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The artistry of David Norin.

Photo by Tom Alexander.

Al Lofgren

Al Lofgren is a superb stockmaker and long-time member of the American Custom Gunmakers Guild (ACGG). Al delights in crafting fine custom stocks in the Germanic style. He has crafted many stocks using the reinforcing side-panels, so reminiscent of Mauser factory stocks from the early twentieth century. In preparing for this job, looking through Michael Petrov’s fine book, Custom Gunmakers of the 20th Century, he came across an example of a Sauer made rifle with metal side-plates inletted into the reinforcing panels of the stock. He decided to incorporate metal side-plates into this stock job, using a nice stick of walnut from Paul and Sharon Dressel. Steve Nelson did much of the metalwork, including the square-bridging work on the rear bridge. He also did the quarter-rib and installed the 3-position safety, Talley scope mounts and the Weaver 3x scope.

Lofgren Mauser with metal sideplates. Photos by Tom Alexander.

Glenn Fewless