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Years ago Mark Larson presented via pictures to this board some original examples of how he extended length. Maybe he can find those pictures and show them again.
I have added a wood extension of 1 1/2" of perpendicular grain using a contrasting wood grain. American Walnut stock with a high end type English Walnut. Beretta did something similar on a few guns that you may have seen. It looked OK, maybe better than a rubber pad of the same size.
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Here are two examples The first is a Grant with a 5/8" extension and priced at $6800. http://www.hillrodandgun.com/picture.php?id=12876This gun is too expensive for my wallet, but even if I could afford it, there is no way I could live with it at is. I might, in the case, slice off the extension and live with a leather pad. Maybe. Here is a second gun that was priced at $5500 and apparently sold. It is a Churchill with a 2" extension. This would be a restocking project so far as I'm concerned and it's too expensive at that price for me to consider in that light. http://www.hillrodandgun.com/picture.php?id=12855So, of course, these are only my feelings and VERY uninformed opinions, but I am curious if I am in the same ballpark as most people or not. I can live with leather pads under an inch, preferably around 3/4", any more begins to look "cobbled" together.
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gunsaholic,
To your point, I bought a German SxS hammer combination gun with extended stock. The extension was "let in" to the original stock and was held on only by longer buttplate screws. Take the extension off and the buttplate fits the original stock.
Mike Leave it to the Germans to think of such a great idea....
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I prefer a gun without a stock extension, but I like them better than a big, thick pad and a bunch of spacers. And I do like small bore British guns, and I have several that I liked well enough that I bought them in spite of the extensions.
So I will tolerate a stock extension if I really like the gun otherwise. You can always restock it or do a butt transplant. And I find that I don't notice the extension when I am hunting.
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Extended stock guns have no collector value unless they have enough value to survive a top quality restock.
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Extended stock guns have no collector value unless they have enough value to survive a top quality restock. Eightbore: Are you talking a 2” extension here or a 1/4” horn butt plate extension? There is a difference you know. Please qualify this statement.
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Well, I asked this question in this line about wife's William Evans (ordered Nov 1900-delivered Jul 1903) - photos unfortunately held hostage by extortioners: (and anybody who is still paying those crooks deserves to be shunned): http://www.doublegunshop.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=475388I asked a local gunsmith about this. His advice (and the collective advice of this board) was since the gun would be used by women (wife and daughter-in-law) for the most part, take the extension off, keep it and add a new (but period) orange pad. 13 1/2" stock (w/o the extension) with a 1" pad/spacer = 14.5" - pretty much a standard catch-all LOP. Still thinking about it. The gun has sentimental value and shoots beautifully and I have no interest in "collecting." 
Last edited by Argo44; 04/05/18 06:46 PM.
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I have 7 British guns 4 in BQ1. All are “shooters”. I am tall and these guns had short stocks originally. Here is how I have handled the short stock issue:
2 restocked (orig stocks <13”)
3 ebony extensions (orig stocks +/-14”)
2 walnut extensions (same)
LOP is 15 3/8.
Personally I have no concerns with well made extensions. I prefer ebony to walnut and prefer wood to pads. I am underwater on one restock and am probably at market on the other one. I have acquired the guns to hunt and shoot, so the extensions do not bother me as they allow me to use the guns as intended. I have previously posted a couple pictures of my extensions.
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I think Buzz knows what I am talking about.
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Indeed I do, Eightbore. We are undoubtedly on the same page. Horrendous extensions on anything but a shooter, but even then, it’s unattractive. But, birds don’t care, and that’s the bottom line, I guess.....???? No, not really!! An unattractive gun is just that....unattractive.
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