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Stepped Wrist
« on: October 30, 2019, 03:47:17 AM »
       I'm going to ask a dumb question, so if you must burn me down, go ahead.  What is meant by the term"stepped wrist". I've been around the right guns, for forty years off and on, but my education is seriously lacking in this regard. I will be deeply indebted to someone, that can make me understand, what is meant by, this gun has a "stepped wrist".
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Offline P.Bigham

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Re: Stepped Wrist
« Reply #1 on: October 30, 2019, 04:12:24 AM »
I am sure others can explain it better here's a slight step wrist
a step from wrist to butt stock.
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Re: Stepped Wrist
« Reply #2 on: October 30, 2019, 04:21:17 AM »
Wrist has a step toward basic Butt profile. Wrist is smaller diameter then there is a graduation or step up into the Butt stock. Early profile.
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Re: Stepped Wrist
« Reply #3 on: October 30, 2019, 04:52:13 AM »
Look at Honacker rifles they have a pretty pronounced step in the wrist.
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Re: Stepped Wrist
« Reply #4 on: October 30, 2019, 05:11:17 AM »
The lower edge of the wrist into the butt gets a little wider, or has a "step".  A picture is worth a 1000 words.  These are just random shots, not the same gun.







Here are some pictures of a Virginia rifle by John Honaker. It has a very pronounced stepped wrist.   http://aspenshadeltd.com/inventory_hon.html

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Re: Stepped Wrist
« Reply #5 on: October 30, 2019, 04:16:25 PM »
George Shumway used to use two terms;
Stepped wrist, for those as above,  (More or less definite step) and "displaced wrist"   for those where the adjustment is less abrupt.

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Re: Stepped Wrist
« Reply #6 on: October 30, 2019, 05:55:49 PM »
Lately the more elite have been calling it a stepped butt or stepped toe. I don't know  why.
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Re: Stepped Wrist
« Reply #7 on: October 30, 2019, 06:25:48 PM »
Maybe somebody stepped on their. Oh never mind. I agree stepped toe seems the common descriptor now.
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Re: Stepped Wrist
« Reply #8 on: October 30, 2019, 06:58:14 PM »
Maybe a master gunsmith with a certified certificate will chime in!!! :o
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Re: Stepped Wrist
« Reply #9 on: October 30, 2019, 07:40:21 PM »
          Ok, thanks gents. I get it, I've seen this on rifles, just never realized, that's what people were talking about. Thanks again, you responders. Sometimes the obvious totally escapes me.
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Re: Stepped Wrist
« Reply #10 on: October 31, 2019, 12:27:01 AM »
Quote from: Mike Brooks on October 30, 2019, 05:55:49 PM
Lately the more elite have been calling it a stepped butt or stepped toe. I don't know  why.
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Re: Stepped Wrist
« Reply #11 on: October 31, 2019, 12:46:24 AM »
I have always called them chub stocked rifle.
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Re: Stepped Wrist
« Reply #12 on: October 31, 2019, 12:51:31 AM »


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Re: Stepped Wrist
« Reply #13 on: November 01, 2019, 04:39:12 PM »
Stepped toe is rather misleading I'd say.
The toe is the toe, not the full length of the underside of the buttstock. Makes no sense to me.
The step is at the wrist end,...not the toe.
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Re: Stepped Wrist
« Reply #14 on: November 01, 2019, 05:10:26 PM »
Quote from: Pukka Bundook on November 01, 2019, 04:39:12 PM
Stepped toe is rather misleading I'd say.
The toe is the toe, not the full length of the underside of the buttstock. Makes no sense to me.
The step is at the wrist end,...not the toe.

I agree.

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Re: Stepped Wrist
« Reply #15 on: November 01, 2019, 07:36:00 PM »
Looks like a stepped toe would start about and inch from the buttplate.
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Re: Stepped Wrist
« Reply #16 on: November 03, 2019, 06:45:13 AM »
That's my figuring EC.

Quote from: EC121 on November 01, 2019, 07:36:00 PM
Looks like a stepped toe would start about and inch from the buttplate.
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