Help Finding Wood for Stevens Shotgun

hm1996

hm1996

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Weird thing discovered in my safe tonight! It has been many months since the safe queens on the back row have been oiled up, so took them out today to do so. An old 16 ga. Eastern Arms 101.15, sold by Sears (pretty sure it was made by Stevens)that dad bought for my mom around 1939 or 40 has a plastic stock on it. It has never been exposed to any heat or chemicals, yet the stock and forend are terribly deformed apparently from age. They were fine last time out of safe, but that could have been a couple of years.

Any rate, I am hoping someone has an old wood stock/forend laying around that I can get to put the old gun back in shape again.

Plastics have come a long ways in half a century. Looking at these pics, one would swear the gun had been near a fire, but that is not the case:





Regards,
hm
 
HM, is that like the Bakelite plastic I think they used to call it? That stuff always seemed real tough to me. Even to the point of brittle. What you have going on there is surely strange. Does your safe get warm in S. Texas? I hope you can find something to keep that fine heirloom going another 75 years though.
 
No, Eugene, I do have a goldenrod in it to keep moisture down but safe is in A/C loading room so never hot in the safe. You are correct, it does appear to be what we used to call bakelite.

I looked on ebay and found a stock set for a 311 Stevens (which I think this is) but it is for a 12 ga. and this one is a 16.

I'm going to check w/a gunsmith friend tomorrow and see if I am correct and I'd bet the stock would be same on 12 or 16 ga. Might have a bit of a gap on forend, but don't know why I couldn't glass bed that or maybe just have a "free floated" forend. Heck, that might let me hit something with a more accurate shotgun.
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Regards,
hm
 
You da man, Bill! Thank you. My gun is a Series II. I had no idea anyone made new stocks but this is exactly what I need. Thanks again!

Regards,
hm
 


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