1906 20ga VH Stock

[Jim P.]

Looking for informed opinions on whether or not it's worth or possible to reshape the stock on my 1906 VH 20ga. First some background; the gun letters as a straight gripped VH hammerless ordered by Pacific Hardware in Los Angeles in November 1906 and delivered late April 1907. There is no reference to the double ivory beads, no Remington repair codes on the barrel flats or mention of the filing grooves and new stock in its current condition although everything is numbered correctly.

Looks like the stock was replaced as a CPG (with wood much "nicer" than an original VH), barrels blued and the safety looks more contemporary than would have been original to the gun. The issue is the girth of the stock wrist - it's almost a half inch thicker than a 0 frame gun should be (pictures provided for comparison with another 0 frame gun). It may be that a previous owner was shooting very heavy loads and had the gun reconfigured.

Can the stock wrist girth be reduced and re-checkered? She's a sweet little grouse gun and I'd like her to handle like the original 6 pounder she was.