confidence...
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Re: Hatcher Stocks

Post by Stix » 12 Aug 2019, 12:38 pm

bigpete wrote:I'm beginning to wonder if I do just go for a boyds to be honest.
His email response didn't exactly fill me with confidence...

I once enquired about a stock with him...
Emsil & 2 calls, finally got a reply a few weeks down the track--ssid he would get back to me...
A year later i got a call saying he had what i was enquiring about.
Not bitching...just saying how my experience played out...
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Re: Hatcher Stocks

Post by Stix » 12 Aug 2019, 12:40 pm

Bill wrote:Martini stocks predominantly came from Georgievski, had a few from Slee but I didnt like his fore end patterns. George makes a lovely stock in various styles but as his age has gone up so has his price lol. Still going, havent been to his new location. I also took the time to visit Vardy and select timber, worth the effort and price saving.

I have an excel spreadsheet of stock makers with numbers if your interested but ph numbers may have change.

Yep...interested..!!...ill pm my email...
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Re: Hatcher Stocks

Post by bigpete » 12 Aug 2019, 12:45 pm

Stix wrote:
bigpete wrote:I'm beginning to wonder if I do just go for a boyds to be honest.
His email response didn't exactly fill me with confidence...

I once enquired about a stock with him...
Emsil & 2 calls, finally got a reply a few weeks down the track--ssid he would get back to me...
A year later i got a call saying he had what i was enquiring about.
Not bitching...just saying how my experience played out...

His description of the unfinished stocks left a lot to be desired...and it seems way too much effort to have to basically do the inletting job for him,especially at his price point....
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