doublegunshop.com - home Forums General Discussion DoubleGun BBS @ doublegunshop.com Which is less ugly, wood extension or spacer.

I agree with Ted. Or you could just sell the gun and replace it with one that has the correct LOP. A well done recoil pad of 1" or less is fine. But anything longer than that just doesn't look right at all. If the gun has some sentimental value, a good lace-on leather pad looks better than an ugly pile of pad and spacers, and is easily reversible.

A wood extension is a total non-starter for me. The joint line might be perfect when complete, but just give two pieces of wood that have been butt-glued together a few years of expansion and contraction from humidity, and the joint line will almost certainly become visible. And as I understand it, the going prices for a wood extension and fake grain painting to hide it start at around $800.00. That's going to equal or exceed the value of a lot of field grade guns. So you'd probably be better off to sell the gun to someone who needs a short LOP, and use the cost savings to buy a nicer gun that fits.

Sometimes it is hard to "pass" on a short stocked gun. I have a pair of 20 gauge Titanic Steel DHE Parkers with less than 13" LOP. I have less than $2000 in the pair, hard to say no to that purchase. One has the horn spacers to 14" with the rearmost spacer nicely grooved. The second gun is awaiting a similar treatment. One is bored IC and MOD, and the other is MOD and FULL. I'm not really concerned about their resale value.