Super Fox question

[Chris Robenalt]

Over the past year I removed some ugly custom wood on this. Since, I replaced the beaver tail, and now thinking of fitting a standard 12 stock. Is this possible? It's 1/32" shy on the panels, but would work height wise. Any feedback? Brian Dudley, what's your take on this?

Chris, AZ

[Brian Dudley]

My take is that if it does not fit properly, dont do it.

[Stan Hillis]

Chris, if the "custom wood" you took off is headed up well, evaluate it to see if there is enough "meat" there for you to reshape it into a more pleasing, and appropriate, shape. I did this a few years ago on a Fox. I detailed the work on the Fox forum, with pics. It wasn't that hard. Here's a link to the thread.

http://forum.foxcollectors.com/viewtopic.php?t=7229

The project turned out to be well worth the effort, and fun at the same time. I used the gun just days ago to close out the dove season here.

http://forum.foxcollectors.com/viewtopic.php?t=11310

Good luck!

[Chris Robenalt]

Thanks for the input. In the first pic you can see the stock I took off. It's the one with the recoil pad. It's so flat and grips like a 2x4! From comb to heel I'd need to remove 3/4". Then really reshape and thin the comb, along with the grip. Just wanted to confirm with you guys. I too think it's the right thing to do.

Thx again!
Chris

[Brian Dudley]

That stock that came off it is garbage.

[Chris Robenalt]

That is true enough Brian! I'm too embarrassed to show the forend. I may be able to slender this down, drop it, and checker to match factory specs.

[Stan Hillis]

A good cabinetmaker's rasp will take that 3/4" off faster than you can see where it went! You can't hurt anything trying it, if there's enough extra wood there, in all the dimensions.

Who knows, you might make a silk purse out of a sow's ear!

[Mike Franzen]

Do you have a picture with the other stock mounted? It might be easier to give an evaluation of the possibilities of a reshape.

[Chris Robenalt]

Exactly Stan! It's a beefy piece of wood. I do have another graded stock to use as a model. I put the stock back on and put it away for now. When I have time I'll tackle the job.
I never mounted it Mike. I'd have to hog out the insides to except the single trigger. I'd rather have more meat in the head to absorb the recoil. I know I can work wonders with the old stock.

Chris,AZ

[Mike Franzen]

That’s what I was thinking with the narrow cheeks. The other stock looks like they’re plenty of extra wood to work with but sometimes you can’t tell from a photo. If you don’t want to do it yourself you might consider sending it to Keavin Nelson. He does great stock work.

[Chris Robenalt]

Sorry Mike, I think I misunderstood you. Here are pics with the old stock on. I prefer 1 3/8" at the comb and 2 3/8" at the heel, or close to these measurements. This is too flat and to clumsy looking. I like a slender grip.

[Chris Robenalt]

Sorry again Mike, I just saw your last post. I can do it. I'm buried in others people's gun stocks right now, plus my full time job. I'll do it when I have more time. I even considered making it a POW or straight stock. I have the trigger guard to put on it.

[Mike Franzen]

That’s a nice looking piece of wood

[Chris Robenalt]

It is nice. I'll take my time on it and give it a more desired shape!

[charlie cleveland]

this gun was built for heavy loads theres enough wood there so no danger of breakage.....charlie

[chris dawe]

You got a decent gun there and two shit pieces of wood ,warm up the house with the custom one put the one that's too small aside for a future project ....last decision is to get a nice blank and start over

[Stan Hoover]

You got a decent gun there and two shit pieces of wood ,warm up the house with the custom one put the one that's too small aside for a future project ....last decision is to get a nice blank and start over

Kinda what I was thinking,

That gun is worthy of a new piece of excellent custom wood

Stan

[Mike Franzen]

True that

[Chris Robenalt]

Chris, I like your thinking! If you come out to AZ this year to hunt Mearns, I'll bring the blanks down to Phil's place. You can fit and shape. I'll finish and checker! You did an excellent job on Phil's Custom!! A+

[chris dawe]

If I'm ever lucky enough to make it back to AZ with Phil, the only thing I'll be making is shots not sawdust !.... that's why they call time off:rotf:

[Chris Robenalt]

I'm currently looking for a new place for us to shoot Eurasions Chris. When I find one with the endless shooting like the last place we took you, pack your bags!

[Chris Robenalt]

Look what I found! Forgot I had this. It fits with plenty of meat on the stock head to carve the panels. I'll decide whether to make it straight or POW before fitting it up. I'll fit a Fox buttplate of course.

[Brian Dudley]

That is a much better foundation.

[Keith Sirmans]

Yeah I like that a lot better. I was about to dig through the garage for ya. I would leave the grip the same and not have to bother the trigger guard. Have you gotten a card for it yet?

[Chris Robenalt]

While digging in the garage today, I found another stock I forgot about! I'm kinda leaning towards it. I like the POW and it looks to have maybe 3/8" - 1/2" more drop. I also like the fiddleback.

[Mills Morrison]

I like it too. Mine has a POW grip and it is sweet

[tom tutwiler]

While digging in the garage today, I found another stock I forgot about! I'm kinda leaning towards it. I like the POW and it looks to have maybe 3/8" - 1/2" more drop. I also like the fiddleback.

We have a winner there.