16ga.com ~ View topic - Differences in dimension of Browing receivers

Joined: 09 Dec 2012 Posts: 941

of course there is this one that you could roll the dice on and see if it fits. they do take returns

https://www.gunpartscorp.com/products/2163130

there is this one also, but you would have to do what I am doing and refit it at the head

https://www.gunpartscorp.com/products/1894270

Joined: 04 Mar 2019 Posts: 2180

I know I am being fussy, but if it's not for a 16 gauge, I am going to pass. I am not great at woodworking. I don't mind refinishing, but re-inletting is above my pay grade and experience. If I was only going to use the gun for 3/4 oz. target loads.....maybe. But this shotgun is going to see full house buffered lead and bismuth loads, as well as other hunting loads.

Joined: 09 Dec 2012 Posts: 941

what is wrong with the stock on it ?

Joined: 04 Mar 2019 Posts: 2180

It has an adjustable comb. Whoever did the work did not allow for drop only cast.

There isn't enough material to lower the comb any appreciable amount and I need 3/16" to 1/4". It patterns about 14" high at 30 yards for either barrel. I want it 3" to 4" high like the rest of my shotguns.The receivers for the posts are too close to the top of the comb to remove wood.

That and it is kinda beat up. The forend is really nice. Looks like whoever had this gun fired it from a gun vise or so it seems.

Joined: 09 Dec 2012 Posts: 941

There are folks that can glue wood back into there and repair that stock, possibly even less expensive than finding a stock. Due to their scarcity, you are going to put out a minimum of 300/350 for a 16ga stock.

I paid more than that (a little) for the 525 stocks I am fitting to mine.

Joined: 09 Dec 2012 Posts: 941

faulty sear, double post. firing both barrels at once

seriously I don't know why this forum does this

Joined: 24 Jul 2016 Posts: 575 Location: Ohio

Mark,why do you need a new stock? Inquiring minds need to know.

Joined: 08 Feb 2009 Posts: 1537 Location: Western WA

Mark, consider bending the stock for more drop. Member 707PS helpfully posted this:

Joined: 09 Dec 2012 Posts: 941

Would this Browning/Graco adjustable comb hardware be a solution to your issue

https://www.midwestgunworks.com/page/mgwi/prod/4203

Joined: 04 Mar 2019 Posts: 2180

Why do I need a new stock? I don't really want a hunting shotgun with an adjustable comb. The adjustable comb on the stock I have wasn't installed with drop in mind and I don't want to spend anything re-altering this stock.

I want a plain stock that I can install and then take the shotgun to a local fellow that can alter the stock so that it fits me and doesn't look like a DIY project. Right now it looks like a DIY project and a bad one at that. The shotgun shoots about 12" high as it sits.

I have looked at the Add - A - Rib solution. No way, that to me, is just plain ugly. Maybe on a trap shotgun, not on my hunting shotgun.

FWIW, most shotguns will shoot high and left for me, so this shotgun shooting high isn't odd. Every shotgun that I currently use, all shot high and left and have either been fit or had some type of adjustability (shims) included so that I could fit it.

Joined: 08 Feb 2009 Posts: 1537 Location: Western WA

I’ve come to the same conclusion - adjustable combs are not ideal for hunting. If they were, the Brits would have put them in their game guns a hundred twenty years ago.

B.

Joined: 09 Dec 2012 Posts: 941

Be prepared to pay $400 PLUS. 16 ga stocks are few and far between, very few and very far.

That is why you can't find one.

The only way that you are going to get a used 16ga stock is if someone (such as myself) restocks a gun, or a 16ga Citori ends up at Gunbusters and the receiver is destroyed and the parts old off. You have to watch Gunbroker daily until if and when this happens. There are 12ga stocks on eBay and Gunbroker, numerous, which makes a statement.

I know how much stocks cost, I bought 525 stocks to redo mine. Am I going to give my stocks as new stocks away, no. I know how much they are worth. Start at $400 if I decided to sell. I could buy another Citori for what I have paid for the stocks and matching forends.

OR, you can have someone reproduce your stock.

OR you can purchase one the long tang 16 gauge stocks and have a woodworker fill in the area of the long tang gunstock with a walnut insert priced at $400 and $700 respectively from Midwest Gun Works

or you can buy this one, see how it fits and pay someone to put a pad/buttplate on it for you

https://www.gunpartscorp.com/products/2163130

Are these harsh statements (and I don't care whether you like me or not, but this is how the world of the 16ga Citori is), yes, but it is the reality of the situation. I gave you an alternative about finding a 20 ga but you want to hold out for a 16 as you said.

Your absolute best bet is find a local gunsmith who is good at fixing stocks and have him/her graft a piece back onto your existing stock and fix it. If the person is good at what they do and pick out the correct piece of wood, the repair will not be very noticeable.

Good luck in your search.

Joined: 09 Dec 2012 Posts: 941

These folks do comb grafts

https://griffinhowe.com/gunsmithing/gun-stock-refinishing/

Possibly this one, however, he is on hold until the fall

http://www.susquehannastockworks.com/

folks you could try

https://www.finegunstockrefinishing.com/

Or learn to do it yourself as I have done. It is harder to convince yourself that you can do it than actually doing the work. It does take time doing research on how to approach the project.

Joined: 04 Mar 2019 Posts: 2180

drcook,

I am very OK with truthful statements harsh or not. Nothing you have said puts me off. I've worked construction, trust me, I've had a LOT worse said to me!! LOL

My indecisiveness might be more frustrating for you. I am good with all the suggestions you have made. I am just not sure which road I will take.

$400 for a new stock is expensive, but then I have a new stock, untouched and can have a pro alter it and come out with a nice looking shotgun. That is how I am leaning. I don't NEED this shotgun, but I would like to use it.

The other thing that I might just do is sell the shotgun as is.

Or maybe fix the comb as you have suggested.....I never thought of that option.