Stock cover

[Olen Rugged]

...I use a base ball glove mending tool to pull my lace through to the back. Here are a couple pictures, I hope you can see what I mean...
          tEN wOLVES  

I sure was glad to see this because I wanted to do the same thing with mine.

I wouldn't know a ball glove mending tool if I was lookin' at one, but I used a homemade "fish" tool to do the same thing. A tack makin' friend suggested laying down another lace loose on the stock and using that to pull back with.

Thanks for the pictures!

Olen

[Olen Rugged]

Actually I think most guys wanted them for protecting the wood from minor dings and scratches in the beginning.  We started beefing up the actual butt pad to protect the stock toe and then we used them to increase LOP and even add padding for the shoulder, but even with thet said I figure lots of fokes do like the leather as another means of dressing up their favorite long gun.

I added wood to my '73 stock to get length and a flat surface. I also wanted something a lot "stickier" to keep the rifle from moving around. In addition to using the rough out side of the hide, I laced across the end of the stock also. The rifle really stays put now.

Olen

[Marshal Will Wingam]

That sounds like a good solution, Olen. You have a picture of that cover?