Decreasing the drop at heel of a Parker stock

[Bob Roble]

I am looking for suggestions on how to permanently decrease the drop at heel, and make a beautiful old DH more shootable. The stock dimensions are approx. 1 3/4" X 3 1/4" X 15". I would like to get it to about 1 1/2" X 2 1/2 X 15". It is apparently not a candidate for stock bending due to an old hairline crack at the wrist which has been professionally repaired.

I would rather not re-stock the gun or use slip-on or glue-on pads. Has anyone ever had good results in decreasing drop by re-inletting a stock?

Thank you. Bob Roble

[John Truitt]

Sir,

Some have done permanent re combing jobs. Austin Hogan has an article about this in one of the past Parker Pages.
Find a local stock guy who will be willing to give it a go if you dont mind altering the existing stock.
Basically the existing comb is cut down flat from the nose of the comb to the heel. Then a monte carlo style piece of wood is grafted on to fit your dimensions and the stock is then refinished.
There may even be some photos about this in the old forum pages.

Good luck,
John

[Bob Roble]

John, thanks for the suggestion, I hadn't thought of that.

[John Dallas]

I think the advice posted on the Shooting Sportsman site suggesting a butt graft makes a lot of sense. Done properly, the repair is virtually unseen. Grafting a "Monte Carlo" piece on your gun will probably be very visible.