Looks like you need to win the lottery in order to have a custom stock made. $ 4000 plus wood. I can easily see $ 10K plus... I bet it's a wonderful experience....
Too bad Dennis DeVault is no longer around, from what I hear if you really want a true "custom" stock Russ Gioscalvdo ( please check my spelling) is the go to person these days
Nice wood can be found at a reasonable cost - but sometimes stock makers won't make you a stock unless you buy the blanks from them. This happened to me several years ago at Wenigs.
Thanx Gary--I knew how to pronounce Russ's last name , but spelling it was another thing--his fitting is second to none
Check with Wenig in MO. I had one made for my grandson two years ago and selected the wood from their web site. Looks really great with nice wood, and was $2,000.00
$2,000 for a custom stock ? Was there custom specialized fitting involved or did you provide dimensions and they made the stock without having to actually go to them ? What about checkering ? What about the type of finish ? Here is my invoice from Wenig from several years ago. Note the charges for checkering and finishing. Also note I was given an "allowance" for furnishing my own wood and then charged for the grade of wood they DIDN'T sell me. Use Wenig if you wish. Maybe things have changed since Fred nor his son own the business ? I will never darken their door again. As George Bush was famous said, "Fool me once . . . . . . ."
Phil Simms is making me one now, I was quoted $2500 for stock and forend with standard checkering and standard wood included. This was being measured by Rod Stumbo and having the dimensions sent to Phil. There was an option for just a stock which was around 2k... Obviously there are plenty of ways to spend more money with fancy checkering and fancy wood. Im sure i will upgrade the wood but the process hasnt made it that far yet. I will report back with a total and pics of the stock when it gets done This was for a regular stock, not a prosoft
Wenig,has made me several ,never look back ,you go get fitting and then pick wood ,$3200.00 for a set
One of the most important aspects of gunfitting is "GRIP" Dennis DeVault paid a lot of attention to the grip, its the only part of the stock you can't adjust
I's a great investment to have a gun that fits. The key word is "CUSTOM" - then when you try selling it you may have a problem?
I agree with Dixie Special. Custom means fitted to your personal measurements which are probably different that the body measurements of other people. The way to go is adjustable. ( in my humble opinion ) So, if your measurements change and if you shoot long enough they probably will change somewhat, there goes your precision. I have an adjustable stocks on my target guns. Therefore, when I sell them fit is not an issue. At present I have a DeVault Adj stock, a G Square Adjustable stock, and a Remington Competition Adj stock set on a Std wt. 20ga 1100. It is the only 1100 I have been able to shoot consistently. Just my 2 cents worth.
I had already fitted my grandsons' stock to him. With proper cast & pitch, cast off & bent stock. Told them to duplicate the stock, only make it with a 15" length of pull. They did a nice job and put their premium finish on it for the two thousand. I picked a nice piece of wood from their web site. It was for my old Beretta ASE-90 that I gave him, and he shoots it very well. As he got taller, I had to keep adding pieces of stock cut offs for length, but finally when he stopped growing, I decided to have a nice one made for him.
I sent them the gun with the old stock on it so they could pattern the new one to duplicate with the longer LOP.
