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Originally Posted by Dean Romig
Maybe someone has done this already but I plan to do it soon...
Remove the forend latch from both a splinter and from a beavertail and lay them on a flat surface and measure the height of each to determine if the difference is significant in shaping a beavertail wood to a splinter.
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Remember that there is another limiting factor when considering converting a beavertail to a splinter. One must first determine if the wood on the beavertail was fitted closely enough to the barrels underneath. While removing wood from the beavertail's exterior will certainly turn it into a splinter, one may well end up with very unsightly gaps between the wood and the barrels because the wood on the beavertail was never fitted as closely in those areas.
It takes close scrutiny to determine this. One way, as a quick check told me by a friend, is too remove the b.t. forend, put a thin layer of Play-Doh inside it, and replace the forend on the gun, latching it completely. This will press the Play-Doh into whatever thickness the clearance is in all those critical locations.
SRH