Last year someone with a Sabatti spoke of reshaping the butt stock by lowering the comb a bit. I haven't been able to find that thread or message, but I would like to know what was done to the stock.

Anyone remember who posted about the Sabatti reshaping?

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Originally posted by afp:
Last year someone with a Sabatti spoke of reshaping the butt stock by lowering the comb a bit. I haven't been able to find that thread or message, but I would like to know what was done to the stock.

Anyone remember who posted about the Sabatti reshaping?

Afp, the only thing I have seen is a full re-stocking on the Sabatti double rifles. The grain you see on a Sabatti is not the grain in the wood, but a picture of grain that is a plastic film applied to the plain wood much the same way the camouflage is applied to shotguns and synthetic stocks on rifles. If the stock is modified, it will destroy the film in the area that is modified. Then the whole stock will have to be sanded bare, and refinished, and there will be no grain in the wood at all. Just something to think about before taking a wood rasp to the stock on a Sabatti! That is on the Upscale Sabattis, the field grade may be different!

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Eventually I will restock it with nice wood. What I want to do now is slightly lower the comb until the stock fits like I want. I will eventually use that as a pattern for my upgraded stock.

Plane or rasp away everything that doesn't fit you. If you are using it as a pattern, it doesn't matter what it looks like. Seal it with some finish of some sort.
Only the small frames used the "optowood"; the big bores did not use that.

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Originally posted by dpcd:
Plane or rasp away everything that doesn't fit you. If you are using it as a pattern, it doesn't matter what it looks like. Seal it with some finish of some sort.
Only the small frames used the "optowood"; the big bores did not use that.

Yea, that was my impression as well. The large frame Sabattis I've held were actual wood grain, not "opti-wood". That's only on the 9.3 and 45-70s Mac.

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Originally posted by Todd Williams:

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Originally posted by dpcd:
Plane or rasp away everything that doesn't fit you. If you are using it as a pattern, it doesn't matter what it looks like. Seal it with some finish of some sort.
Only the small frames used the "optowood"; the big bores did not use that.

Yea, that was my impression as well. The large frame Sabattis I've held were actual wood grain, not "opti-wood". That's only on the 9.3 and 45-70s Mac.

I had heard about the opti-wood as well so I was surprised to find full grain on my 450. Regardless, it's not high end wood by any stretch so I am not so bothered about rasping it down to fit. I assume I should taper from the front of the comb down to the back? I need to get face lower on the stock for better sight alignment.