WalkedUp Posted January 29, 2022 Report Share Posted January 29, 2022 Bought my son a lovely and very light .410” gun after much searching. The stock was short, but nowhere near short enough! My eldest requires a 10.5” LOP Which means quite a bit off the stock. Like on my other .410” I knew the Prince of Wales half pistol grip would need to come off, and so it did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WalkedUp Posted January 29, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2022 Bit of rasping, filing then sanding and the line is ok. Needs to be stripped and refinished. Fit is almost ok. Maybe just a smidgen long. Will put some lead weight in to the stock for balance and then a thin butt pad. Already completed a similar project on my Hushpower .410”. Both predrilled for stock to be reassembled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted January 29, 2022 Report Share Posted January 29, 2022 Have you kept the piece you cut off? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WalkedUp Posted January 29, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2022 (edited) Yes, stored in my gun tools. Predrilled with the full size torx bolts ready.... it’s not my first rodeo when it comes to ruining guns 😜 Edited January 29, 2022 by WalkedUp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoBodyImportant Posted January 30, 2022 Report Share Posted January 30, 2022 Looks about right for him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WalkedUp Posted February 19, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2022 (edited) The gun was quite nose heavy with the tiny stock. I hollowed out the butt and filled with a mixture of lead shot and adhesive, probably about 2.5oz. I also took 3” off the barrel too, down to just above the Section 2 minimum. It is still a little long and a little heavy for him but the balance is bang on the hinge pin and he can grow into it from here. I put it next to my 30” Beretta for comparison. The stock needs oiling, as he grows a butt plate will be added then sections of the original stock threaded back onto the guides. Edited February 19, 2022 by WalkedUp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted February 19, 2022 Report Share Posted February 19, 2022 Nice work, hopefully he can get a good deal of use out of it before he needs a 20 bore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mel b3 Posted February 19, 2022 Report Share Posted February 19, 2022 How are you going to put the end of the barrel back on 😁. When your lad grows out of it , it'll make a good candidate for a bolt on moderator 👍. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WalkedUp Posted February 19, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2022 4 minutes ago, mel b3 said: When your lad grows out of it He has two younger brothers, by the time the three of them are finished with it it will have a well deserved retirement! We have a full length hushpower .410” which is great but barrel heavy, it’s what my son shot his first woodpigeon and crow with in the summer. This .410” will be good for shooting balloons and squirrels. As TC says, in a couple of years when my eldest passes this on he will be onto a 20 bore - probably a second hand youth stock Yilditz etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mel b3 Posted February 19, 2022 Report Share Posted February 19, 2022 43 minutes ago, WalkedUp said: He has two younger brothers, by the time the three of them are finished with it it will have a well deserved retirement! We have a full length hushpower .410” which is great but barrel heavy, it’s what my son shot his first woodpigeon and crow with in the summer. This .410” will be good for shooting balloons and squirrels. As TC says, in a couple of years when my eldest passes this on he will be onto a 20 bore - probably a second hand youth stock Yilditz etc. You'll certainly be getting your moneys worth out of it 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enfieldspares Posted February 19, 2022 Report Share Posted February 19, 2022 (edited) Well I was in Broughton Astley Guns in Leicestershire on Thursday and saw, and bought, two boxes of Lyalvale Express 2" .410" loaded with nine grams of English #9 and fibre wad and biodegradable obturator disc. Ideal cartridges (on clay pigeons and/or squirrels) from Lyalvale for your gun and your lad I'd think? Edited February 19, 2022 by enfieldspares Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WalkedUp Posted February 20, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2022 (edited) Yes they should be perfect, I’m now on the lookout for some as the 3” magnums were a bit “punchy” for him 🙈 Edited February 20, 2022 by WalkedUp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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