Butt covers!

[cowboy316]

howdy Pards
mighty mighty fine butts covers the only problem i have is i dont have enough leather in this house to cover my big butt LOL
great work gang keep it up
Cowboy316

[Marshal Will Wingam]

I don't worry about scratches on my rifle. Here's what the stock looks like under that long butt cover.

[Biscuit Joe]

amin ledbetter 
But like any other rookie, I do have a couple questions.

The eyelets that some of you use, do you have a problem with them diggin into the wood? One of the rifles I am going to be making a cover has very nice wood, and I do not want to mess it up.

The covers I have made are made to cover rubber padded sleaves. Plus they hang lower than the stock bottom, so to answer your question from my point of view. No, I haven't had any problems with the eyelets scratching the stock. But I do see where there could be a problem in some cases.

[Arizona Cattleman]

Here is my Butt Cover, just finished it.

AC

[GunClick Rick]

By golly i like that one AC

[Arizona Cattleman]

Thanks GCR, first time I attempted that.  Had to remake the end piece after I started stiching as it wasn't big enough.

AC

[Kid Terico]

AC your really getting the hang of it .. Keep it up.  KT

[amin ledbetter]

Nice AC! I like how the lacing looks on the comb of the stock instead of on the bottom. Different than the norm and looks great! Awesome job.

[cowboywc]

Good Lookin AC, keep it up.
WC

[Arizona Cattleman]

Thanks KT and WC, admin the lacing is on the bottom, pic is upside down, its a 1866 Yellowboy.  Got the stain ad finish on last night.  Have to treat the lace tonight and put back on the rifle,  Will post the final pics tonight.

AC

[Gun Butcher]

AC, you are going over the top on all your stuff. Great looking cover, just great. That type of stitch line is a bear to get right and you almost nailed it on your first try. Pat yourself on the back twice for me. Great work. Looking forward to the finished product.

[amin ledbetter]

Thanks KT and WC, admin the lacing is on the bottom, pic is upside down, its a 1866 Yellowboy.  Got the stain ad finish on last night.  Have to treat the lace tonight and put back on the rifle,  Will post the final pics tonight.

AC

I've been dooped!!!!   That's what I get fer lookin at the pic just before bed time. Musta had a pillow on my mind or somethin. I should have noticed that AC!    Either way I really like how it turned out. We are all going to be awaiting those finished pics though AC!

[JD Alan]

And I was all set to ask Amin what the heck he was talkin about

Very nice job on that project AC

I made one like Evil Roy offers. I did this quite a while ago, when I would not have been able to do what I could now with leather. I was more interested at the time in keeping the rifle in place on my shoulder. I had just switched from a shotgun butt Marlin to this crescent shaped and slick metal butt Yellowboy. 

The revolver is from my dad, who got it from his uncle. At this point it is not in shooting condition, which you can probably tell from the picture. The serial # dates it sometime in or around the Civil War.

[Ten Wolves Fiveshooter]

Good job AC, you're on a roll pard  

        tEN wOLVES  

[Arizona Cattleman]

Thanks Pards, here is the finished project.

AC

[Ten Wolves Fiveshooter]

  WELL DONE AC, you aced it pard, you should be real proud of what you have accomplished in this short time, keep it up.


                   tEN wOLVES 

[Arizona Cattleman]

Thanks  TW, it means a lot to have you say that.  I am really enjoying this leather workin.  My Dad was a writter, but I never had a talent for anything until this.

Hey JD, what a cool pistola and from your Dad, WOW!

AC

[Boothill Bob]

Nice work AC, and as I say before, I LOVE THAT BORDER

[N40W111]

Here's one I did for an old Stevens single shot 20 ga. I have that I cut to an 18 1/2" barrel.  It was my first effort but I've gotten a lot of use out of it.  It's my primary woodsbumming shooter.

[Freedom]

Those sure do look nice!

I have made so many of these that I am not even sure if I like to make them anymore..Well...maybe still like to do them a little bit

I have found that when loops are added to them that the buttplate needs to be included or they will slip forward during recoil.... I have tried just about everything to hold them in place.. Seems it is the weight of the shells in the holder and not really the recoil that makes them move.. 357 mags will stay but a 45-70 will move no matter how light I load the ammo.

I have used rawhide to re-enforce the lacing holes since I started making these.. I really like the look I get from rawhide but I don't think it is nessassary..