MarkII has played around with the metal on enough SKB's to know what he's talking about. I've owned quite a few (and own a 12ga 150 now), but I have never attempted to have one "customized". However . . .
A few years back, I spotted one sitting in a shop in Wisconsin. Immediately noticed that something was "off". It had a straight grip but a splinter forend. Asked to take a look. Marked 200E, so of course should have been pistol grip and beavertail. Looking closer, someone had done a very nice job of converting the stock to straight, fitting the trigger guard tang, etc. They then got their hands on a Model 100 forend (splinter) and shortened and reworked the forend iron so that the ejectors still functioned properly. (The 100 forend is a lot shorter than the 200 beavertail.) 28" barrels; chokes had both been opened to a tight IC. Managed to bargain down what I considered already a good price by pointing out that the gun was no longer original and had been tampered with significantly. Another in the "wish I'd kept" category as a bad weather grouse and woodcock gun.
Had another one on which someone had slimmed down the beavertail into something more like a long splinter. You can go that route as well, but you can't shorten the wood unless you also make the necessary changes to the forend iron.
Mark Robson has also done DT conversions on a few SKB's. Think he outlined the process here sometime back.
The Webley & Scott 700/SKB/RBL comparison is to the action. There are obvious cosmetic differences.
Last edited by L. Brown; 01/25/17 10:18 AM.
