16 gauge sterlingworth

[67galaxie]

I have recently purchased a 16 gauge sterlingworth that has really great metal but the wood is bad. Stock cracked on the inside and poorly fixed, split on the outside, forend missing a chunk and the checkering is gone. I would like to get new wood and have it actually fit me. Any suggestions from your experience on stock companies or gunsmiths is greatly appreciated

[bbman3]

Show me gunstocks does great work.Bobby

[67galaxie]

How ya been Bobby

[bbman3]

Getting older and deeper in debt! Bobby

[grouse28]

Try Dan Rossiter or Dewey Vicknair both located in PA and great Foxsmiths.

[67galaxie]

Thanks!

[67galaxie]

I relieved a stock and forend from pumpkin/ah fox parts and oh my do I have a lot of work to do

[Stan Hillis]

You could send it back to Jason and let him head it up properly, then if you wanted to do the final shaping and finishing yourself you could. I love shaping shotgun wood, having it checkered, then finishing it myself.

SRH

[67galaxie]

I tried he said he is done doing stock work

[vaturkey]

Donnie at Show Me can head it up for you and then send it back so you can do everything else if you so desire.

[AFOXMAN]

I started my project with a inletted stock from Jason at Pumkin Mountain. Jason has been a great resource in my work and is a darn nice guy. I will say a couple of things about this stocks.
-They are very reasonably priced
-Generally the wood is very plain (That didn't pester me)
-There is a TON of excess material. The top and bottom tang inletting, Cheeks, Wrist, Comb, and Heel all need to be extensively shaped to final dimensions. Get a shinto rasp and a sharp scraper you will need them!

Further, If you value your time consider having a duplicating outfit duplicate your existing stock. The leave material where requested but leave you a blank slate that is vastly closer to final dimensions when compared to the original fox stocks. I went that direction personally and plan to use jasons stock on a future project

Tim