I see! Good idea...
It’s a £4K gun so although I appreciate the idea it’s just not worth it...
Thing is though Wonko some guns are just too pretty to bastardise with an adjustable comb . Fine on my K80 where the barrels and choke swages look like an apprentice pipe fitter’s test piece , but on my Mk60 20G game gun I’d rather put pins in my eyes than have an adjustable
, but each to his own . One consideration of course is how much cast do you need ? If the gun has a thickish comb ( like my k80 ) a substantial adjustment can leave a sharp ledge that you’ll feel as the gun comes into your face . In the end I had cast put on the K80 and just used the up and down on the adjustable . That’s why I subscribe to the see a Teague , Greenwood , Webster et al school of thought . These guys have seen every problem a man can have with a stock and might have something tucked away in their solutions bank . This, it’s a good looking game gun, I don’t want it looking like it’s been to Halfords ..Thing is though Wonko some guns are just too pretty to bastardise with an adjustable comb . Fine on my K80 where the barrels and choke swages look like an apprentice pipe fitter’s test piece , but on my Mk60 20G game gun I’d rather put pins in my eyes than have an adjustable
probably too much..
So when does it become worth it, compared to the value of the gun. I paid £4400, for my second hand P gun (which is a definite keeper). Took it to MGS for a full custom stock at £1400. Has it made much difference to my scores, probably not, but it fits, and is a much more comfortable gun to shoot now.
Chap, From your original q, and with the cast in mind, the gun shop may be erring on the side of caution from what they are able to do, will repeat the suggestion others have made that you take it to one of the named gunsmiths / stockers for that second opinion, your not committing to anything and other than a bit of travelling/ time you’ve not really nowt to lose?
In spirit I have to agree with you - mutilating a lovely piece of wood is near a crime. BUT - I've never had anything like that and each and every one of my guns has found its way onto a gun rack at the shooting grounds where God knows who is likely to do God knows what to my toys. And I've seen some incidents that you'd be pressed to believe. So cutting a comb or fitting one of the anatomical stocks tho odious has never been problematic. I've always hoped that I'd own a pretty gun one day but as time passes that seems less and less likelyThing is though Wonko some guns are just too pretty to bastardise with an adjustable comb . Fine on my K80 where the barrels and choke swages look like an apprentice pipe fitter’s test piece , but on my Mk60 20G game gun I’d rather put pins in my eyes than have an adjustable
hew: And that is all an offset comb (cast at the heel) is meant to achieve and is no myth at all. Cast at the toe serves quite another purpose having nothing to do with the effect of cast at the heel but convenient to crank in at the same time
Maybe but an adjustable comb can account for a straight when a degree of offset is required to place the shooters eye over the center of the rib while the gun is in a shoot-able mounting position. The thing we are not told here is does the stock need cast in ref to heal , toe or both? Kreighoff for example boast that their adjustable comb stock can give up to 5mm of cast left or right ... their words not mine. I was led to believe that cast at the toe was a measurement that was more relevant to recoil issues and second barrel target acquiring than placing the shooters eye over the center of the rib? It is irrelevant anyway this stocker has told you it is not to be done and I am assuming he knows what he is about? Either get a new stock or a new gun... unless it is a Purdey some blind chap that has flogged to you.
Depends how you view that statement. If the comb is moved either way the gun has cast... it may not be cast at the toe but it will be cast at the heal. The gun does not have to have cast at the toe to have cast.
