I bought a brand new Browning 1886 45-70 rifle this spring, and after firing only 24 rounds out of it, decided I could not live with the stock. The length of pull on the factory rifle is too short for me, and the comb too low to get a cheek contact that would give me any modicum of accuracy...felt like my face was floating somewhere over the comb. So I bought a nice piece of walnut from our local gunsmith at our annual Gun Show, and whittled myself a new stock. While I was at it, I decided I might as well chequer it too. So here's how it ended up. Oh, the steel chequered butt plate is from an original Winchester 1897 shotgun - kind of appropriate I thought. Wood finish is Circa 1850 Tung Oil.
The rifle now has a great voluptuous feel to it, the chequering is most effective, and it shoulders so much better. I shot it today for the first time since the re-stock, and enjoyed it a whole bunch more. Now to work on some tight shooting loads...