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If you want the job done right call Paul Hodgins. He is expensive but worth every penney if you plan on keeping the gun. Paul stocked my Manton 400 and did an exceptional job.

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Expensive is putting it mildly. He charges $4,500.00 for a buttstock now and $3,000.00 for a splinter forend! And at least a year time wise. His prices are absurd, he must think he's still at the bench at H&H.

Commandcar: Try Steve Billeb he is the founder of the custom gun makers guild and is one hell of a stockmaker. His prices are very reasonable and you can have your gun back within 6-8 months done to proper English specs.

22 Vista View Lane, Cody, WY 82414 Telephone: (307)587-4278

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I imagine you would be looking at around £5 to 7,000 here from a good (not London) maker and good figured walnut... At least you don't need the fore-end done. That helps

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RigbyMauser - £500-1,000 for the work and £4-6K for top quality, well figured Turkish walnut? I haven't had it done, but where did you get the walnut and how much ballpark are you talking?

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If you want the job done right call Paul Hodgins. He is expensive but worth every penney if you plan on keeping the gun. Paul stocked my Manton 400 and did an exceptional job.

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Expensive is putting it mildly. He charges $4,500.00 for a buttstock now and $3,000.00 for a splinter forend! And at least a year time wise. His prices are absurd, he must think he's still at the bench at H&H.

Commandcar: Try Steve Billeb he is the founder of the custom gun makers guild and is one hell of a stockmaker. His prices are very reasonable and you can have your gun back within 6-8 months done to proper English specs.

22 Vista View Lane, Cody, WY 82414 Telephone: (307)587-4278

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Since I need my Jeffery sidelock restocked I called and spoke with Steve Billeb this morning. He is a very nice guy but admitted he hasn't stocked any British doubles. We spoke at length about how important it is to get the correct style and he felt if he had an original stock to go off he felt he could do a good job. In my case there isn't and he suggested a few other stockers to consider.

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If you want the job done right call Paul Hodgins. He is expensive but worth every penney if you plan on keeping the gun. Paul stocked my Manton 400 and did an exceptional job.

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Expensive is putting it mildly. He charges $4,500.00 for a buttstock now and $3,000.00 for a splinter forend! And at least a year time wise. His prices are absurd, he must think he's still at the bench at H&H.

Commandcar: Try Steve Billeb he is the founder of the custom gun makers guild and is one hell of a stockmaker. His prices are very reasonable and you can have your gun back within 6-8 months done to proper English specs.

22 Vista View Lane, Cody, WY 82414 Telephone: (307)587-4278

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Since I need my Jeffery sidelock restocked I called and spoke with Steve Billeb this morning. He is a very nice guy but admitted he hasn't stocked any British doubles. We spoke at length about how important it is to get the correct style and he felt if he had an original stock to go off he felt he could do a good job. In my case there isn't and he suggested a few other stockers to consider.

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That's strange he would say that to you. Because he stocked my WW Greener 360 #2 and also did a Fraser boxlock for me that turned out great years ago. Sounds like perhaps he didn't want to take your project? Of course mine were boxlock guns like the Evans in question, I know its a much bigger task to do a sidelock which may have been his hesitation with your inquiry.

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I just spoked to Paul Roberts of London here today regarding my own S&B gun. He only knew of a very very few paradox guns that actually shot well. Most them he have had his hands on to, wheren`t accurate at all. He knew only of one paradoxgun for sure that shot well, which belonged to an American, who had experimented a lot, to get it to a useful shooting. He had been at the Lancasters here today, and had spoked with them regarding the ovalbored guns..most guns with oval bore lost accuracy after a few hundred shots or sometimes even less.

What I see here on this thread here looks very promising.

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