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I have bent many peices of wood although I must admit none were gunstocks. The method that I used was to get the wood to soak up as much WATER as possible usually soaking overnight did the trick. next I rapped a wet rag, usually a wash cloth around or over the area I wanted the bend in. Next applied heat in the form of an iron until steam was produced and the wood was hot and steaming, then applied pressure. The wood will bend to almost any degree you wish. It doesn't take a lot of cooling under pressure to get the desired results. The thickest piece I ever worked with was about 8" wide and almost 3" thick and although it took a while to soak and heat it bent easily.
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