Are the stocks on an HW57 and an HW77 identical? I have been looking for an upgraded stock for the HW57 and all I find are HW77 stocks.
Thx, JD
Thx, JD
HW/Weihrauch Weihrauch stocks
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Yeah, unfortunately, that is one of the less popular models, so it appears finding a stock for it will be tricky. The 77 stock definitely is not a direct fit.
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Thanks very much for the quick replies. This may result in me fabricating my own stock, something I have never done but long thought about.
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I know this is a bit off the wall, but what I might do is take some good measurements of your stock, and see if someone with a 77 can do the same. They appear to be a very close fit? So, it might be feasible to modify a 77 stock to fit. Depending what the differences are, it might be relatively easy to make it fit correctly. Or it might be a real pain. Just from visually looking at them I can say for sure the front mounting spots are definitaly not the same. But they might be in a very close location. To where they could be filled or modified with inserts. Generally, I know a properly glued wood joint is stronger than the actual wood. But this might take some grain matching, and stain matching. I've done stain matching before, and it takes some serious time and patience. But it can be done. Wish I had better photos, but this is the one I did. The cheek piece on this didn't match AT ALL. Wood was vastly lighter, and grains didn't match, but I did a lot of stain manipulation with it. As an amatuer, never having done it before.
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The tube diameter of the 57 is smaller than of the 77.
It will never fit.
To bad that the new HW stocks are not as nice than the older ones.
It will never fit.
To bad that the new HW stocks are not as nice than the older ones.
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That's really a matter of taste. Other than the comb being too high for irons I like the new stocks better than the prior generation. Most of them were kind of plain with cheap pressed checkering. Still I probably like the old Beeman Goudy stocks best but they haven't come on guns for a long time.
Stock appearances are truly a personal matter. There's no better or best styling.
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IF the diameter of the compression tube is the only issue, then one could look at glass bedding the rifle to the stock, or maybe soft bedding it if you have proper materials at hand?
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