doublegunshop.com - home Forums General Discussion DoubleGun BBS @ doublegunshop.com Have you ever had 1 barrel of a sxs not regulated?

This gun was stocked with the cast off, even the top tang is directed to the right. I suspect it will need restocked to remedy

If you are going to restock then you might try bending, because you have nothing to lose. Might end up with an S-curved gun which would be interesting and might start a new craze in gun fitting.

It is a heck of a gun though. I'd sure do my best to make it work.

He doesn't have the junk guns you're accustomed too...just cant let any jAke leg work on it.

Dicksons are notoriously difficult to bend, most of the time impossible. The fillets on the stock are very fragile and bending can do damage to them. Most gunmakers won�t even attempt to bend a Dickson RA. I said most....there�s some out there that have done it with some success, but usually the successful bends are pretty minute. You�re not going to move that stock 1/4 cast off to 1/4 cast on. You might be able to get to neutral before damage occurs. It�s not uncommon to bend action tangs when bending stocks too. On big bends, it has to be done or you�ll have the tangs �springing� from the wood.
That is one of the big bugaboos with buying a Dickson RA. It has to fit pretty well when you buy it because adjustments are pretty limited, restocking is usually required to make it work well for the new owner. And as you might already know....restocking a Dickson RA is not cheap.

Thanks for the input. I am hesitant to try. I have bent a number of guns but all straight stock and bend for more or less drop. This stock has a pistol grip so I wonder if I could bend it after the pistol grip. I realize that is a lot more wood to bend but then I avoid putting stress on the head of the stock.

Nitrah, clamp the head of the stock - as SKB suggested. That will ensure it does not split.

I bet you can do it at least for a ways. It would be worth a try.

No. Clamping the head will not ensure that it does not spilt. WTF. I already stated the issues with bending a RA. It�d be worth a try huh? Easy to say when it�s not your expensive gun and when you don�t have to pay for either a very expensive repair or an extremely expensive restock.
What terrible advice.

just for those that have followed my struggles. One of the recommendations was a gel teck pad by Beretta, which came to day just as I was leaving to shoot. They don't look half bad and that was all I needed, was 1/4" reduction in the cast off to shoot it well

I'm glad it was that easy for you to get it shooting to p.o.a. with both barrels, Nitrah.

Knowing that it is will likely do much for your shooting as well, because of the confidence you now have in it.

Best, SRH

My friend a 16 gauge Merkel (1620) that shot center of pattern 6" low at 25 yards, both barrels. Maybe ammo, but who knows. He had never fired it and took it dove hunting and was missing everything and went to another gun and started knocking them down. He found out what was going on shooting at a patterning board. Gun went back to Merkel to get both barrels regulated. Yep, they shot to point of impact. Just to the wrong point of impact.