Will the stock off a 12ga.sterlingworth fit a 16 or 20 with a little whittleing ?
Is the 16 and 20 the same size receiver and in letting on the stock head is slightly smaller?
Stocks one size fits all
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OH Osthaus
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Re: Stocks one size fits all
i'd have to measure
but it seems to me the tang's inletting on the 12 will be bigger than the 16/20 tang size
and when you thin the cheek panels down from 12 to 20- i wonder how thin the wood will be
but it seems to me the tang's inletting on the 12 will be bigger than the 16/20 tang size
and when you thin the cheek panels down from 12 to 20- i wonder how thin the wood will be
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Re: Stocks one size fits all
No. The smallbore frames are much smaller than the 12-gauge frame. Also, over time the shape of the head of the stocks changed as Fox changed the way the top-tang joined the frame, from a wide radius on the early guns --
to a smaller radius --
to nearly square on later guns --
- wide radius
- small radius
- nearly square
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