Careful fitting of a new wood stock to ensure both recoil force and fit and finish is crucial. Boyds recently conducted a test on a large group of adult shooter and found that 62% of adults did not fit the average length of gunstock provided to them. Fitting and finishing machine inletted gunstocks on. Yardleys short work is very broad in that he discusses all the different methods of shooting and how the individual must be fit to suit not only his own size and features, but also to suit the shooting style he adopts. Making a stock from scratch black walnut professional gun. You shoot at a steel pattern plate and clay targets while the fitter tweaks the stocks dimensions. Most don,t fit you to your style of shooting but there style. By overboring the 30 barrel and lengthening the forcing cones, we improved shottoshot pattern consistency and made what was one of the softestrecoiling actions in the world even easier on your shoulder. History of sporting stock development early gunstocks were crude and little more than a method to hold onto the firearm. When you are shooting a well fitting gun, the benefits will include among others, smoother and more accurate swings, more consistent gun mounts and shooting from. Stock fitting isnt for everybody, i would rather not sell a stock if the customer is not up to the job or aware of the work involved. You can also find replacement stocks with different fitting.
Most gun fit problems can be solved with a good gun mount. If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the faq by clicking the link above. Don will evaluate your pointofimpact using a patterning board and try gun and have you shoot actual target presentations to determine the precise stock dimensions and. Boyds gunstocks shows you how to size your firearm to fit. If you dont have a pattern plate, you can use a sheet or a plastic tablecloth. Most stock fitters makers would like you to shoot like they do. The low expectation guide to clunker gun restoration some minor gun restoration advice neither guns and shooting online nor the author assume any liability for accidents, injury, hurt feelings, disappointment, anger, or befuddlement from the use or misuse of this information by randy d. The illustrations are extremely well done and clear. This will include perfecting your gun mounting technique, pattern board evaluation for point of.
Fitting a shotgun julson kleine small munsterlander breeder. Created with your existing wood or made with a unique composite material designed for your gun, the soft touch recoil reducer is the best solution on the market today with scientifically tested and proven results. Aug 29, 2017 dear technoid, looking for a book on gun fitting. Most folks have no idea what stock fit is all about. Precision stock inletting service custom wood gun stocks. The image shows the centerline of the barrel running though the stock. Dec 26, 2014 do you know how to tell if your stock fits your body. Parker gunsmithing is dedicated to providing prompt and reasonably priced service of the highest quality, because repeat customers are the foundation of our business. Bob dear bob, my two favorites are gunfitting, the quest for perfection by michael yardley, 1993, safari. Ithica gun stocks for ssingle shotguns, ithica gun stocks factory originals, ithica gun stocks for obsoelte rifles, ithica gun stocks for double shsotguns, ithica gun stocks for importer rifles, ithica gun stocks for modern shotguns. Custom shotgun fitting i can adjust your stock so that your gun will fit your physical requirements.
May, 2010 stock fitters bible was written for one purpose to help clay target shooters improve their scores. The comb is the top portion of the stock where you place your cheek. No matter what your shooting discipline, trap, skeet, sporting clays or five stand. Pillar bed rifle includes free float barrel channel install dakota style swivel base price is for each install sling swivels into wood or synthetic stocks. In a righthanded world castoff has the stock biased away the shooters. In opposition to this, a great shotgun stock finishing job is dependant upon fine wood to metal fit and wood to metal not being proud of each other. Please note, however, that you should tighten the rear screw first and then the front screw. Below are samples of wood carvings i have done on long guns over. Ithica semi finish gun stocks, ithica oil finish gun stocks, ithica checkered gun stocks, ithica 37 and 87 pump factory gun. Boyds gunstock, a leading manufacturer of highquality hardwood gunstocks, knows that having a fire arm that fits your body is extremely important for any shooter.
Jan 02, 2014 the stock will seem shorter when you mount it. The firing side shoulder can roll forward, locking the buttstock into place. How well a gun stock fits you determines the level of success you will ever experience with it. In the item description of every regular inventory item there will usually be pictures diagrams and a description of the items. Savage shotgun parts, stevens shotgun parts,springfield. Synthetic tactical type stocks are often adjustable for the cheekpiece height as well as length of pull and some even allow for cast on or cast off and pitch. The barrel shoots, the stock hits ludwig krieghoff gun fitting basics don baughman manager of technical operations, krieghoff international, inc. Carpenters custom gunstocks llc, serves the shotgun enthusiast, through custom fabrication or alteration to achieve proper gunfit. This book covers almost every points of gunfitting such as history of gun design and stock fit, theory and mechanics of gunfit, try guns, practical fitting, recoil, design and fit of rifle stocks, some intervews with barry king and jim spalding reading this book is very easy and understandable. When you are in need of topoftheline shotgun stocks, opticsplanet is the best place to make your purchase. This will require that some fitting be performed to achieve good, consistent woodtometal contact. The length of stock necessary depends not only the length of the shooters arms, the breadth of his body and length of his neck, it also depends on the position on the left hand, the position of stance and finally the weight of the gun.
