You might want to talk to Mark Bansner about that one. IMHO, I wouldn't do it for a couple of reasons. The first being that the stock has a "fill" and you would have to seal it off. I suppose you could do that with some type of bedding compound and reshape, but doubt it would be done to your satisfaction. In other words it would be crooked, not perfectly flat or round if you prefer. The other would be the sling swivel would be almost at the the end of the forend-the threaded end of the swivel is built into a support between the barrel channel and the forend so it can't be "relocated" as it was designed without a whole lot of work. Are you doing this because the barrel is short or because you want to save weight? If it's the second, you won't save enough to make a difference. If it's the first, again I would probably contact Mark to have it done by a pro-it's a nice stock and would hate to see it not work out as you envision.
Good luck and let us know how it works out.
