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

[B. 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

[B. 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.