Old stocks for forend wood

[Dean Romig]

I can't think of any reason this wouldn't be the perfect solution for those looking to replace only the forend.

[TARNATION !!!]

Pat: The real wood workers can chime in on this. I recall learning several months ago on the forums that stock blanks are made from quarter sawn lumber, which I assume applies to the fore ends as well. If that is the case, it will be important to know how to cut the stock to retain the quarter sawn end grains in the correct perspective. If I understand "quarter sawn", then I think the first cut would be through the full length of the stock, leaving two mirror image slabs. The newly exposed wood would become the inside of the fore end, to be inletted for the iron,and the old finished side of the stock would become the finished side of the fore end, to be inletted for the latch . Without actually doing it, it seems at least 4 fore ends could be made from one butt stock.

How bad are the stocks that may become fore ends???

Jack

[Pittypatdugan]

Two of the stocks were bought with the wrists broken off and one had been damaged at the butt. One was an O frame 16 ga VH and the other was a straight stock 20 O frame.. both guns were sent to Bill Schwartz and he made new beautiful Stocks and re blued and re case colored the receivers. I guess I never thought that the stock and forend always come out of the same blank.

I just thought the old stocks have cracked and split all they were going to do and might be an old source of Walnut that would be stable.

I have an unusual Ball grip small frame stock that someone cut very short , I will post pictures of it soon, It I think is a G grade with the shield engraved.

IF the PGCA would take them, they could be given away as door prizes, the shields were removed and put on the new stocks

PDD