Stock Extension Treatment

Ed Blake · 04-07-2012, 05:41 PM

Several years ago I bought an 1892 vintage GH with 32" barrels. What caught my attention was the unstruck weight of 5 even. It had 3" of drop and a stock cut to about 12 3/4". From the first picture you can see the stock was dirty with a lot of oil and dirt at the head of the stock. Recently, I decided to have the stock bent. There was so much oil in the wood my guy just heated the wood and did not have to add canola. It came up about 7/8" in the heel. I then soaked the stock in lacquer thinner to remove the oil and my stocker added a 1" extension, which he then checkered. I had heard of this from more experienced Parker collectors and always wanted to try it. What do you think? The wood turned out gorgeous. The checkered portion is simply screwed to the stock with the pad screwed through the extension to the butt. The dimensions now are 1 3/4" x 2 1/4 x 14 7/8". Pardon the somewhat fuzzy pictures.

charlie cleveland · 04-07-2012, 05:48 PM

looks good to me...and that is an unusal barrel weight.... charlie

Dean Romig · 04-07-2012, 09:18 PM

Nice job... looks pretty classy.

Remember to store this one "muzzles down".

George Blair · 04-07-2012, 09:27 PM

Ed, with a barrel that heavy I would guess it's a 3 frame.

Ed Blake · 04-07-2012, 09:36 PM

No George, it's a 2 frame. The GH has a companion hammer gun with barrels of 5.2. They will be my battery for the Southern.

Double Lab · 04-07-2012, 09:38 PM

Ed,
What a great way to disguise an extension. Looks like something Parker would have done. Why don't you bring it to the Southern?

George Blair · 04-07-2012, 10:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ed Blake

No George, it's a 2 frame. The GH has a companion hammer gun with barrels of 5.2. They will be my battery for the Southern.

The best I can muster in a 2 frame is 4.8, and the 3 frame is 4.12. I don't think either one of your heavy dutys should have a wall thickness problem!

Larry Angus · 04-08-2012, 12:54 AM

Very nice fix! What does it mean to have a stock "bent".

B. Dudley · 04-08-2012, 08:32 AM

Larry,

Bending the stock is placing the gun in a jig and then with oil and heat the wood is made plastic enough to be able to be bent by ratcheting and holding in a given position. The results can be very effective. Drops and casts can be adjusted through this proceedure. Do a search on the double gun shop forum for stock bending. tehre was a very good thread on there a while back with photos of this process.

Ed,

That checkered extension is a very nice solution to the short stock problem on that gun! It looks very classy and best of all, it is not perminant. It is something that you have to see the results of before believing it would have worked out well.
Gotta love that original pad on that gun. Talk about used up. I have taken off a few beat up ones. But never that bad.

Buddy Marson · 04-08-2012, 08:42 AM

Ed, your extension looks very, very nice! Well done! I am looking forward to seeing you and Edward at the Southern.
Buddy