doublegunshop.com - home Forums General Discussion DoubleGun BBS @ doublegunshop.com How much would this stock job cost?

Thank you for your replies. As always I do appreciate immensely
the help I get from you on this forum.
My only question is how much money would one expect to pay for a stock and job as shown no matter what gun it is on and my motives for asking need not be second guessed. Yes this gun is a Trojan.
It is what it is. That is what the man who I got it from wanted to do to it.
Thank you in advance for answering my question.

Taking the "it is what it is" into account, I'll keep my opinion of taste in my pocket. Given the grade of wood and the style of the stock and checkering, I don't think $1,500 would touch it. I certainly couldn't get it duplicated for that. $2,500 at least...Geo

Instead of speculating here. Ask the people who do the work directly.

I could see 3.5k as an easy bill for the job depending on who did the work. But resale will never recover more than a third of that much money. Just like high ribs on o/u may cost a grand to add the next fellow might see it as worth next to nothing to him. Big beaver tails only are attractive to male beavers to me.

I would expect that stock blank could be found for 350-500 depending on where you shop. The checkering job you could find a price for on several sites of well known checkers, but call it 500 at least. The for end had to take a lot of fitting as I don't recognize that style as one of the off the shelf semi inlet patterns. For ends take as much time to inlet as butt stocks. More if done well. I'd expect the butt stock and for end to cost 2500 plus, perhaps well more than 3000 by a top name stocker. You can find some stock makers who will do the job for less but you get what you pay for.

I know some one will tell you they can get it done for 1500, blank included but when I ask for names and delivery dates the stock maker always seems to be not taking new jobs or have multiple years of backlogs.

That for end looks like something a Sporting Clays or Trap shooter would think was a great improvement over the original splinter. If the owner was happy with the job and the gun nobody else's vote matters until it come time for him to sell it.

Yeah, someone with big hands might need a stock that seems clubby to the rest of us. I used to alter my Superposed trap gun with cardboard and duct tape to get a better fit at meat shoots.

Thank you Brian/Bryon (sp)?. I apologize if I am out of bounds asking here.
There is just so much knowledge here and mostly great helpful folks on this site plus I do not have a list of stockers on hand.
And I do read most every comment you ad to posts and I appreciate the knowledge you bring forth. Thank you for all you do for us.
Dale Medders

KY Jon gave an excellent answer. A similar stock job would be at least $3k and could run a lot more. Good luck with your new stock.
Jeff

You're not out of bounds at all to ask her. Your question was properly phrased ..."cost to have the stock work done including the cost of the wood similar to the stock on my Parker as pictured?"...to elicit an honest, objective opinion. I don't see where you asked for any opinions on the tastefulness of the Parker, something that wouldn't factor one iota into the cost of the job.


While you're deserving of an apology or two, you surely don't owe one.

The wood could be had for $3-400. I doubt the total labor involved... turning, fitting, finishing and checkering...could be accomplished in less than 20 hours, whether at the hands of a novice, an advanced hobbyist, a pro or a celebrity. That could range anywhere from $30-100/hour.

I wouldn't get excited about the prospect of getting it done for <$2,000. That's why pretty wood is such a bargain; doubling the cost of the blank might add only 20% to the cost of the project.

Mike, you may not have been following this thread enough to have noticed that the OP changed his original post...Geo

I see. I'll be more careful not to take sides when I come late to a pissing match and don't know any of the players.