Beretta o/u

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Was wondering if any of you knew a place i can send my dad's old Beretta to have some new wood put on it. the gun was bought in the 60's nice gun, but bad wood, butt is cracked at the wrist, its low quality featureless wood to start with and truthfully the lop seems way short of most guns. Dad has long given up shooting but i want the gun for as long as im able to pull the trigger.
need to find someone to put a nice new wood set on it if possible, befitting of a nice old beretta. Any ideas or recommendations?.....ps without completely breaking the bank.
 
You can probably find a nice set through Cole's in Harpswell Maine or their Florida shop. As Mount Sweetness already pointed out, it may break the bank (depending on your budget/definition of breaking the bank).
 
There is a member here on CGN named sean69 he does very good stock work. I have no idea what he charges, but you get what you pay for. Send him a PM as it never hurts to ask.
 
I've bought through Cole. Tricky part is figuring out which stock given the vintage. I would call them and chat. They are very knowledgeable. As above might be easier to repair and refinish but cole does have some nice product. With exchange you are certainly looking at 700+ however
 
Well I’d throw 1000$ at it probably, not sure what that would get me, the original wood looks like construction grade 2x4 . Refinishing it isn’t an option, horrible wood, I wouldn’t know how to go about ordering a stock for it as I have no clue what model it is, and it doesn’t say on it.
 
Gldnbear said:
Well I’d throw 1000$ at it probably, not sure what that would get me, the original wood looks like construction grade 2x4 . Refinishing it isn’t an option, horrible wood, I wouldn’t know how to go about ordering a stock for it as I have no clue what model it is, and it doesn’t say on it.
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Gldnbear said:
Well I’d throw 1000$ at it probably, not sure what that would get me, the original wood looks like construction grade 2x4 . Refinishing it isn’t an option, horrible wood, I wouldn’t know how to go about ordering a stock for it as I have no clue what model it is, and it doesn’t say on it.
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If it was purchased new in the 60's then it's likely one of the S55/S56/S57 models which will be a bit tougher to find wood for than the 680 series guns. The gun does need to be identified preciously before wood can be purchased though. I see your in Edmonton, it might be worth a call to Western Gun Parts as they are right there in town, bit of a stretch to think they'd have an S5x stock set but it's worth a call.
 
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If it was purchased new in the 60's then it's likely one of the S55/S56/S57 models which will be a bit tougher to find wood for than the 680 series guns. The gun does need to be identified preciously before wood can be purchased though. I see your in Edmonton, it might be worth a call to Western Gun Parts as they are right there in town, bit of a stretch to think they'd have an S5x stock set but it's worth a call.
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Any way to identify it as one of those models? I’d post a pic but I’ve never figured out how to on this site
 
Normally the S series shotguns were marked as such on the bottom of the receiver in front of the trigger guard but if you haven't noticed a marking there by now then......

The BL series guns came out in 1968 so it's possible that it could be one of those but again, any I've owned or handled are marked as such in front of the trigger guard so I'll assume there is nothing marked there on yours.

Perhaps is's a higher grade gun such as an ASEL, not all of them were marked in front of the trigger guard but you say it has really plain wood and I would expect an ASEL to have very nice wood as a rule.

It's difficult to go much further at identifying it (at least for me) without pics.


I just went back and re read your original post and for some reason I've been assuming that you had an over and under but you didn't actually state that so (my mistake) maybe you actually have a side by side gun? Not sure why I didn't figure that out sooner, a lot of the sxs's have no model numbers on them at all.
 
Falconflyer said:
Normally the S series shotguns were marked as such on the bottom of the receiver in front of the trigger guard but if you haven't noticed a marking there by now then......

The BL series guns came out in 1968 so it's possible that it could be one of those but again, any I've owned or handled are marked as such in front of the trigger guard so I'll assume there is nothing marked there on yours.

Perhaps is's a higher grade gun such as an ASEL, not all of them were marked in front of the trigger guard but you say it has really plain wood and I would expect an ASEL to have very nice wood as a rule.

It's difficult to go much further at identifying it (at least for me) without pics.


I just went back and re read your original post and for some reason I've been assuming that you had an over and under but you didn't actually state that so (my mistake) maybe you actually have a side by side gun? Not sure why I didn't figure that out sooner, a lot of the sxs's have no model numbers on them at all.
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Yes it is an o/u, typical beretta silver engraved receiver, double triggers,
 
Could you post a picture. Guns such as the 600 series are designed so that the wood could easily be changed out. If it is a 600/Silver Pigeon series, and dealer will either have one in stock or can order one. Even my local mom and pop store has a set. Anything else might be a bit difficult to find.
 
Garaldtao said:
Could you post a picture. Guns such as the 600 series are designed so that the wood could easily be changed out. If it is a 600/Silver Pigeon series, and dealer will either have one in stock or can order one. Even my local mom and pop store has a set. Anything else might be a bit difficult to find.
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If someone can give me a crash course on posting pics on this site...
I haven’t figured it out yet
 
Well just hauled it out of hibernation, I guess if you know where to look.... !
In front of the trigger guard as suggested there it is... S56E. Lop to front trigger is about 13 3/4 which doesn’t sound horrible but it just doesn’t seem to fit well. So do you think there’s any wood available for it?
 
It sounds like you have a double trigger gun, probably sold in Europe or Britain. The original length of pull to the front trigger would have been 14 3/8 - 14 1/2 so the stock has been shortened to fit someone about 5 feet tall so unless you are very short, no, it won't fit you. Your only hope for wood will be used from one of the used gun parts suppliers, or new made from scratch. There are very few stockmakers in Canada that can do this work to a professional standard, wait times are long and cost is high. It may be that a talented craftsman can adapt a 686-687 series stock to fit??? And you can always advertise here in the shotgun parts forum. J
 
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It sounds like you have a double trigger gun, probably sold in Europe or Britain. The original length of pull to the front trigger would have been 14 3/8 - 14 1/2 so the stock has been shortened to fit someone about 5 feet tall so unless you are very short, no, it won't fit you. Your only hope for wood will be used from one of the used gun parts suppliers, or new made from scratch. There are very few stockmakers in Canada that can do this work to a professional standard, wait times are long and cost is high. It may be that a talented craftsman can adapt a 686-687 series stock to fit??? And you can always advertise here in the shotgun parts forum. J
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As far as I know my dad bought it new in Quebec, he certainly didn’t shorten it and it has a solid black plastic beretta buttpate on it which you wouldn’t expect if the stock was shortened. And yes it is double trigger.
 
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