A5 Stock Replacement

[Bull Elk]

[tmnguuyen]

Ebay.

[Bastard]

how fancy or plain do you want to go also what is your budget & ability/willingness to tinker/fit yourself?

so a first search I saw a flat receiver connection which is fairly simple... upon closer look (I scrolled down) I saw the tang which makes is a little more difficult but not too bad as there are still plenty of them out there.

check ebay, midwest gun works for factory takeoffs
places like wineg semi inleted if you want something inexpensive, plain (and I mean plain) requiting some fitting
or looks like Boyds makes laminated stock if nothing else works

[-hanko]

hoosiergunworks.com may also be a possibility.

[Quiet]

Boyds Gunstocks

[Remus]

Numrich:

https://www.gunpartscorp.com/gun-manufacturer/browning/shotguns-browning/auto-5/stocks-auto-5

MidwayUSA used to carry a5 fore-ends and buttstocks, but I didn't see them on a quick search.

[Thefeeder]

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I may be preaching to the choir BE, however here it is. Its difficult to match the butt stock color and grain to the existing forearm without having it in hand. Internet pics don't cut it.

You may want to buy a complete set or send it in to the shop to do the matching as best as possible

The downside to replacing wood stocks is that there may be some fine fitting to be done. None of my few projects were drop in replacements

[Bull Elk]

I may be preaching to the choir BE, however here it is. Its difficult to match the butt stock color and grain to the existing forearm without having it in hand. Internet pics don't cut it.

You may want to buy a complete set or send it in to the shop to do the matching as best as possible

The downside to replacing wood stocks is that there may be some fine fitting to be done. None of my few projects were drop in replacements

My thinking as well.

[W.R.Buchanan]

Why don't you call Browning and see if they will sell you replacements that actually match. I already know they will.

Another place that might yield a set is Arts Guns Shop (1-636-3630) in MO. Art is an Ex Browning Gunsmith with 30 years at Browning in St Louis. He has videos on Youtube on complete disassembly of A5's which are very well done. Well worth the look.

He has more A5 parts and wood laying around than anyone out there. Probably your best bet for a replacement.

Another way to go is get a Spacer made out of Ebony to lengthen the LOP to your liking. Also a nice Pachmayer Recoil Pad will add an inch or more to the LOP.

I cut my stock on my Tactical A5 so I could get the correct stance with it. I ended up with a 13.5" LOP because of the pad I chose. From Brownell's a Pachmayer Trap Pad works beautifully.

Randy

[bczrx]

I have this issue with a Citori 425 satin hunter grade 1 [3.5" chamber] I picked up: it has a 13.5" LOP and I prefer it to match my others, around 14-14.25.

I think I'm going the spacer and new pad route, as the wood might be hard to match, since my Citori was new 25 years ago.

I will probably go with a black spacer, and would love to get real ebony to make it appropriately nice, but might have to go black plastic spacer and fit/polish/finish it properly.

I know a wood spacer can be made, but the question is: will black plastic/ebony cutting across the stock bother me more or less than another piece of wood grafted to it that doesn't match the wood grain or coloring?

[W.R.Buchanan]

fit/polish/finish it properly.

I know a wood spacer can be made, but the question is: will black plastic/ebony cutting across the stock bother me more or less than another piece of wood grafted to it that doesn't match the wood grain or coloring?

Questions questions, questions, flooding into the mind of the concerned gun owner today?

Why don't you just make one as see if it bothers you? Shouldn't take more than an hour or so, and if you really don't like it what have you lost? Some time and a few bucks at Woodcrafters for the blank.

Come on dive in the water here.

Randy

[bczrx]

Questions questions, questions, flooding into the mind of the concerned gun owner today?

Why don't you just make one as see if it bothers you? Shouldn't take more than an hour or so, and if you really don't like it what have you lost? Some time and a few bucks at Woodcrafters for the blank.

Come on dive in the water here.

Randy

Hi Randy,

I wiggled my toes in, but found the water to not agree with me.

Seriously though- I looked through the wood blanks, but didn't see anything that looked like it was a good fit.

I had some hopes for a moment, but then I realized that the grain on those blanks ran the wrong way.

All of the blanks in Walnut that I found that were close enough for dimensions [at least 2" x 2" x 7"- to allow it to be cut down and fit right: my width is about 1.68", my length is about 5.3" and I need about 1.5" thick] had grain that would have run from top to bottom of the stock, acting as a 'cap' to the grain that runs from trigger to buttplate.

That would look worse [to me] than even the acrylic.

However, there was one or two acrylic blocks that looked interesting. I just was not sure about their ability to handle chemicals and recoil. Plus, they were listed as 1.5" x1.5" x6". I would be interested in an attempt if they were 2" x 2" x 6.5", AND they could handle the recoil.

If I am going to 'cap' the flow of the grain, I won't spend the time to add wood that doesn't match- I'll just do a non-wood spacer.

Now, if I could find wood that had grain running the right direction in 2x2x7" [or even 2x2x12"] dimensions and was a decent piece of Walnut, I might try it.

I'd just prefer to hold my stock to the wood blank before buying it to find the closest color/grain match possible.

Thanks for the support though!

I grew up working in a Myrtlewood factory for my parents in Oregon. I am pretty decent with wood, but also particular.

[W.R.Buchanan]

Black Micarta? Black Delrin. You should consider the fact that you are making a Spacer to increase the LOP of your stock, not a masterpiece in furniture.

You will never match your stocks wood grain,, just ain't gonna happen.

Hell, you could make it out of Pine and paint it black?

Any piece of wood you are going to find is going to have the grain running lengthwise.

Micarta will be the easiest material to work, but the finish probably won't work for you. Delrin would work but can you work with delrin?

Randy