A flat butt for a Puma 92?

[SoupOrMan]

I'm not particularly fond of the crescent butt on my Puma 92 stock. I don't know why, it just feels odd sitting on my shoulder like it does, so I was looking to flatten out the butt a bit. I don't want to have to try jerry-rigging a Ram-Line synthetic stock for a Winchester 94 onto the rifle, but I will if necessary. (I might even do that just because adding a black stock to a gun makes it 10 zillion times more frightening to our Illinois Co-Residents Nearest to Lake Michigan and their ilk.) Before I do that, though, is there anything I can use to "fill in" (for lack of a better term) the crescent on that stock and flatten it out, like a recoil pad or something? After about 50 rounds of Remington 125-grain JSPs and 30 rounds of Black Hills 158-gr JHPs, that crescent stock digs deep into my shoulder.

[Nate Kiowa Jones]

have you thought about cutting to a shotgun style plate?



I have some takeoff stocks if you would rather not cut the one on it.

[FWiedner]

Maybe you aren't positioning the crescent properly..

A crescent butt-stock isn't made to pull into your shoulder, it's made to sit high on your upper arm above the bicep with the lower "point" in your armpit and the upper going over the deltoid (your shoulder).

[SoupOrMan]

I like that idea of cutting it down and adding a shotgun plate, Steve. I'm far more familiar with that kind of stock than the crescent. As I'm no woodworker of any sort, I'd probably have this done by someone else.

FWiedener, you might also be correct. My other rifles (a store-branded Marlin 60 and a Rock River AR clone) are usually kept close in. This is the first rifle I've fired that the concept of proper cheek weld went a bit by the wayside. I'm extremely new to lever-action shooting, but it's been fun so far. I'd like to get competent enough with it in time for next year's fall deer season in Missouri, as centerfire rifles are not allowed during Illinois hunting seasons.

[2ndovc]

Sometimes it just hurts no matter where you put it. I have a 92 in 480 Ruger that hurt like heck with that crecent plate. Had another stock w/ a kick-ezz pad and I can shoot it all day long.

[J Miller]

SoupOrMan,

When I had my Rossi I did a bit of experimenting. I took the stock off my 1950 Win 94 and tried it on the Rossi. With just a little bit of fitting around the tangs it would have fit.

So if you could find a Pre-64 stock for cheap, that would be an easy way to go.

Joe

[DerekR]

I have a Rossi 92 Carbine. I like the carbine buttplate, but it is too short for me. I would much prefer a shotgun plate on mine.

[66GTO]

My experience with my .44 Mag Puma is similar, except more so. It only took about 20 rounds to beat my shoulder tender. Conversely, I can shoot my Marlin 1894C with 158 gr. .357 Mags. all day long.

I tried moving the Puma crescent butt plate to the recommended position, but didn't like it. My solution was to get a Past recoil shield that slips on to your shoulder http://www.midwayusa.com/eproductpage.e ... t=11082005 . My last range session I put about 75-80 rounds through the Puma using the Past shield with no discomfort. If hunting I wouldn't wear it. I wouldn't be shooting from a bench and I wouldn't get to fire more than a couple of rounds.

I really like the look of the crescent butt plate and don't want to change it.

[SoupOrMan]

Thanks for all the ideas and suggestions, gentlemen! I'm glad to see that there are quite a few options available to me.

[Hobie]

Order a butt stock for the .454 version. Comes with a pad...

[Blaine]

The curved, hard butt on the 1895CB was killin' me..............had it cut and a Simms fitted. If that's what the cowboys used, I know why they were cranky

[SoupOrMan]

You can order those separately?

I was not aware of this.