Fixing a Jerry rigged stock

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Appalachiannative

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So here is my quick fix for this shotgun I bought at a flea market that someone had grossly over shortened the stock. I mean seriously I guess they were trying to make a youth model and way over did it. I'm no wood worker so I just kinda eye balled it with a piece of 2x4 using a finish saw, rotary tool, and a file that I used as a chisel half the time I cut out and epoxied on an extension then cover up the ugly repair with a slip on butt pad
Thinking about putting a nicer stain on there too IMG_20221112_221503846.jpg IMG_20221112_221510721.jpg IMG_20221113_100958553.jpg IMG_20221114_085253585.jpg IMG_20221114_085334889.jpg IMG_20221114_090434992.jpg
 
That's really not too far off. My grandad made a solid business making/repairing stocks for folks in Mexico (way back when, for the ranch hunting clubs), and that's how he'd fix the stocks.

Sometimes, someone would grow up with the same rifle from childhood, and need the stock lengthened. I'd say you did a good job, for someone who's not a wood worker.
 
Appalachiannative said:
So here is my quick fix for this shotgun I bought at a flea market that someone had grossly over shortened the stock. I mean seriously I guess they were trying to make a youth model and way over did it. I'm no wood worker so I just kinda eye balled it with a piece of 2x4 using a finish saw, rotary tool, and a file that I used as a chisel half the time I cut out and epoxied on an extension then cover up the ugly repair with a slip on butt pad
Thinking about putting a nicer stain on there too View attachment 1114919 View attachment 1114920 View attachment 1114922 View attachment 1114923 View attachment 1114924 View attachment 1114932
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It's that a Brazilian 410?
That's a functional fix. It's definitely a candidate for a little stripeaze and a redo.
 
Appalachiannative said:
Brazilian. .410? Never seen one. It's a Stevens 9478 20 gauge
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I see when I was a child. My Dad had one that looked like that. But it was made in Brazil. I liked a mess of squirrels and rabbits with it.
I like single shot shotguns and rifles.
 
My first shotgun was a Sevens single shot, 20 ga Full choke, hammer just like that one in the late 60's. If I recall they were short stocked for youth. That's was what get me into hand loading decades ago.
 
Bfh_auto said:
I see when I was a child. My Dad had one that looked like that. But it was made in Brazil. I liked a mess of squirrels and rabbits with it.
I like single shot shotguns and rifles.
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Wait now that I think about it I have seen a single shot that came with a .243 barrel and a 20 gauge barrel. Sold under the name BrazTech manufactured in Brazil by Taurus
 
You really should stain and refinish the whole stock. You never know who may see it and fall in love for it. And it will substantially increase the value. If it were me, I would go out buy a Limbsaver for it instead of the that slip over.
Slip over pads are a good easy fix, but they come off unexpectedly as they wear.
 
Thomasss said:
You really should stain and refinish the whole stock. You never know who may see it and fall in love for it. And it will substantially increase the value. If it were me, I would go out buy a Limbsaver for it instead of the that slip over.
Slip over pads are a good easy fix, but they come off unexpectedly as they wear.
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Eh I don't plan to sell ever. But I like your suggestion just for in the event that I decided to pass it down to one of my nephews. It would make a great first gun
 
a2x4bbl said:
Sand it out , stain to match as close as you can and re-finish . Kick-Ease butt pad , sanded to match .
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The stain that's on it clearly isnt original to either the fore end or the stock because they don't exactly mach when you look at it under sun light. Thinking about just sanding it all down then putting some Birchwood Casey tru oil on there
 
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The only thing I might have done differently would be to have used crimped oak dowels rather than the softwood pins pictured. But it’ll work!
 
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