Wanted. BVSS or VLP laminated-wood stocks…. Right or Left handed
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The Infamous Jim B.
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Well look who it is! Sadly I have no stocks available that meet your needs.
Hope you are doing well and your supply of .220 Swift barrels is being replenished regularly. I think the last time we spoke you had gotten the SxS shotgun bug, but can't recall if that was before or after the move south. If you happen to know a knowledgeable shotgun smith that does stock bending, I have a Grulla 216 that needs adjusted to match my left-handed affliction.
Hope you are doing well and your supply of .220 Swift barrels is being replenished regularly. I think the last time we spoke you had gotten the SxS shotgun bug, but can't recall if that was before or after the move south. If you happen to know a knowledgeable shotgun smith that does stock bending, I have a Grulla 216 that needs adjusted to match my left-handed affliction.
I think I still have a total of eight 220 Swift barrels that have not yet been screwed onto an action yet,
but only six qualify as “The Last 220 Swift Ever Made” barrels.
As to a gunsmith that can bend a SxS stock for a lefty, I had a good one back east but it’s been many years ago and I think he has passed away.
I did amass a sizable collection of SxS 16 gauges from every vintage maker in the U.S, Great Britain, and Europe.
But I’m back into Savages.
Keep a look out for me for Savage varmint stocks and 220 Swift barrels.
Are you still in Ohio ?
but only six qualify as “The Last 220 Swift Ever Made” barrels.
As to a gunsmith that can bend a SxS stock for a lefty, I had a good one back east but it’s been many years ago and I think he has passed away.
I did amass a sizable collection of SxS 16 gauges from every vintage maker in the U.S, Great Britain, and Europe.
But I’m back into Savages.
Keep a look out for me for Savage varmint stocks and 220 Swift barrels.
Are you still in Ohio ?
The Infamous Jim B.
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Yep, still in Ohio.
There's one gunsmith (Jim Eyster - Heritage Gunsmiths) about a half-hour east of the Cardinal Shooting Center that I was referred to who could likely bend the stock, but after emailing him several times over the past couple years with no response I've given up on that option.
Thought about building a bending jig and getting some infrared heat lamps to attempt it myself, but given the cost of the gun and fear of what it would cost (and the hassle) to send it back to Spain to be fitted with a new stock if I screwed it up has kept me from doing so. If it were a larger gauge model with a bit more meat in the wrist and head areas I might not be as weary, but being it's a small frame 28ga/.410 bore sidelock there's not a lot of wood there and I worry the head might pull away from the frame. Definitely not the gun I want to cut my stock bending teeth on.
I'll keep an eye out for stocks for you in my internet travels and at the local gun shows when they start back up in another month or so, but I'll be honest - they're few and far between these days as nobody's buying the BVSS/VLP models anymore to get donor actions for a custom build.
I'm sure Fred would be more than happy to make you some though, and he can do walnut although his supply of blanks is rather limited and sporadic. You could always take a quick trip to Vegas and pick out your own blanks from Cecil Fredi if you want something fancier.
Here's his Monte Carlo Sporter pattern that I had him cut for me a couple years ago and finished with 100% Pure Tung Oil. Nothing fancy, just a nice sporter stock for a Model 16 Lightweight Storm in .250 Savage I ordered through Effie. Naturally I had Fred recut the factory chamber out to .250 Ackley Imp. and work his magic on the action to slick it up. Complete rifle with scope weights in right at 6lbs, though it's now wearing a GPO Spectra 6x 1.5-9x44mm scope in place of the pictured Minox ZA5.
There's one gunsmith (Jim Eyster - Heritage Gunsmiths) about a half-hour east of the Cardinal Shooting Center that I was referred to who could likely bend the stock, but after emailing him several times over the past couple years with no response I've given up on that option.
Thought about building a bending jig and getting some infrared heat lamps to attempt it myself, but given the cost of the gun and fear of what it would cost (and the hassle) to send it back to Spain to be fitted with a new stock if I screwed it up has kept me from doing so. If it were a larger gauge model with a bit more meat in the wrist and head areas I might not be as weary, but being it's a small frame 28ga/.410 bore sidelock there's not a lot of wood there and I worry the head might pull away from the frame. Definitely not the gun I want to cut my stock bending teeth on.
I'll keep an eye out for stocks for you in my internet travels and at the local gun shows when they start back up in another month or so, but I'll be honest - they're few and far between these days as nobody's buying the BVSS/VLP models anymore to get donor actions for a custom build.
I'm sure Fred would be more than happy to make you some though, and he can do walnut although his supply of blanks is rather limited and sporadic. You could always take a quick trip to Vegas and pick out your own blanks from Cecil Fredi if you want something fancier.
Here's his Monte Carlo Sporter pattern that I had him cut for me a couple years ago and finished with 100% Pure Tung Oil. Nothing fancy, just a nice sporter stock for a Model 16 Lightweight Storm in .250 Savage I ordered through Effie. Naturally I had Fred recut the factory chamber out to .250 Ackley Imp. and work his magic on the action to slick it up. Complete rifle with scope weights in right at 6lbs, though it's now wearing a GPO Spectra 6x 1.5-9x44mm scope in place of the pictured Minox ZA5.
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