The French gunmaker who stocked this gun, while I watched him, a long time ago in St Etienne, told me this was a swan neck stock. Folks here, or, guys that had Browning Superposed guns called it a perch belly stock. ‘Cause, that’s what they call them.

Now, I get that a French guy did mine, and a German guy did yours, but there seems to be a big difference in interpretation ‘twixt those two guns wearing the same description.

The curve seems to be on the bottom in the French guys interpretation, and, on the top in the German guys version.

I like it as well as I like any version of stocking, seems to shine with a lightweight bird gun. Wouldn’t want a 9 pound trap gun stocked like that, however.

Best,
Ted

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