Japaneese winchester 1886 stock

[dgr416]

I just bought a new jap made 1886 winchester round barrel straight stock but it has the curved butt stock .Is there anyone who makes these stocks the the straight butt plate so I can shoot this with heavier loads .I didnt know if ones made for original rifles would fit it .I am probally going to change the sites I csnt use the factory ones past 50 yards .Its like new good looking rifle in 45-70 .

[Tycer]

You could try Winchester. Order a SRC stock.
You could also just cut the one you have and add a recoil pad.
You could adjust your shooting position to the proper position for the crescent stock.
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[RIHMFIRE]

try leather butt pad / ammo holder
https://www.tourbonstore.com/collections/recoil-pad

[Tycer]

https://youtu.be/VdwwrlHt9I0?si=W656B_N_gG0TTqsb

[Malamute]

I for one find the crescents very uncomfortable, and it has nothing to do with where placed, there isnt any way they feel comfortable to me, and are extremely unpleasant with heavy loads.

I had the crescent cut off a Browning 86 rifle and a flat pad put on, but thats not as good as a true shotgun butt, which has more cross section in both directions, and less drop to the comb and heel. The carbine butts are better than the rifle butts, but neither are as good as the true shotgun butt. They used the shotgun butt on the 1886 extra-light rifle. I traded into one for my 86 rifle. Its a work in progress, but a huge improvement overall in handling. You may be able to buy one either new or used.

I dont know if the replacement stocks for originals will fit the Miroku guns, I suspect they will, but it will likely require a bit more fitting than installing one on an original. My vote would be replace any crescent butts with a true shotgun butt on any of the older models.

[JFE]

I agree about the curved crescent buttplate stocks. They look like the old time stocks but are painful to use with high recoil cartridges. These days you rarely see a 94 with anything but a shotgun buttstock but Winchester insists on supplying new 1886 and 1892 rifles with curved steel buttplates. There must be a lot of people that don’t shoot them.

While an improvement I even find the carbine stocks fitted to Browning 1886 SRC models painful to use. The narrow comb and steel buttplate can dish out some obnoxious recoil. Years back I bought a stock set that came off a Winchester Extra Light. These were proper shotgun buttstocks. Surprisingly, they do not simply fit the Browning SRC and had to be fitted properly. I took mine to a stock maker and he had to remove quite a bit of wood to make it fit properly. The wider comb and shotgun buttplate totally transform the rifle into a much more practical rifle.

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[Walt]

On the several crescent stocks I have, I found some dense, firm foam, cut the front portion to the profile of the crescent, kept the rear portion flat and put an attractive lace-on butt pad over it. Changes the entire character of the rifle.

[veeman]

Food for thought here, on all my big bore rifles I get a leather Butt cover with the shotgun conversion from https://gunstockcover.com/ Even on a couple 94 rifles.
These are great! Adds an inch or so LOP, which is great for me.
My Browning 1886's,

My Uberti 1876's

[Marc]

I just ran across this company. They offer a stock for Jap 1886's: https://cottagecraftworks.com/wincheste ... O-UV1ppttF

I also saw this on Ebay. I wonder if it is for a Miroku 1886?: https://www.ebay.com/itm/187298793104

[Walt]

Those are beautiful, veeman!
Thanks for the pictures.