1. Yes. Two weeks ago I was handling a RosieO'Donnellback and an American style side by side. The American had quite a bit more meat in the fore end and seemed to have a bit more around the mag well.

2. You should not have much trouble putting your action in the new stock. If it drops in easily just rough up the surface of the bedding with some 80 grit sandpaper and do a skim coat with some Marine-Tex (you can dye the white Marine Tex to color match). If it doesn't slide right in, find a good gunsmith who can hog out a little bit of the old epoxy and then do the skim.

Several people have posted pictures of reshaped hogback stocks, myself included. They really clean up well.
JCN

I have a CZ hog back on the way to me for my .375H&H. I want to try it after all the praise I have read. Here are my questions,

1. Is the hog back lighter than the American style? The standard hog back feels slimmer and lighter than a standard American stock, but that might be just an individual example.

2. The one I am getting has been steel and glass bedded. Will I have a problem with the fit? The hog back was a .416 Rigby. The barrel area was skimmed with the glass bedding. The steel bedding was used in the stock stiffener,barrel lug and the main lug.

Too be perfectly honest I do not have much experiance with bedding. The guy I am getting it from is a good guy. He thinks that skim bedding will come out easily if need be. Do I need to do any thing special?

Thanks!