Super Fox question
 

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

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

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!

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

That stock that came off it is garbage.

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.

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!

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

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

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.