I called today and Dan Rossiter Sr is supposed to call me tomorrow to see what he has. When I used to build guns, I had my own duplicator and still have quite a few Turkish and English blanks. I have the existing stock about 2/3's of the way back to being a functional stock with inletting that fits, but the outside is the problem. If someone has a pattern that fits the model and frame, I would rather have a duplicate from it with enough wood left to make it work than one that comes from one with good inletting and generic shape. The forend is the original from a nice grade of wood and can be refinished and recheckered with no problem. I have a circassion blank that looks good and is close in color which could be matched to the forend. Luckily, Paul Bunyon or whoever made the replacement stock managed to cobble the original skeleton buttplate on, so after I weld up the optional fifth screw hole installed in it, I can reuse it. Thankfully he avoided any engraving. Nickel alloy welding rods have become my friend.
|
Hybrid Mode