At the other end of the spectrum a formal gunfitting session includes a trygun with a fully adjustable stock. Don currie is a master gun fitter and is available for lessons and private gun fittings throughout florida or by invitation elsewhere and hosts game hunts throughout the year. Do not attempt to give it a good tap to help things along, the result is a split stock. Hang it up, and make a 2inch aiming mark in the center. Gun fit osp school optimum shotgun performance instruction. Now some commercial stockmakers including a david mckaybrown i saw at the last vegas show leave the wood higher than the metal.
Agency arms syndicate polished trigger bar glock 192332 gen 14, new. Screws for wood stocks have a torque specification of 35 inch pounds. Is there a book on this subject that you can recommend. Customizing gun stocks is a very precise step by step process that takes a lot of skill and time. The classic style stock by far is the most popular, yet most of these fall short of fitting modern shooters with todays ultra scopes. Normally, shortening the length of pull does help a high percentage of lady shooters, but that is akin to assuming that all women are the same height and body type ms. We hope that this pictured step by step tutorial gives our customers an idea of our quality of work as well as an appreciation for our craftsmanship. It is this unique background combination that makes pete one of the finest gun fitters, shooting. For example, if you can shoot with an lop between x and y, the author tells you how to find the optimum somewhere in the middle. Following a brief introduction explaining how the book was written and the syntax that is used, is a very short history about the author.
Don will evaluate your pointofimpact using a patterning board and trygun and have you shoot actual target presentations to determine the precise stock dimensions and. Custom recoilreducing shotgun stocks have been the specialty of elmore bragg and softtouch custom stocks since 1979. Below are the steps for a complete job from wood blank to finished product. Scott of made a video demonstrating how he creates a shotgun stock from a block of wood. Thats great if you are a 165 pound adult male, but if you are small. I got a boyds stock cheap and cant find torque settings for them, its going onto one of my weatherbys and there site only says. We use a try gun when working with extreme lengths of pull very short or very long or when a customer want dimensions for a custom made stock. Due to the above, ive always felt that the correct measurement for the length of the stock was not from the trigger to the center of the butt plate, but from the center of the pistol grip to the center of the butt plate. The fitting of the stock of a gun to an individual is one of the highest arts of gun making. Semifinished means nothing about a semifinished gunstocks is finished. But even the k80s standard stock designs are optimized for the respective disciplines. Fully inletted stock customers action is fully bedded to a shop pattern or well use a good pattern made by customer. Stock fit is important for rifles, too union sportsmens.
Then the metal work is hand inletted into the stock for full contact. Total ratings 27, mossberg flex tactical forend picatinny railed black 952. Screw in a tight choke and shoot from 16 yards away. When a firearm does not fit you properly you can experience excessive muzzle jumps and recoil, both of which are unsafe. Shown as measurement a, it is measured from the center of the butt to the center of the trigger and is seen as a fairly direct measurement of the length of the butt stock of any firearm.
How to fit your shotgun for more accurate shooting. Elite custom gunstocks can make a custom gunstock to fit you and your needs. It is a complicated subject and your father likely is not an expert gunfitter or stockmaker, nor are any of your hunting or shooting buddies. Pfs presents the precision fit stock with unsurpassed gun fit and felt recoil reduction. Master gun fitter bryan bilinski tells you how shotgun life. If the beads line up they announce, it comes up nice. Mar 16, 2014 the 5 calibers to claim the most powerful handgun in the world title reupload duration. Best rated shotgun stocks sold online save up to 25% on. Somebody mentioned a stock fitting book by one of our members. Its this simple, if your gun doesnt fit then you wont shoot straight. A few dollars invested in some simple materials and hard work can turn an old clunker into a. The shotgun stock should fit such that the butt pad can be placed in the pocket of the shoulderthe high pectoral muscle well inside the shoulder joint. Custom gunstock carvings for long guns and pistol grips. With a proper comb height fit, you should be looking straight down the flat rib on top of the barrel when you mount the gun.
One of the most important measurements in fitting a shotgun to a shooter is length of pull lop. The book contains many guidelines for improving wing shooting techniques. Mgw installs both factory oem replacement stocks as well as aftermarket stocks. When fitting a wood stock on a shotgun it is very important to have the recoil only taken up at the center most back of the stock.
