I had a fitting with Keith Lupton at the Pawling Mountain Club years ago, just to see what the ideal stock measurements were for me. I pasted it in my hunting log book that I use to record my experiences and daily take in Saskatchewan during my annual trips. I haven't done anything else with it and never intended to modify existing stocks or build a new stock to my measurements.
Years ago, I did have one stock bent by a gunsmith in Easton, Md. It cracked. I won't try this again. It was a very early DH that had a setter engraved on the floor plate. The gun was rare in that it was a 70% gun and had never been touched in all the years of its existance. I fixed the crack and lightly checkered over the break area and brushed some patina into the checkering. It's hard to see the fix but I'll never have a stock bent again. In my opinion, its not worth the risk.
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