Already I have a dilemna.  Here's pic of the stomperud sitting in a 1894 stock I purchased.  Serial # of the stock indicates a Steyr made Krag was in it at one time. Looking around at other images of the model, it appears the front barrel band is behind a step that is in the barrel.  However, the upper band that came on mine would best fit just forward of that step.  It appears that I would be better off to shorten it by taking a portion out of the middle and splicing the front part where the upper band seat and spring are, in the right place.  The other stomperuds I can find images of must have used some other front band.  Taking a piece out of the middle would save me from having to cut a new band seat, drilling a new hole for the band spring, and cutting a proper spring slot where there's a lightening cut.  It may come out a bit longer in the nose than than other stompers, but I think it would be best for accuracy.  I might have to dress up the joint, but I need to finish the removal of some varnish that someone else started anyway.

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