a-bolt stock...aftermarket?

[awesomeame]

hi

my browning a-bolt doesn't fit me 100%, i need about an inch added to the buttplate area..how do i go about doing that? can i get a custom stock made, are there some available, or can i buy something and just screw it onto the end of the stock? (synthetic stock) any direction would be great!!

--matt

[bronko22000]

IMO your 'cheapest" route, if you never did it before, would be to take the stock to your local gunsmith and have him fit a recoil pad to it. The Limbsaver pad should give you that extra inch.

[MichaelT.]

You can get a sims limbsaver slip on recoil pad and put it on yourself..... That is the easiest and cheapest way out, plus it will help reduce the recoil... That is a win - win to me. And the limbsaver pads are great , I own three or four that are on my more powerful guns.

MET

[liquidorange]

you can have a 1" spacer added but you will also need a new recoil pad with everything grinded to fit the stock. gander mountain did my last couple for like 70-80$ including the spacer and the sims pad. cheaper way would be to buy the sims slip on pad for like 30$

[stalkingbear]

I never did like slip-on pads,they always loosen and have a certain amount of wiggle. The best thing to do is install a grind to fit pad on it,that would give you the extra inch.

[oldelkhunter]

You need a black spacer which you can buy from brownells and then put on a Limbsaver or other 1" pad for the additional LOP and then ground to fit by a gunsmith. This is assuming the pad on your Abolt is 1/2" thick like the one on mine and I am reading your post right, if you meant 1 " from the buttstock less recoil pad then you need a 1" pad that should be a prefit from Sims or Pachmayr and that is a DIY for about 30 bucks plus or minus a few.

[awesomeame]

thanks for the ideas! i'm sure i'll figure out something with the above info!

i was thinking i might try to make my own stock too, from scratch...try it for my old .22 single shot first. where would i go to get wood blanks? is it possible to buy fiberglass blanks and just grind to fit?

--matt

[cjwink]

Just get you a recoil pad installed.