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Keith Kearcher, surgeon, performed a butt transplant on my Arrietta 601
that is so good that only the cognizant could detect it. The wood matches the forearm and the grip/hand. The gun comes to my face and shoulder just like the M21 that the dimensions were taken from. Balance is excellent.
Thank you, Keith.
Dan Crowley
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Am with you praising Keith Kearcher's buttstock transplant work, Dan. Here's a pix of Keith's work that made my 1885 Lefever C 10 gauge something that I can use in the field. Regards, Tim 
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Very nice Tim. Dan,can you show us yours?
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Dave
I will try.
Keith Kearcher has a web site and posts prices.
danc
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Very nice Tim. Dan,can you show us yours? That's OK, Tim. Chill. I'd rather see the buttstock of your shotgun...
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Chuck H's instructions here http://www.picturetrail.com/sfx/album/view/16839920and another Lefever as received by cc/dt that didn't quite work out as intended  
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I had a Lefever that looked almost like the last one. It had 4 1/2" drop at the comb and 5 1/2" at the heel. It also had about 3/8" castoff. I figured it was either for a person with no neck or was used as a rollover style shooter. When I tried to shoot it nothing on my face touched the stock. Talk about weird and impossible to get use to.
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I have never understood why they made most of the guns with so much drop.What was the deal at that time in America.I know there were plenty of short necked Irishmen like me hunting as well a in the manufacture.
Good job
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I don't know about 4 1/2 and 5 1/2 but I like 2 1/8 and 3 1/4. You actually need a long neck and/or shoot with your head up, not out-stretched like a turtle. If you keep your weight 50/50 on your feet you'll find you'll want to stand more erect with a more erect head and then those awful stocks will fit. And you won't be " lifting your head " - it's already up. Maybe those old guns were stocked correctly after all.
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Amen, amen, Paul. Been preaching that to a deaf audience a long time.
When an old man dies a library burns to the ground. (Old African proverb)
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