I don't care for this style safety and much prefer a two-stage lever instead

The trigger is crisp though

Could a lever be installed and get rid of that ugly slide plate

Just curious as I haven't talked with a smith yet; but I'm probably going to leave it a 30-06 and have it the re-shaped into a stalking rifle of sorts...African-ized if you will...

I bought this from a forum member here awhile back and it doesn't seem it's been shot much at all...












And I wanted to get this rifle profiled sort of like my Rem 798 30-06...I had a smith do this rifle two years ago where he shortened the forend quite a bit and installed an African Ebony Tip and opened up the pistol grip considerably and installed an ebony pistol grip cap...removed the Monte Carlo roll-over and shortened LOP and installed a KickEzz recoil pad..And he lightend up this factory stock considerably in reshaping it and it balances really well...It's easy to come up to the shoulder and swings with ease...

He also installed a Timney trigger that's really sweet and buttered the action, jeweled the bolt and blackened the follower, and lapped the scope rings

He finished it with ProCustom Oil and re-cut the checkering...I did it to commemorate my first African PG Safari in 2008 with my son...

We'll be refinishing his Sako L61R Finnbear 30-06 some day too...

This smith did a fantastic job considering what he had to work with and I'd like the opportunity to enjoy the work of another smith on this one as well... and see him try to create some appealing lines too in the very near future... as I scrape up the funds

I'll never be able to afford a full-blown custom on my wages, but fixing up a rifle as such is the next best thing for me...A POOR Man's Custom...

Anybody interested in this kind of work here...please send me a PM to discuss...

Thanks!

Excuse the scribble

That stock will probably have too much drop at the comb & heel to be able to use a scope modifing it as your lines show. Better to just go ahead & buy a classic style stock & sell the factory one.
As for the safety yes it's just a matter of money & imagination.

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Originally posted by D Humbarger:
That stock will probably have too much drop at the comb & heel to be able to use a scope modifing it as your lines show. Better to just go ahead & buy a classic style stock & sell the factory one.

As for the safety yes it's just a matter of money & imagination.

Could you suggest the type/brands of stocks might I to look into to fit this puppy as I have no idea?

I believe this one is a Fajen stock...but yes, I do like a more CLASSIC style for sure and work off that

Thanks for whatever you can share or provide a link too...much appreciated!

That is the originsl stock that came on that H&R. you can get stocks at Boyds or Stockys. Those are probably the two most economical places for wood stocks.

Doug,

Thanks for the heads-up...BUT the more I study the stock, especially the comb and heel I think I may be able to pull it off to my satisfaction by altering the drop somewhat.

I've done only one stock thus far and it came out great and I think I'm going to save this as a special project for me to do down the road...

I'll post pics when I'm done

I did a similar job on a mid 50's FN in 300 H&H. It had a high weatherby style roll over cheekpiece, 45 degree rosewood tip. I put it next to my Whiworth stock and could see that the rollover could be whittled away and leave it with basically the same drop as Whitworth. Cut off tip and replaced with ebony. The blank was way too nice to part with, and I ended up please with the result. Far from a custom stock, but a nice using rifle. I replaced the side safety with a FN left side cocking piece safety that allows me to use fairly low rings, so the drop didn;t present a problem. Bob

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Originally posted by bobc:
Far from a custom stock, but a nice using rifle.

Bob

Bob,

Thanks for sharing as its really encouraging. I'm just looking for a stock profile that is both functional and pleasing to me too...

It'll be fun to see what I can come up with