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Does anyone know a gun smith that is experienced in stock bending. I acquired a pair of guns that were fitted to previous owner. They have significant cast. I would like to find an experienced stock maker that will use hot oil to remove most of the cast.
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Steve Bertram (SKB) on this forum has considerable experience I think. Easy to contact him and talk about it.
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There is an excellent stock-bending essay by someone that used to be on this forum. I am blanking on his name right now, but given that you know they were bent originally, bending them back should be quite easy. You might try a little google search on this forum to see if you can resurrect it. Otherwise, send me an email, and I will ship a copy to you by return post. Stock bending is kind of fun and something you might enjoy doing yourself.
_________ BrentD, (Professor - just for Stan) =>/ ![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/qclHjMQ.jpg)
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Mike Orlen used to do it, don't know if he still does.
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Mike Orlen used to do it, don't know if he still does. That was the name I was trying to think of. Google his name, and you will probably find a few good essays on the topic. He was helpful getting others, like me, started in bending.
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The Stock Doctor...aka Dennis Earl Smith.
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I had two stocks professionally bent, a Spanish boxlock, and an English boxlock. Neither stayed put. My hunting buddy has had his English boxlock bent a few times, it keeps moving back, says he is all done trying to get it to where it needs to be. About the time I was figuring out the whole bending thing was a crapshoot, a very good gunsmith penned this on his blog, and convinced me it wasn’t a great idea: https://vicknairgunsmithing.blogspot.com/2022/07/another-bad-idea-that-refuses-to-die.htmlHey, I’m all done. Drew’s photo of the Darne broken through the wrist illustrates perfectly why it is a REALLY BAD IDEA to attempt to bend a Darne. Further, if you see one for sale with the tell tale cracks at the back of the action where it meets the wood, it might be a real good idea to keep looking. It doesn’t matter what fellow is attempting to bend a Darne, it just matters that nobody should be attempting that. Best, Ted
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I had an early William Evans (made by Webley) boxlock that I bought to go into a case that I had from my Dad. Did not know about cast then.
It had been bent to suit a left hander, so I had it bent back to a bit of cast for a right-hander.
Some years later I was using a better gun and lent the Evans to a neighbour. He let it slip slightly getting it out of the gunslip and it snapped right through the hand, He was mortified! However my local gunsmith repaired it and I sold it at auction very quickly.
Be very careful!
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Cast is by far the easiest direction to bend for. I have bent quite a few stocks. If can't find someone closer, I can bend your guns for you.
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