Does anyone know what style stock this is?

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thanks in advance. Picture from Griffin & Howe
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Not sure exactly what you mean by style?

it looks English given the short forend, with decent drop, and has sat in a safe long enough to distort the top of the recoil pad
Im talking about the actual butt end how it dips down opposed to the normal straight. I would like to know what the name of this style is
 
That’s just drop to accommodate the shooter’s dimensions. It would have that much so the shooter could be lined up with the iron sights quickly and without adjustment. My guess is shooting this rifle through the scope would be a bit uncomfortable and may require an additional height/pad on the cheek piece. Many older rifles that were not initially built with scopes had drop like this.
 
That’s just drop to accommodate the shooter’s dimensions. It would have that much so the shooter could be lined up with the iron sights quickly and without adjustment. My guess is shooting this rifle through the scope would be a bit uncomfortable and may require an additional height/pad on the cheek piece. Many older rifles that were not initially built with scopes had drop like this.
thanks for the insight
 
The receiver on that rifle reminds me of the single square bridge, stepped receiver ring, slant box action which Rigby originally used for its rimmed .400/.350 cartridge. That leads me to suspect that the stock might be of Rigby origin as well. What caliber is it?
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PS: Looking at G&H's web site, I see this rifle listed as a Rigby, .375 H&H caliber, which is what many .400/.350 rifles were rebarrelled to when the original cartridge became obsolete. It also has a hefty price attached to it.
 
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thanks in advance. Picture from Griffin & HoweView attachment 462298
Looks like a type B Mauser. With Silvers pad. Type A will have a horn front tip. John Rigby had a big influence on the stock design as he and Paul Mauser were the best of pals. This looks like a single square bridge 7x57 Mauser .
 
The receiver on that rifle reminds me of the single square bridge, stepped receiver ring, slant box action which Rigby originally used for its rimmed .400/.350 cartridge. That leads me to suspect that the stock might be of Rigby origin as well. What caliber is it?View attachment 462305

PS: Looking at G&H's web site, I see this rifle listed as a Rigby, .375 H&H caliber, which is what many .400/.350 rifles were rebarrelled to when the original cartridge became obsolete. It also has a hefty price attached to it.
Yes indeed- it has the stepped down barrel of the 400/350.
 
Stepped reciever ring of the slant box mag.
Rigby also had .303 made on this action.

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To return to your original question about the stock, I would say that the design is pretty typical pre-World War I, as far as the drop is concerned. The scope is mounted high enough to clear a virtually unaltered bolt handle, which is clearly something G&H would not be guilty of and the mount appears to be an AKAH version of the same kind of side mount that G&H uses.
 

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