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I finally finished my stock bending fixture last week.

Another member here needed a Parker stock bent up and I needed to bend the Parker Repro 28g/.410 down.

So we got together for a little stock bending party today.

Here's the basic setup. We did the original Parker first. Triggerguard was removed. The gun had 3 1/4" of drop at the heel!



Once the gun was delicately clamped in the fixture, the wrist was wrapped with cotton rags and soaked in oil. It was continuously dowsed in oil at the wrist and foil protected what was not covered by the rags.



The first bend was fully a 1/2" after cooling and released. Very little springback. The gun had 2 3/4" drop at the heel now. We were so thrilled we didn't break the stock. The upper tang did look like it was digging into the stock a bit and we disassembled the gun and cleared the wood a bit to relieve the pressure. We then decided another 1/4" was necessary. So, back in the fixture the gun went and we did another round on it. We also took out any cast and brought it to zero cast. Once cooled and released we were at 2 1/2" exactly. Fully 3/4" of bend in two bends! No cracks.

Next, my Repro was up. It's a straight grip stock.

In the fixture, clamped up.


I bent the stock 1/4" at the heel, down.

A friend had bent it down about 3/8" a year ago, but it came back to about 1/4" bend. It was still too high for me and I had shot it for over a year and still missed high consistantly unless I buried my cheek unnaturally. With the new drop, it feels very much like guns I shoot well. I might shoot it tomorrow to verify.

I'm pretty thrilled to have bent these two guns successfully.

Congrats! Some day I want to give it a try as well.

Amazing! It would scare the socks off me to try that..great job..

Impressive! Going in, I would think that very few would believe that you could bend a pistol gripped stock 3/4" up. Did the pitch change much?

Greg
We took enough drop out that pitch had to change. But it mounted to the shoulder well. Shooting it is the only proof in the puddin'. Im just amped about not breaking either stock.

Chuck, great post. Well done. If I may ask, when you bend up or down, do you get the impression that most of the bend takes place behind the tang, or did you notice? It would seem the upper and lower tangs would provide some stability to the wood between them and serve to hinder bending, or even promote "springing back".

What kind of oil did you use?

SRH

Stan
I think all the bend is behind the tangs.

Nice work indeed, well done, guys! How did the tangs turn out after a lot of adjustment?
A friend who is left handed bought a new Beretta 686. Why he did not put it up to his shoulder in the store, I do not know.
He can' shoot it as it is too "cast on" (?)
I can't shoot it either, I'm a lefty too.
How do you bend a shotgun stock with a bolt in it?

Same way.