Stevens autsomatic shotgun parts, stevens pump shotgun parts, stevens single barrel shoptgun parts, stevens shotgun barrels, stevens double barrel shotgun parts, stevens over and under parts, stevens shotgun magazines, stevens shotgun springs, stevens shotgun stocks, stevens shotgun. Finding the best gun stock finishesthe right stains and oils and waxes and so forthis a bit harder. American hunter how to achieve perfect shotgun fit. Filter by manufacturer apex tool group 2 brownells 3 egw 1 grobet file co. When gun fit finally enters into the scenario, the significant other assumes that by simply shortening the stock all the gun fit ills will be rectified. While a fullscale fitting is a worthwhile experience, you can fit yourself. Essential book for amateur and professional shooters. Watch any instructional videos you might be able to find, and remember that you may need to repeat the same. Widely regarded as the definitive work on the design and fitting of gun stocks, the first edition covered the subject practically and theoretically, in terms of shooting vision and eye dominance, stocks for game and clay shooting, and pattern plates and the trygun.
The most important book on shotguns youve never read. Our model 1100 competition synthetic is supertuned for the competitive scene. Too far and the stock will be awkward to mount, too close and the nose is in. Custom gun fitting fieldsport purveyor to the wingshooter. When you are shooting a well fitting gun, the benefits will include among others, smoother and more accurate swings, more consistent gun mounts and shooting from one day to the next and reduced felt recoil. You can go to some one like gill ash and he will fit the shot gun and give you the measurements and then have the work done by a gun smith. With over 15 years of experience, we guarantee our customers with top quality work.
As you can see the tang mortise on the stock is cut full depth, but the sides of the mortise are narrow. The problem is that many gun manufacturers make gunstocks in a one size fits all model. Custom shotgun fitting pete blakeley premier shotgun. I want to get a skeet gun properly fitted for the mrs. Too far and the stock will be awkward to mount, too close and the nose is in jeopardy of being whacked by the thumb in recoil. Dont forget to ask around the shooting range many shooters have stock fitting experience and may be able to do the work for you. The stock is undersize for the tangs, as you can see, this is how far the tangs slip into the stock before fitting. Stock fitting, carpenters custom gunstocks llc madison, oh home.
Mossberg 500 flex 4 position adjustable dual comb stock polymer black 95221. Pete blakely is a shotgun shooting lessons instructor extraordinaire youll have to visit one of his shooting schools for all the facts, but let us tell you briefly what makes pete so extraordinary pete spent his early years in the u. She shoots well with my 30 miroku, but we want to step it up a level, and get a. The receiver and all internal parts feature a nickelteflon.
This will include perfecting your gun mounting technique, pattern board evaluation for point of impact and altering my trygun to your personal requirements. If cast, drop, pitch, length, comb, toe, rib and heel all make you scratch your head and want to run a mile, wait. With the gun mounted, observe how far the stock drops below the bore line. Unfortunately medical conditions and the loss of the sight in my left eye. Services that we provide include stock duplicating, inletting, fitting, shaping, sanding,finishing, and much more. Mgw fits oem and aftermarket stocks on almost all models.
Custom wood carvings can add beauty to your long gun, making it a truly one of a kind piece and family heirloom. We use a trygun when working with extreme lengths of pull very short or very long or when a customer want dimensions for a custom made stock. Let me first preface this thread by stating that my first love has always been and always will be the world of the shotgun shooting sports. Those who want the flexibility of using their k80 for various disciplines can easily change the stock and forearm. Gun fitters use a 3 or 4foot square steel plate covered with paint or grease to show pellet strikes when they test a gun s fit. Quality, straightgrained wood looks sharp and is easy to touch up if the stock is nicked or dinged. Bedding the stock properly also ensures accuracy, performance and the longevity of the. Softtouch custom stocks home of the soft touch recoil reducer. Pete blakeley premier shotgun shooting lessons and. Any offset in the stock from that centerline is called cast. A well fitting stock allows a correct shooting form to be used, it also promotes a smooth swing to increase accuracy and also helps keep the head and eye stationary relative to the rib during swings. Savage shotgun parts, stevens shotgun parts,springfield shotgun parts, original obsolete stevens shotgun parts. Gunstocks, inc semifinished gun stocks made from the.
As a rule, proper length of pull when the gun is mounted positions the shooters nose an inchandahalf to two inches from the shooters thumb as he grasps the wrist of the stock. These carvings have ranged from checkering to custom images. He also developed krieghoffs patented stock fitting process, which to this day forms the basis of the k80s customized stocks. Inletting the stock so that the contact points around the edges of the receiver are minimal on all shotguns is very important. This range of fit checking is done with the 5 major dimensions of stock fit. When you shoulder your gun, the rib should be virtually unseen. By the time you go through this, you should have a good idea if you want to try it. The chest and shoulders should be square, that is, perpendicular to the shotgun. Having had three custom stocks made by three different guys i have found this. Your gun fit is controlled 100% by your ability to mount the gun consistently. To help you shoot better, the book describes the elements of good shooting forms and continues with step by step instructions to make your gun fit you, one stock dimension at a time.
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