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I have a stock that is too short for me I need to add 1 1/2" to the LOP. There are a few ways I can do this, none of them are appealing. Which way is most exceptable and pleasing to the eye. I am leaning towards splicing walnut in it is just real hard to hide the parting line and match the grain/color etc.
1. 1 1/2" Silvers type pad 2. 1/2" black rubber spacer with 1" recoil pad 3. 1/2" butt spliced with walnut with 1" recoil pad 4. any other suggestions?
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#4. Splice in a wood spacer that closely mathches the grain and figure as present buttstock. Fit the correct butt plate to the gun and send it to Mark Larson to work his majic and blend the grain so you can't tell it was ever cut. Do a search on this site and look at some of his work. It is really neat
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larsongunart.com is where you want to go. A real artist.
Regards, Gordon
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much depends on how valuable the gun is. numero 3 should be reserved for high quality guns as it's the most expensive way to go. just looking at the name larsonGUNART you know it's going to be very costly route to take.
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A stock fitter told me that lop is the least important stock measurement and then demonstrated the technique below: In the case of short lop measurement, extend your gripping hand on the forend by the amount you want to lengthen the lop. I do the opposite during cold weather when I'm wearing bulky clothes. While not perfect, minor lop changes can be made without stock alteration.
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Keep in mind jOe would have white line spacers on both ends of the spacer on one of his guns....
Agree with the posters who said if it's a great gun, spend the money to have the gun art performed. In my little corner of the world, "great" begins at about 5 large and goes up from there-your world might be different. But most would agree, don't do something like that to your Stevens 311 that you keep in the bottom of the duck boat.
Best, Ted
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Ted...how's it feel to hunt with junk guns ?
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1 1/2 " is not a "minor adjustment", so if it's what you need I would get it done somehow, no matter what anyone tells you. That's coming from a fellow tall guy who has a reallyhard time shooting off-the-shelf guns--those who thinks it's a non-issue tend to be pretty average-sized in my experience.
If it's a lightweight gun any of the options except adding a thick wood spacer will likely affect the handling of the gun very significantly.
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My option would be the full 1 1/2" walnut extension with a butt plate. I don't like recoil pads. This is on a 16 ga L.C. Smith Specialty Gr., that someone cut the LOP to 12 3/4" I faux the grain with markers. I did not dress up the end of the original cut stock. It is held on by two wood screws only, in case I want to try and match the two pieces better.
Last edited by JDW; 08/01/10 10:57 AM.
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