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Well, yeah. Using the original pistol grip trigger guard on a straight grip conversion results in some of the ugliest guns I have seen, conversions or not. If you want the straight grip, you have to do it all the way.

If you cut the POW grip off a stock that was balanced for it, you throw the balance point several inches forward, into your left hand. You can add lead back into the hollowed out stock to move the balance point back out, but the moment of inertia may/may not be the same afterwards.
If you want a straight grip gun, look for one.

I'm surprised no one said, "Look, You are paying for time. Some peoples time sells for more, or less than others."

Another point, since I have a few guns who's stock heads were beaten to mush, More bearing surface, more interconnected wood fibers, greater strength. Lasts longer. Less likely to snap off. Excess hogging out of material in the interest of speed increases risk of breakage.

You'd figure they'd know all that...

Presumably extending the trigger guard would add some weight back in the grip area?

Yes it would but don't forget that you have to remove some wood to inlet the guard's tang so the gain would be marginal.

If you're removing some honking big PG then you might get significant balance change but the few POWs that I've seen changed weren't affected insofar as I could tell.

The way this thread morphed is exactly why I simply posted a pic and stayed away for a few days.
I can readily admit that the lock inletting Dustin showed on the Woodward is superior workmanship than my own.
Although no doubt some will not understand this, some craftsman continue to strive to improve their work throughout their career. I have often experienced my clients call me a year or more after taking delivery to tell, "I didn't see (this or that) particular detail until the other day."
How do you point out all of the subtleties?

Thanks for the input guys.

If I get serious about the gun I may get a good stocker to go ahead and take a look for me.

The guns a boxlock not a sidelock. I don't want to get a deal though where I'm paying more for a restock job than what the guns actually worth.

We've lost sight of the main reason for re-stocking a gun; to have a stock cut to our measure. Sr. Godoy is in the process of stocking two guns to my measure. One of these is a Martin Ugarteburu Mod 115:



If one is going to the trouble and expense of having a fitted stock made, there is little point in using a plain piece of wood. Here is the shaped and partially finished stock that will go on the 115:

Fancy looking piece of wood....looking at the grain structure of the wrist it's just asking to crack.

Beautiful job Mr. Hughes.

The gold under the trigger loop is that your initials ?