Thread: Hot Oil stock bending

Thanks Greg. The shotgun is Italian. I only posted the pics to aid the discussion for others and my being as technical as the hole in a doughnut I am not personally fussed about whether it has a kink or not and without going back to the safe I am fairly certain that if it is only kinked by millimetres then I wouldn't pick it up. It shoots well, it hits rabbits ducks and clays so I am a happy camper.

the one i bent -i note the toe"bottom" of the stock has less cant than the heel "top" in other words the heel is twisted further to the left which is just fine --mainly cause of my bodgey single contact point stick forcing one area more than another to the left

That looks to be a hell of a lot!??

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Originally Posted by veitnamcam

That looks to be a hell of a lot!??

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+1 and i thought the ak was the banana gun

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you must have a very very unusual shooting style el b

yes it does appear to be well left . Now practicing shouldering the gun im near bead on perfect

Originally Posted by PerazziSC3

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you must have a very very unusual shooting style el b

a fat head lol

if it comes up well then all good!

try closing both eyes, picking the gun up and quickly mounting. then open eyes.

doing that I could probably change the angulation from heel to toe slightly to have a better fit .I saw slightly before the bead -mind you my consistency of mount may need some improvement as a certain straight forearm style lands me bang on

Originally Posted by el borracho

a fat head lol

That wasn't the only thing the last time I saw you El B. You looked rather like a shorter me.

The stock does have a good bend on for sure but It will be a shooter once I make a small angular adjustment to the butt -I wont do this but have a smith do that part . One can be for more exacting in the bend by making a jig and having the perfect measurements once a knowledgeable person has given the fit size to you -the remainder of us will have to do with abit here and a bit there until you feel the gun comes up and eyes the bead well .
I have to say I am glad I tried this as the cost to do this with a pro is possibly over a grand !!
Now time to take this out and as they say "the proofs in the pudding"

That's a ton of cast! 20mm is considered tons, that must be 50-60!

But as you say, you wont know until you go a round of clays with it. hopefully you have a baseline score the modifications to compare your improvements to

yeah , a few easy misses on feather lol - I will shoot some clays rather than feather to check if the pudding is upto standard !!!if it needs to come back after that a quick hot brill cream job is all thats needed and viola !!

I have never had a stock bent , but a fellow I knew had one done quite a few years ago .
Over a period of time the stock actually tried to return to its original shape . The timber has a memory of sorts and I remember him telling me that he was told every stock is different and some handle the bending better than others .
Both my wife and son are lefties and we have a lefty gun that they share .
It's actually quite handy that they are that way inclined because it means I never have to share my gun


Ken

an interesting point I noted also about stock bending is the higher grade timbers are easier to bend than the lower grades !

Funny I was with my employer the other day and he is a guy that tutu's heaps with guns and he showed me his Holland and Holland that he was restoring -a job I wouldn't take on but he has .

The side plates were well worn and he some time back purchased an engraving machine which he has shown to have a little proficiency with .He pulled a side plate and showed me his engraving which to be honest wasn't to bad given the work he had to do on the surface to get it to a standard worth working on . He then proceeded to tell me the one problem he has had with the engraving -he spelt Holand and Holand wrong -yes you saw it ...with one L .........