Need Extension for Citori 12 Ga

[buenhec]

I recently purchased a Citori Superlight Feather 12. I really like the shotgun except its too short for me. I need to add a couple of inches.

What can I use besides a regular recoil pad to extend by 2 or 3 inches. Im 6'4 and have fairly long arms. I have seen some metal (stainless) extensions with recoil pads, would that work for me?

 

[Superreverb]

Dave McC is The Master of stock extension methods. He'll be able to point you in the right direction, I'm sure.

Congrats on your Citori. I still love shooting mine. Great gun!

Regards - Ed

 

[simmonsguns]

Two inches of stainless is going to add some weight, you might want to think about using two 1 inch black fiber spacers.
Try kick-ezz, these grind real nice and they don't grab the sanding wheel as much as some other one i use.
If you don't want to try this yourself, e-mail me.

 

[ADKWOODSMAN]

Need a mag extension for a Rem 11-87 20 ga. Does anyone have a source?

 

[Dave McCracken]

OK, here we go.....

Those stainless steel jobs were almost certainly adjustable butt plates like the Jones or the venerable Morgan. Or, one of the recoil management systems like the Graco. All these add weight at the back.

I recently extended the stock on Number Six to fit my gorilla frame. I had a smith add an inch's worth of black fiber spacers and a Decellerator. The spacers are nigh weightless and the pad weighs just enough to balance
things.

The LOP is now 15" which works well for me when shooting low gun. For premounted games like trap, 15 1/2" works better.

Note, since the spacers are formed to the lines of the stock,the pad is now a bit larger than before. This spreads the kick out a bit and aids comfort.

The WOP gun here(My Beretta White Onyx Playtoy) has a Limbsaver pad that brings LOP to 15". It's a hair thicker than the Geltec it came with.

In your shoes I'd mount a slipon pad OVER the regular one and play with the length by adding shims until it feels right and prints where you want it to on the patterning board.

KickEez's Magnum pad is a real kick stopper. It's 1.4" thick, which can help add some length.

HTH, sing out if there's anything unclear.

ADK, we're talking about extending stock, not mags here, but try Choate. I believe they have a 20 gauge extension for the 870 which should work....l

 

[buenhec]

Great, I will look into that. Thanks Dave. Do you have some pics I can look at? Also how do you recommend I measure correctly for proper stock length? Someone recommended I lay the 12 GA on my forearm with the finger on the trigger and the butt of the stock should touch my bicep. It doesnt have to be perfect, just good enough.

 

[kirbythegunsmith]

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I prefer to use no spacers for stock extensions, if possible, and concentrate the added length all in a thicker pad, if possible.
Once you reach the length that the thickest pad can add, what-ever you add that is non-functional is reduced by that amount.

I have found that the expense and time exerted is less with a thicker pad and fewer or no spacers than a thinner pad with more spacers.

If I have to add spacers, I am likely to want to glue them in a stack prior to fitting.

The picture shows an added adjustable spacer (Morgan) with a super-thick pad that is the best for cushy squishing distance under recoil, also known as suspension travel. At least here you have a spacer that has some function. The biggest trouble is the adapting of attachment points that were originally meant for the Morgan pad attached.

I do recommend add-on pads for people to use when wanting their hunting-length fitted gun to fit OK when shooting in T-shirt weather practice sessions. The best that I can find for this use is the Velcro closure version from Pachmayr in the first picture. You'll know it when you see it, then. The worst part about those pads is that the rubber cushion inside is poorly affixed, but you can re-glue it securely yourself. This can also hold extra cushion pieces to gauge length necessary for any certain gun, too.

How's that?

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[ArmedBear]

Another consideration...

The Citori Superlight Feather (is that what you have?) is indeed super-light.

That means that something heavy on the butt will have a profound effect on how it balances. You might like it, or hate it. But it will be very different from the factory design.

 

[Dave McCracken]

I'll see if I can dragoon Son into some pics. Give me a day or two.

The method you describe merely gives a very rough idea of proper length. Better would be using a patterning board as described above in the floaters. Playing with length is not that hard, but drop is affected when you do.

HTH....