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PNWIthacaJunkie

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Hoping someone here can help with a couple questions. I'm wanting to fit a newer stock that is fitted for short tang trigger guards to an older long tang gun. This is a 20 gauge. The options I'm considering involve either cutting down the tang to fit or picking up a short tang, but have the following questions:

1) is the receiver portion of the newer short tang guard the same length?
2) what about width (i.e. are 20 vs. 16 vs. 12 gauges all the same)?
3) any idea if the depth of the threads will be sufficient if I cut down the long tang, or will this require tapping?

Your knowledge and insights are greatly appreciated!
 
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Thanks for chiming in on this David! I suspect there are only a few people with the experience to answer these questions, but know that you are one of them!

Since I originally posted this, I confirmed that the long tang is only shallowly tapped and will require both drilling and tapping. It had occurred to me that using the existing threaded length as a guide would be prudent, but your suggested approach makes total sense. Very helpful! Wish I had some experience with tapping threads.

I suspect the 1/16" gap you are referring to is encountered when you put the old long tang trigger guard in a newer receiver that is slightly longer. There's a reference to this in Walt's book (timeline section), but not entirely clear. Would really appreciate someone's confirmation of this.
 
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So, to follow up, I purchased an early era long tang trigger guard and was able to successfully tap the threads deeper and trim back the tang 3/4".

So, the stock now fits the gun with this modified trigger guard. I am now in the process of fitting a pad and will refinish the stock. And, ultimately the guard will need to be polished and blued, biput that's for another time.

Thanks again to DR Cook for insight and suggestions!
 
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