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I say that weight would be the first consideration unless this is a trap or skeet gun. Looks are secondary to performance. danc
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[img:center] [/img] This horn butt plate I had done a couple of years ago by Paul Hodgins. The horn I purchased from our friend here, Joe Dobryzinski from Alaska. The horn was very nice and Paul did a fabulous job imho.
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[img:center] [/img] This gun, I had a silver's pad with a spacer placed because it needed an 'excessive' extension. Ignore the shiny junk, that's nail polish I put on the pad to slicken it up. I really don't like recoil pads on game guns, but with this one I felt I really had no choice. I like Mark Larson's work; however, he does not use an oil finish, so I would rather not have a lacquer finish on an English game gun. I certainly would go that route for another project, though. So, do you like the pad or the horn better? To me, I far and above prefer the horn. Also, horn and ebony can be hollowed out to balance the gun and save on weight.
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I like the horn the best, then the ebonite. The Silvers pads with the steel plate in them are really heavy. Though they are not too bad on an eight pound goose gun.
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Horn is my choice. To the point that I have also bought horn from Joe Dobryzinski for a variety of stocking projects I have plans for.
While it may be period and style correct, I really dislike the look of Silvers pads. But I know that's just me.
The world cries out for such: he is needed & needed badly- the man who can carry a message to Garcia
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The horn plate looks nice but it's not .750" thick either which is what I think was initially discussed as the required increase in L.O.P.
I've seen several thick ebony plates installed to lengthen L.O.P. & I think a proper pad looks better.
The S.W. Silver pad is heavy however you can normally bore a couple of holes in the butt & remove enough weight to compensate. If the butt has already been drilled for balance the Paychmayer red pad is a lighter alternative but doesn't look as nice to my eye.
A tough decision & it would almost be worth having your arms made shorter to avoid cutting that nice wood for a pad or butt plate.
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Why would he have to cut the butt? He wants to add length right?? The butt you have pictured looks fairly square to me, wood removal to add length would be extremely minimal. Like almost none. Buzz, ebonite would look good and be functional too.
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I have 2 mid-grade box locks that came with wood extensions and checkered butts. The extensions are well done, and the color is close, but the grain does not really match.
I initially thought that I would have them restocked or butt grafted. But after hunting them, I find that I really do not see those extensions anymore.... I enjoy looking at the actions, at the engraving, and at the checkering, but the extensions just do not bother me. A pleasant surprise, actually.
Quality restocking would probably cost more than I paid for those guns. So I am enjoying them the way that they are.
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LeFusil,
To state the obvious for you maybe I should have said something like "That is a beautiful stock with a checkered butt. It's never going to look any better than it does now & it would be almost worth having your arms made shorter to avoid having to cut that checkered butt off to square it up for the installation of a pad or butt plate extension."
Sorry that is kind of long winded but is there anything you don't understand about my statement now?
In reality you will likely loose about 3/16" getting the butt squared up but that is hardly the point & a gun that doesn't fit is useless to most people.
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I am 6'4" "I feel your pain. " I got the thickest piece of horn I could find and still needed a spacer. I have another gun with an inch and a half silvers pad from CSMC and i think it looks nicer. I also have a very nice buckle on leather pad/extender that works well. Chaz
Last edited by Hoof; 01/18/14 01:33 PM.
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