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For 3/4" I might put a leather covered pad on it. I did one, but the pad is actually a very firm (almost hard) closed-cell foam, which adds almost no weight. I think I got it from Brown Precision, they used to use it (uncovered) on their synthetic stocked Mtn. rifles. Not sure if it is still avail.
Anything longer that an inch or 1 1/4", and I think a wood extension looks much better.
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Sorry all. When I made my comment about horn, I forgot the OP needed to add 1 3/4 inches. That's a bit much for a piece of horn.
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Sorry all. When I made my comment about horn, I forgot the OP needed to add 1 3/4 inches. That's a bit much for a piece of horn. No, I need 1/2-3/4".
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Sorry all. When I made my comment about horn, I forgot the OP needed to add 1 3/4 inches. That's a bit much for a piece of horn. No, I need 1/2-3/4". Translated to Canadian: Somewhere from 1/2" to 3/4" 
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LeFusil,
To state the obvious for you maybe I should have said something like "That is a beautiful stock with a checkered butt. It's never going to look any better than it does now & it would be almost worth having your arms made shorter to avoid having to cut that checkered butt off to square it up for the installation of a pad or butt plate extension."
Sorry that is kind of long winded but is there anything you don't understand about my statement now?
In reality you will likely loose about 3/16" getting the butt squared up but that is hardly the point & a gun that doesn't fit is useless to most people. Are you serious? If you are, you're an idiot. Don't try and dress me down either, that isn't gonna turn out well for you. What you stated sir, was most obvious, you said and I quote "A tough decision & it would almost be worth having your arms made shorter to avoid cutting that nice wood for a pad or butt plate." Everyone here can plainly understand what you implied with that statement, it's not code for chrissakes. I simply stated and implied that there is no need at all to cut that nice piece of wood, simply squaring it up (because there is no obvious curvature to the butt) would involve taking very little if no wood from the ass end of Buzz's gun. Got it smart guy? If not, shoot me a pm and we'll discuss there.
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Here's a piece of horn that I could use for this project. It's 13/16' thick and I have another piece that I believe is 7/8". Still not sure how I am going to proceed. I appreciate all the comments and opinions. [img:center]  [/img]
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Sorry all. When I made my comment about horn, I forgot the OP needed to add 1 3/4 inches. That's a bit much for a piece of horn. No, I need 1/2-3/4". Translated to Canadian: Somewhere from 1/2" to 3/4" Crap. I was thinking about another gun/stock issue of trying to go from 14 to 15 3/4. I too clearly haven't had enough coffee today. I was too busy chuckling about catching DaveK on a simple arithmetic error. Oh that pride sure does goeth before a fall! 
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How come nobody mentioned a leather slip on pad for this gun? Use it when you need it, take it off when you don't.
I hate pads, I have a few guns with them, but, not by choice.
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When you need galoshes, you put 'em on-when you don't, take 'em off. The stock looks pretty nice as is. Best, Ted
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