Fajen Pattern Gunstocks Available Again

[Pete44ru]

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Fajen Gunstocks closed their doors long ago, but this fella bought most of the patterns, and can/will make a shaped stock for any of the patterns he has.

(disclaimer) Everything I know about this fella came from a recent post of his (below), that I ran across while surfing.


I recently acquired 280 of the original patterns from Fajen, a retired gunmaker friend and a friend of his purchased them when Fajen went out of business mostly making a few stocks for themselves in the last 20 years.
I was able to purchase them and am now offering duplication off of them to the public.

For more information please check out my new website: www.manitoucustomguns.com

I have been involved in the firearms field for over 11 year, I was the Gun library manager at the Dundee Michigan Cabela's. During my time there I aquired a Don Allen Gunstock Duplicating machine.

Thanks,
Will Bohm


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[jnyork]

Very interesting, I have a couple of rifles with Fajen stocks. Hope he does well.

[wm]

I know that guy.

Well 'know' might imply that I know him. More accurately I've met him and done business with him once (bought some gun parts for Super Savage sporter rifle restoration restoration project).

Seemed nice and honest in that limited exchange.

Wm

[GunnyMack]

Just saved his site! Good stuff. Many thanks for posting.

[AJMD429]

I'm not familiar with a Fajen stock.....what makes it a 'Fajen'...?

[Pete44ru]

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Doc, Fajen (and E.C. Bishop) were the 1st major US producers of high-grade quality sporting stocks for surplus military rifles at very reasonable prices - later expanding into stocks for commercial rifles.

Both companies had local access to all kinds of wood where they were located ( Warsaw MO), especially walnut.

In fact, they became so popular that large firearm manufacturers took their gunstock styling cues from them.

Fajen later bought out Bishop.

Prior to their startup(s), gunstocks had to be handmade from planks - so the Fajen/Bishop stocks made re-stocking easy for the common man, and those with a modest modicum of woodworking tools & experience.

https://media.mwstatic.com/cms/larrys-s ... -years.pdf

They both offered stocks in multiple wood choices, and woodgrain/figure that ran from looking like plain cardboard to very fancy wood, and eventually lamo stocks.

Fajen was started by an immigrant, Reinhardt Fajen, and one of his employees (Fred Wenig) left to start his own custom gunstock company.

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[AJMD429]

Thanks for the ejumikashun....!

[Bill in Oregon]

Glad to see these patterns available again. Fajen was a household name in the '50s and '60s.

[pdentrem]

This topic reminded me that I have a Bishop sales display piece. It is not inletted nor has a finish applied to it. I got it from a local gunsmith who was reducing his pile of stuff.
Pierre
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