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Stocks one size fits all

Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2018 8:42 am
by Cohuttakid
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?

Re: Stocks one size fits all

Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2018 8:59 am
by OH Osthaus
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

Re: Stocks one size fits all

Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2018 12:45 pm
by Researcher
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 --
wide radius
wide radius
to a smaller radius --
small radius
small radius
to nearly square on later guns --
nearly square
nearly square