Dixie Gun Works used to carry a few, but I haven't seen one of their catalogs in over 20 years.

Bill Lawrence

I make my own from steel bar, just bend the curve, weld on any hooks or prongs and grind and file to shape.
Gumpy

I’m helping a friend build a Stevens 44 on an action that I’ve had.  Looking for something 4.5 to 4.7 inches, with 4.6 as the target, in steel.  I have him drawing out what he wants in a stock shape and he’s not liking what he is drawing.  I think a change in the buttplate is what is needed.  I’m trying to get him to look at the CPA Stevens or large Winchester styles but was wondering if there were any other offerings out there that I was not aware of.  
I find it hard sometimes to get people away from the modern factory chunky, ugly, utilitarian shaped stocks.  But, on the other hand that’s all most have ever seen.
Bob

Vall, I’m not sure what the Farrow looks like.

bobw wrote on Jun 6^th, 2023 at 12:33pm:


The Farrow style is the small Swiss buttplate Ballard Union Hills and 3F Fine Gallery used.

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bobw wrote on Jun 6^th, 2023 at 7:28pm:


I have one Ballard farrow style, and one Stevens Farrow style. The Stevens doesn't have the sharp point on top, and is typical Stevens with a more rounded point on top. Both are @4.5" top to bottom, and @1 5/16"-1 3/8" at the widest point. Both are steep repros and have no holes drilled yet. The Ballard is polished out, and Stevens is still as cast, but wont take much sanding to be polished.

Thanks guys.  Let me see what he wants to do.  I have been studying the CPA plates a little closer…..sometimes I get stuck in a box and have trouble seeing all the possibilities! 
Bob