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Browning Citori 725 HR sporting adj. ? For LH

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I have been looking at this gun online and reading about it but I have not had the opportunity to hold one. Well this past weekend I was successful in a fundraiser auction online and I should have a brand new one here in a week or two. The only problem is I'm left handed and I understand the stock is casted for right hand and has a right palm swell. I really like this model but as far as I know it isn't available to order in a left handed version. Might browning fit it with a left hand stock for their standard sporting low rib left hand model for me? Any chance I would find a used left hand stock that someone has replaced with a "robo-stock" ? Would it be just as well to find a gunsmith who can work some wood bending magic? Just looking for suggestions that might make it a good fit for me without breaking the bank. I could try shooting it like it is but if it's not satisfactory then I might have been better off selling it as new and unfired. Sorry for the long post and thanks in advance for any help !
 
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Your best bet is a PFS, and will almost certainly be the cheapest option in the long run.

A flat rib stock will be about 1/2" too low @ the comb and will definitely need an adjustable comb. If Browning has the stock to sell (doubtful) you'd probably be looking at a 6-12 month turnaround, about 700-800 bucks, and no guarantee it'd match your forend. You might be able to get away with using a LH trap stock if you could find one, they look about the same height. Browning actually made a high rib sporting LH at one point. You'd have to call Browning to get the answers to any of these questions.

Loose 725 wood is pretty uncommon, and finding a loose LH stock would be like hitting the lottery.

You might be able to have it bent, but when it comes to bending wood, esp across the centerline, there's no guarantee it won't go back to it's original configuration, you're also severely limited as to how much it can be bent due to the stock bolt, plus you still have the off-handed palm swell to contend with.

It's a bit too late now, but you would have been better off buying a LH flat rib gun and putting an add-on rib of your desired height on it.
Does it have to be off a 725 specifically or does any Citori stock fit? I found a left hand Citori trap stock for sale but I don't know exactly what model it came on.
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