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One thing you might consider is buying an already made stock for another gun and adapting it to your gun. I did that with a cheap Fausti. I couldn't find a stock for it, but I found a stock for a Winchester 23 and made sure that it was larger than the original. I think I paid $50 for it, then spent several hours working on the fit with a Dremel tool.

The finished product isn't going to make people tell me what a beautiful gun I have, but the stock fits as well as the original and turned a useless gun into one that I really like.

It sounds like you have the skills to do something like this; just make sure you have enough wood to work with and start to work. For some guns, you can buy a semi-fitted stock and finish it yourself, but they probably aren't available for one as old as yours.

There aren't many stock makers left, and the few that are focus on expensive guns, and you can't blame them for that. Those guys are true artists, but you don't have to be an artist to come up with a functional gun stock. My grandfather made a replacement stock for his father's LC Smith using nothing but the hand tools he had sometime back in the 40s. It's very obviously a homemade stock, but he used that gun another 30 years.

I think part of the problem you are having with regard to your experience on this site comes from things like this. In one sentence you make the case that you legitimately can not afford to spend the money to get a proper restocking done. And in the very next sentence you say “ I simply refuse to spend that kind of money”.

The reality is you are making a choice. Which is fine. But you try to justify that choice by denigrating those who do the work. Not really the way to win friends and influence people. I spent my first few years here reading a lot, asking a few questions and saying very little. Can’t believe how much I learned.

I cannot, in my wildest dreams, imagine pulling that off without it looking like a bull’s ass sewed up with a grapevine.
JR

Why? It's just woodworking, and I have built a lot of woodworking projects over the years.

I think one needs to be able to "see" the finished product in his mind to be able to do it well. Without a goal your efforts might be mis-directed. But, as coosa said, it can be done acceptably by an amateur with determination.

I once bought a 30" barreled 12 ga. Sterlingworth Ejector to use as a hunting gun. It had been restocked (buttstock only) by someone who had good inletting ability but apparently no desire to have it look anything like the original. It bugged me to no end. So, I tackled the project of reshaping it totally to make it look more "Foxy". This link will take you to the thread on the AH Fox site where I detailed the process. The results are nothing to crow about, but acceptable to me, and certainly better looking than the restock looked before.



http://forum.foxcollectors.com/viewtopic.php?t=7229

My sincerest apologies. The picture above is not my 12 ga ga. SWE that I was referencing, but my 20 ga. SWE. I chose the wrong pic to post. The right one is in the link I posted. My bad.

Mr. John, here's a picture of the LC Smith with the homemade stock my grandfather built, along with his Stevens that he bought sometime in the 50s:


That stock can best be described as functional. It allowed him to continue to use the gun and it was the only one he had at the time. I think he quit using it once he was able to buy the Stevens, but it helped feed his family for a number of years.

Here's the Fausti with the stock that I adapted to it:



The original stock for this gun was very proud to the metal, so I fitted this one in a similar manner. My original intent with the gun was to camo it and turn it into a turkey gun, but I doubt that I will ever do it now. It won't win any prizes, but the gun is just as functional as it would be with one of those $3k stocks. I just wanted the OP to understand that he had options if he just wants to use the gun. It's much easier to adapt an already made stock to a gun than it is to start with a block of wood.

Update on my Daly. I have been in touch with a gentleman through a phone conversation and he has agreed to stock my gun at a price we both can live with. I have seen pictures of his work and it is very good. I came back for two reasons one is to offer an apology if I have stepped on anyone's toes and evidently I have and the other is I am going to need help with two other shotguns. One is a J Braddel and Sons 10ga hammer gun and a Syracuse arms 12ga. I need a forearm for both and have not had any luck in finding either. I am reading up on the history of both. Thanks for everyone's help pictures and suggestions.


JHolland

Forarm wood

or wood and metal ?

Believe he stated he just needed the wood, Mike.

Best,
Ted