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I recently picked up a nice 99-H take down in 25-35 circa 1913 Serial# 161XXX . I think it's a Featherweight - very light with 20 inch barrel. She's in very nice condition EXCEPT, a prior owner cut down the buttstock and installed a recoil pad. It appears the mods were done a very long time ago. I ordered a replacement stock from Boyd's but it won't fit - too deep in the tang areas.

Anyone have some suggestions on where I might locate a vintage buttstock for my rifle? I realize some fitting will be required.

Thanks, TexasShooter

Your best bet might be having your butt stock duplicated. Other than that jsut start scrounging. Its amazing what turns up with enough time and perseverance.

Thank you for your response S99VG. By "duplicated", do you mean find a stock maker that can build it from scratch? Should be someone in the Houston area that does that sort of thing. I'll check around.

No, a duplicator not a stock maker. Perhaps a matter of semantics, I know, but one merely cuts a rough duplication of your stock (or from a pattern) and the other builds you a stock from scratch to finish. Huge difference in cost. Typically a duplicated stock will need fitting to the gun plus final shaping/sanding/finishing- which can be done by oneself, depending on one's skill level.

Contact "ramrod340" here on the fire. He does good duplicating, his prices are reasonable, and he may even have a pattern to use and won't need your stock as a pattern.

By what do you mean the Boyd's stock is too deep in the tang area? Without a better description or pics I'm forced to think perhaps there's nothing wrong with it that a stock man couldn't take care of. Most all aftermarket stocks are left undone so as to allow for custom fitting to individual guns. Those that are advertised as "drop in fit" are usually to be suspected to guarantee frustration to one degree or another.

Thank you gnoahhh. I will contact ramrod340. I did find some duplicators out-of-state but, I am reluctant to send the existing stock away and risk losing it.

I spent a fair amount of time trying to fit the Boyd's stock and probably eliminated any chance of making it fit by relieving here and there with my Dremel tool. At the end of the day, it was way proud in the tang areas, top & bottom, and still not snug against the receiver. I am no craftsman. LOL

BTW, I just realized I listed the wrong chambering in my header. It is 25-35. Doh!!!

Dremel tools in the hands of the public are responsible for more professional's income than anything else.

I don't know? I've had a lot of work come my way from Harry and his Home Depot chain saw. Maybe a chainsaw can be considered a big Dremel, Joe.

Dremel tools, chainsaws....what's the difference????????

I know you asked about vintage stocks but wanted to offer that GUNSTOCKS INC. makes stocks in two different tang length applications. The stocks need final fitting as do the ones from Boyds. I have bought stocks from them in the past and am very pleased with the product.

Thanks shr99. I'll take a look.

Texas shooter

Walnut Grove is another reliable provider of pre-inlet stocks, in my experience.

If you want something that's close to fitting, I'd echo the suggestion to find somebody who will duplicate the original - with the recoil pad on it to get a bit of extra length. Then final fit it to the receiver, find yourself a buttplate you want, and have somebody cut the buttstock to fit the buttplate.

Course if you do that, the finish on the buttstock probably won't match the forearm. So get the forearm duplicated also.

But that's just me.

Good advice.

Thanks guys. I knew this was the place to go with my questions.

I haven't been on this site in a long time. I started having all kinds of functionality issues - couldn't stay logged in. I used to haunt this forum quite a bit and ended up buying a pretty fair number of vintage Savages, 99s as well as the Super Sporters, etc. Still love them!

Lately, I haven't experienced a lot of problems signing in and staying in. I may drop by more often. The Savage Collectors forum regulars are top notch folks!!

1) Good to have you back.
2) Adding an ad blocker will work wonders on logging in and staying connected.
3) I changed the 25-20 to 25-35 in the original posting for you.
4) The standard butt plate for your rifle is the thin hard rubber Trade Mark Indian style. Quality plastic reproductions are available from several places.

Thank you Rick!!!!

Russell

The difference being, self included, chainsaws are much simpler to handle and do way less damage.

Ha Ha Ha.... So true!!!!!!!!!!!

IMO a 25-35 H, if bubba hasn't had his hands on it other then the butt pad.. it's well worth a new set of hand fitted walnut stocks


plab

Working with a guy on exactly that as we speak. :-)