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I don't own the Tobin any longer, but, it wasn't because of the wood:    Best, Ted
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Just know this: when you spend $1500 minimum on wood and a high quality re-stocking on a field grade gun, $1,500 for a syracuse Lefever, with wood? Better up that by quite a bit.
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I've used Del Whitman to restock an AyA. I posted pictures here (you have to scroll a bit): http://www.shotgunworld.com/bbs/viewtopic.php?f=126&t=455011Chris Batha recommended him to me and I'm very happy with his work. I don't think he has a web site, but more of his work is available on his Facebook page. Another good stock maker is Dan Rossiter in PA. His web site is: http://www.customstocksandsteel.com/Recent_Projects.htmlI think that both have under one year turn around times.
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I can recommend Steve Dalzell, who is associated with David Trevallion in Maine. Steve has handled a number of stocking jobs for me. He has handled all of my jobs within a month since you mentioned speed is important. Contact info:
Stephen Dalzell <stevemdalzell@gmail.com>
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Jim Kelly at Darlington Gun Works, Darlington SC restocked Bo Whoop
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Just know this: when you spend $1500 minimum on wood and a high quality re-stocking on a field grade gun, $1,500 for a syracuse Lefever, with wood? Better up that by quite a bit. Yeah, I know, Brian, but it was an attempt at great generosity to keep from being hooted at with "oh, I can get great wood and a super restock for only $900..." Probably double that if you did it, huh? JR
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Dan Rossiter has restocked 3 guns for me. Turn around time is circa 18 months. His website is http://www.customstocksandsteel.com/He can supply very nice english/circassian or you can provide him the wood.   
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Just know this: when you spend $1500 minimum on wood and a high quality re-stocking on a field grade gun, $1,500 for a syracuse Lefever, with wood? Better up that by quite a bit. Yeah, I know, Brian, but it was an attempt at great generosity to keep from being hooted at with "oh, I can get great wood and a super restock for only $900..." Probably double that if you did it, huh? JR My reply to someone who says they can get a lefever stocked with wood for $900 would be to go ahead and get it done and remember that they get what they pay for.
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Brian, I have heard (read) that a Lefever is one of the hardest guns to restock due to the shape of the top tang. Your comments?
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Joe I can tell you from personal experience you get only one shot at it, a Lefever, and the top tang needs to be inlet thinking about where the natural oval end will end up. You don't inlet it straight down but slightly forwards at the same time. It curves forward as you inlet it into the stock. For that reason I use highly accurate inlet blanks which I can not always do myself, on my duplicator, with confidence. The side plate area is fairly straight forwards. For $900.00 you will not get a lot of precise work on any restock job. Stockers need to pay their bills and eat like the rest of us.
I get one out of three Lefevers maybe real close and the other two are a pain in the you know what to do. I have only done six or eight so it is a small sample but I don't like doing them. With most stocks a 90% copy is not that big of a deal for say a Remington 1100 or Model 12. When you under cut a pattern you end up doing a lot of hand work just to get a decent semi inlet stock. A well copied stock, 95-97% is almost easy where one which is 90% you might as well have a square blank sometimes.
The other thing I notice about Lefevers is that they have some of the smallest wrist of any doubles I have duplicated. Some of them are so thin that you get the feeling that your 12 is a 20 because the wrist is so thin and feels very long in your hand. A few have a diamond shape to them. I have some which are just a large as any other make but when you come across a light weight Lefever notice the grip is more sleek. A nice touch to the eye and it just feels great.
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