I have changed out butt stocks between my 39, 336, 1894 and 1895s without incident. These are all "new" guns, the oldest being from 1964.
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Butt Stock interchangeability, 39a, 336 1895?
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The list swany posted pretty much covers it.
Mines not a pistol grip its straight stock. I just fit a birch stock set from a 44 Mag 1894 onto my 39M. I also had and tried one from an 1894 CB and a checkered one from an 1895 Guide Gun. They all fit 99.9%. I decided to go with the birch 1894 set. All it took to fit the butt stock was some minor filing on one side of the channel for the lower tang and the bottom of the bolt hole to open it up a tad so the bolt lined up with the bottom tang easier. The channel for the top tang was dead on perfect. It took maybe 10 minutes, taking it slow and checking the fit several times to get the butt stock just so.
The pistol grip butt stock would be no different.
The real work was on the forearm. Took a half hour or so to get the lips on each end thin enough to slip into the the 39 receiver and forearm tip. Since your just changing the butt, no need to worry about that.
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Mines not a pistol grip its straight stock. I just fit a birch stock set from a 44 Mag 1894 onto my 39M. I also had and tried one from an 1894 CB and a checkered one from an 1895 Guide Gun. They all fit 99.9%. I decided to go with the birch 1894 set. All it took to fit the butt stock was some minor filing on one side of the channel for the lower tang and the bottom of the bolt hole to open it up a tad so the bolt lined up with the bottom tang easier. The channel for the top tang was dead on perfect. It took maybe 10 minutes, taking it slow and checking the fit several times to get the butt stock just so.
The pistol grip butt stock would be no different.
The real work was on the forearm. Took a half hour or so to get the lips on each end thin enough to slip into the the 39 receiver and forearm tip. Since your just changing the butt, no need to worry about that.
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