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On the "Spanish Gun" forum at Shotgunworld.com, they are a few guys who are having their sidelocks stocked in Spain by a stockmaker named Diego Godoy. He is English trained and is one of the best in Spain. And his work is surprisingly affordable. Around $1,000 for a sidelock, I think (and that includes checkering and finishing).

Here are some shots of Diego and his work.

Adam,clean looking inletting. Bobby

Very nice Steven!

At the request of a fellow board member, here is Diego Goday's number.... tele 70 29 05. I hope that's right. Now, there is one big problem for most. Senior Diego does not speak English.

His price for a restock is approx $1000 (maybe even less). That obviously doesn't include the wood but that does include checkering and finishing. Turn-around time is about 3 months.

A member on another forum is having a gun restocked now. He also is having his barrels reblued and new springs and pins are being made as well.... all completed by Diego.

Her are some shots of the gun mentioned above. The owner chose a stunning piece of wood.







Adam

Just found some shots of the stock nearly finished (still lacking a couple more coats of oil).









Adam

Adam, how does the back and forth to Spain operate?

Best regards,

JC

SDH pictures illustrate why there is big difference in the prices of stocking a gun. Mr. SDH's Britte is inletted how a high quality stock job should be inletted.
Mr. Godays pictured inletting is not done to a high standard, as you can plainly see, he has taken many short cuts to cut the cost of the stocking down. While the shaping of the stock looks very nice, the inletting is where the corners have been cut. I have not seen Mr. Godays work personally so I'll refrain from commenting on other aspects of his stockmaking like checkering, finish, etc. Still, for a $1000 if one was just looking to put a nice stick of wood on a gun and the gun owner didn't care about the "little" subleties that show the stockers talents and highlight his craft, then your probably getting a smoking deal for $1000.

Dustin

As stated in this trail, what you pays is what you gets.

The pictures suggest that Mr. Godoy's work would be perfectly fine for restocking an AYA No.2 and I would have no qualms in sending my Spanish gun there at that price. As LeFusil pointed out inletting quality is questionable but also think the shape of the body and heel (bump, mid and toe) have been fashioned very quickly and resulted in a very un-uniform shape. Just my opinion though.

Here in the UK we have a number of stock makers but the "best" can be counted on one hand only. If you handled one of their stocks and also inspected the inletting, you would be speechless. It's only when you see this that you understand why it costs so much. One thing for sure, you know that the stock they make you is going to be here well after you have gone.

Yo hablo Espanol- puede yo ayudare usted con este Sr.??