I know that on mausers the rear tang can be filed or milled to a contour that makes it better for the shape of the wrist area of the stock.

Enfield's seem to be particularly interesting at the rear tang, and the stock has a corresponding releif most times to accomodate the bolt travel. What have you done to adjust the tang to eliminate this need in the stock making process or to change the angle of the wrist at that point all together?

Pics would be great.

Red

That is somehing I would ask Malm about!

Do a search for system98. Mr Burgess posted some great photo's a while ago of a few Enfields he worked. One stocked by J Fisher and two stocked by Echols.

I assume you are talking about 1917 or 1914 enfields? If so,i have had grip problems all my life as i have small hands.to change the rear tang and reangle it,also brings a trigger guard problem. As it is,the frip area is the weakest part of the stock,when it come to recoil. Yes, some wood can be taken down from factory stocks,and it helps some. I never have seen any enfield with a custom type grips as you speak of. If there are people whom do this kind of work,it sure would be nice to see what they do. Hope you find someone also. van

I have seen photos of a couple of them done by Ted Blackburn. What he did was to actually cut the rear tang off and weld on a new one that more closely resembled a reshaped mauser rear tang.

Red,

Do the search for ultimate enfield and/or Echols Burgess enfield. That will give you a bunch of information. Tom Burgess posted as systeme98 there was that extra "e" that James forgot.

Steven Dodd Hughes excellent book "Custom Rifles in Black & White" has some photos.

I saved the photos and will see if I can rehost them, since they don't show up on most of the old links

I have some pics of those at home. just wondering who else had handled it how. thansk guys.

Red

I have one I bought used that Duane Wiebe built. He welded on a new tang that resembles a Winchester Model 70 style tang.

Dave