Would anyone be willing to take some measurements of a Model 8?
Posted: Sun May 15, 2022 12:07 pm
Hi Gents,
I am wondering if one of you would be willing to help me out. I purchased a quite early (1904) FN made Browning Auto-5 shotgun as a restoration project. It has a straight wrist stock that needs to be replaced, as it itself looks to be a replacement made by a blind whittler.
Finding replacement stocks for this gun has been a challenge as the later Auto-5 stocks do not interchange and the straight wrists were discontinued in the 20s. However, I believe a Remington Model 8 stock may be a suitable alternative, and I have been looking at those made by Silverhill Gunstocks.
I want to confirm that the dimensions are similar, but I don't have a model 8 to measure. I do know the upper tang on my Model 81 is much shorter. Would one of you be willing to measure the upper and lower tang length of a model 8 (from where the woodline starts to the tip of the tang), as well as the distance from the top of the upper tang to the bottom of the lower tang (at the woodline)?
My shotgun has upper and lower tangs that both measure 3 1/2" long and the tang spacing is 1 9/16" where the receiver meets the wood.
Some photos of the shotgun in question:
I am wondering if one of you would be willing to help me out. I purchased a quite early (1904) FN made Browning Auto-5 shotgun as a restoration project. It has a straight wrist stock that needs to be replaced, as it itself looks to be a replacement made by a blind whittler.
Finding replacement stocks for this gun has been a challenge as the later Auto-5 stocks do not interchange and the straight wrists were discontinued in the 20s. However, I believe a Remington Model 8 stock may be a suitable alternative, and I have been looking at those made by Silverhill Gunstocks.
I want to confirm that the dimensions are similar, but I don't have a model 8 to measure. I do know the upper tang on my Model 81 is much shorter. Would one of you be willing to measure the upper and lower tang length of a model 8 (from where the woodline starts to the tip of the tang), as well as the distance from the top of the upper tang to the bottom of the lower tang (at the woodline)?
My shotgun has upper and lower tangs that both measure 3 1/2" long and the tang spacing is 1 9/16" where the receiver meets the wood.
Some photos of the shotgun in question: