extending a 10/22 forstock to Mannlicher style.

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I've always been a fan of the mannlicher style, full length stocks. I've never owned one . I just always liked the looks of them. I've been toying with the idea of buying a used stock for my 10/22 , and adding a piece to the end of it to lengthen it. Then refinish. I have an older 10/22 carbine , that I bought new in 1978. It probably hasn't had much more than one brick (500) rounds through it, and other than adding sling swivels , is unmolested. I bought it for coon hunting at night , and wanted something dependable for that. It hasn't been shot in probably 25 years. I don't want to make any permanent changes, or bubba this little rifle. But if I could just slap it into another stock and keep the original nice , I'd be good with that.
I guess I got this idea one day while looking at a Finnish M/28 Mosin , and don't see why this shouldn't go pretty easy.
Buy a used hardwood (birch maybe ? ) stock , splice a piece onto the end , and contour to desired look. A schnabel type forend perhaps.
Was wondering if anybody has done this? Any thoughts? Any pictures of completed projects?
I did a search and didn't manage to find any references , or pictures about " extending a stock to full length , mannlicher style forend".
I think it would be a fun little project. Something to tinker with.
 
You can fiddle with a 10/22 until the cows come home and nobody will call you names. Collector pieces they ain't.
Where you are might matter, but I'd contact Ruger's repair shop about a whole stock. Suspect a Mannlicher would be pricey, but a regular stock to play with may not. No W's. ruger.com/service/international.html
10/22 stocks start at $61 US at Gunparts. No Mannlichers.
 
sunray said:
You can fiddle with a 10/22 until the cows come home and nobody will call you names. Collector pieces they ain't.
Where you are might matter, but I'd contact Ruger's repair shop about a whole stock. Suspect a Mannlicher would be pricey, but a regular stock to play with may not. No W's. ruger.com/service/international.html
10/22 stocks start at $61 US at Gunparts. No Mannlichers.
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Great idea for a little project. You can get a wood stock off the EE for much cheaper. However the quality of the stocks are not so great. They are birch, they are soft, and few have a good grain.
Older stocks are of better quality, but harder to find. Of course a WTB ad on the EE could work.
IMHO investing time in a factory birch stock may be a little disappointing in the long run.
 
A barrel band would look VERY odd on a Mannlicher style stock. Mind you so would the break in the wood grain pattern from the joint.

Perhaps go for a two tone look with a different wood type spliced on the fore-end? Then to make it look less like an accident use the same wood for a wooden butt plate and cap for the pistol grip part. Maybe even inlet a higher cheek piece out of the contrasting wood as well or in place of the butt plate?
 
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