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To get back on the subject of stock bending:

Great turnaround time quoted by both SKB & DES.

It's been some years since I've had a stock bent. Looks like I've been dealing w/the wrong people re. turnaround time on stock bending but to be fair my stock bending jobs usually involved some other things like leather covered pads etc.

Yeah adding a leather covered pad does add time. Unlike stock bending, I do not enjoy leather covered pads though they do turn out very nice. Sort of like browning barrels, looks great but dang is that a ton of work.

Rumor is your barrel browning is the bOmb...

You will see shortly Frankie.

All the strife on the board currently brings these prophetic words to mind.

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I believe you frank....

Battle- I had several stocks bent by a local person with a bending jig patterned after Mike Orlen's. He did a good job but hasn't done stocks in some time now. Saying that, Mike Orlen may be your answer. I have never used him for anything, but his name gets dropped here frequently.

My experience is very mixed. I had three Fox guns bent. Two had 2-3/4" drop from factory and wound up about 2-9/16" best we could do. One of the guns was particularly tough, as the bend would just not stay. The third had been nicely restocked and bent down slightly and over to the right, easily. The other gun i did was a Miroku Daly which went up and over easily. Both of the guns I had trouble with bending had Fox black walnut wood. The other two had French and unknown wood.

When you bend any distance, cracks may appear where the stock pushes against the trigger tang or the top strap. Guns with straight stocks bend easier than pistol grip.

At this point I have a couple guns that could use a stock tweak, but i doubt that I'll do it.

The person who bent my stocks did not guarantee against breakage. He did say he had only one stock break in the bend process (out of dozens).

Good luck.

I built one of those jigs, but don't use it now. A gunsmith friend does it a different way and it's what I do now. Maybe some of you guys would comment about it. Not sure how it would work for cast, but drop it does work just fine. He lays the gun on a table with the trigger guard back, off the table. He puts a couple bags of shot [ 50#s ] on the muzzles. Two heat lamps and a rag soaked in some type of oil wrapped tightly around the wrist. One bag of shot is put on the butt. He then puts a stop of some sort the distance away he wants the stock to move. He then goes to some other gunsmithing activity, or reloading, and keeps a eye on the progress being made. He hasn't bent a lot of stocks, but has never broken one. He claims if it doesn't want to bend, it won't. I've had to put two bags on the butt on a couple, but also haven't had a problem with breaking stocks. It's pretty simple and the only out lay is the two heat lamps and light fixtures which are pretty cheap. I just thought I'd throw this out there. Any thoughts ?

Seems pretty reasonable to me, Paul.

Just out of curiosity I checked the contribution page and noticed that Brent had finally changed heart and paid his dues. It is presently 7th from the bottom on the list. Looks like he even gave jOe credit for convincing him...Geo

Nyet. jOe donated .50 cents in BrentD�s name.


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