Hi All

I am thinking of modifying a Standard HW97 Stock just to fit me better - Deeper fore end, higher cheekpiece and more upright pistol grip. I would love to make my own but I don't have a router for inletting the action

I was thinking of fixing a piece of hardwood to the bottom of the fore end, which will make it deeper. Obviously I would make it to the shape I want, then just fix it to the stock. The problem is ; How could/would I fix it?

For the slight gap/join there will be, I was thinking of simply filling it with car body filler, and then painting the whole stock (to cover all the rubbish work ).

Also, I was thinking of using car body filler around the cheekpiece area slightly (just to raise it a fraction), and also around the pistol grip to add finger grooves and shape it slightly. The question is, will this work?

Thanks and ATB

James