thumbhole Mauser stock

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Harry Bonar

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Sirs;
I ordered a JRS 98 Mauser stock from Boyd and I got a "thumbhole" stock instead!
How many of you have used and like a "thumbhole" stock and like it?
I don't want to ship it back.
Harry B.
 
I tried one for a while (3 or 4 months)- I just couldn't figger out who the thing was made for. At the same time, it felt too big AND too small in the thumb grippy thing area. I dunno, maybe I should have went after it with sanding equipment or something. They are just too different from my conventional and AR stocks for me to take a shine to. But in honesty- at least try the thing more than once or twice before you cast judgement on the poor thing.
 
A matter or personal preference

If they are well made and fit me, I like them, but not everybody does. The size and shape of the thumbhole and the angle of the pistol grip make them very comfortable for some, and the opposite for others.
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This one is very comfortable for me.
 
I have owned a couple of thumbholes as made by Harry Lawson in Tucson, AZ. They fit incredably good for me. Probably the biggest "bytch" was that if you had a thumb safety gun, well, it was sort of a waste of time. But even ole Harry said he would modify your gun to put the safety where it belonged, on the trigger guard. Harry has since passed into the great gunshop in the sky, but his son Randy still operates the company. Great people, great gunstocks. Well worth looking into.
 
It also depends on how you use the gun, Harry. Here in SC where we hunt deer from tree stands, you are just as likely to have to take the shot left-handed as right-handed. A thumbhole stock is typically one-handed and does not work well the other way.

Clemson
 
thumb hole

Sir;
Clemson, I didn't think of that!
I'm an old bugger and probably won't hunt as you tell so I think I'll keep the stock - I've got a 243 Win., barreled up on a Chiang action that's good and I'll just see how I like it.
If not, it'll make good trading stock as I'm infected with the "swapitis" virus!
Harry B.
 
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