Figured it was time to update the thread as this project is about done.
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Above is the plain Sportsman 12 that started this project, birch stocks and a 28" modified barrel.
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Here as a photo of a factory G3 stock with graco hardware, Mike Allen of Virginia Beach cut both of the stocks on this project, and I later installed the hardware.
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G3 stock and forend on the Sportsman 12 receiver
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Mostly finished Wenig stock, with a pachmayr medium trap pad and one of the Country Gentleman's adjustable butt plates that came off another gun. It's not an exact fit but close enough until I see Aaron on the circuit somewhere this summer.
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Picture of the complete gun with all the barrels, a 30" Probore, 30" step rib trap barrel, 28" modified step rib trap barrel, 28" modified field barrel and a 26" skeet barrel.
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Close up of the G3 forend
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What 1100 barrel collection would be complete without a nickel satin trap barrel?
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Shooting it with the 26" skeet barrel on a quail hunting trip in December, it was so cold that day that with all the clothes I had on, I was crowding the stock a little to get a good sight picture.
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The results of the hunt, stuffed quail wrapped in Smithfield ham made by my wife for Christmas dinner.
Mike