Best aftermarket rifle stocks

Best aftermarket rifle stocks

Posted: DeXter06 Date of post: 04.06.2017

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By continuing to use this site, you are agreeing to our use of cookies. Let's Talk Rifle Stocks Discussion in ' Rifle Country ' started by wankerjake , Dec 29, Apr 6, Messages: Hey guys, maybe I should have posted this in the competition forum but we'll see. What is the significance of an after-market stock, like a McMillan?

What makes them better? I hear people complain about "crappy" stocks on rifles and was just wondering what makes a stock bad? My buddy is telling me I have to get a new stock on my rifle and if it will improve the accuracy of the rifle then fine, I just want to know why. Also what stocks do you recommend? The rifle in question is a Winchester M70 in WSM. I believe it's the super-shadow model so it has that composite stock I don't love the stock but I don't hate it either.

If it will pay to get a better stock then I will, but if it shoots good enough with the current stock then I'd just as soon save some bucks. My goal for this rifle is to make it a yard shooter so I can reach out and poke those little Coues deer that hide so well in rough country. Unfortunately I have not yet shot the rifle or developed a load, so I don't know how well it shoots with the current stock.

I'm wondering if I should shoot and see, or assume it will shoot better with a better stock. What do y'all think? Mar 25, Messages: Things that make a stock "good". Durable and resistant to shock or breakage. Stiff and solid, especially in the bedding area and the fore end.

At least generally speaking that is what I look for as a basic list of things that are desirable. A fiberglass stock like a McMillan will have those attributes, whereas an injection molded plastic stock will not typically be very stiff. If the stock lacks stiffness it makes glass bedding or even solidly bedding the action difficult if not impossible, reducing accuracy. Also when the fore end is not stiff enough, shooting with a sling will put pressure on the barrel and affect zero.

Coal Dragger , Dec 29, Sep 4, Messages: Where the Red Fern grows.. Shoot it, It's probably a shooter already. JDMorris , Dec 29, Feb 5, Messages: Shoot and see never hurts. Many will free float the barrel removing any unwanted interaction between say wood and barrel useful when temp.

Some are sturdier and stiffer than the original thanks to kevlar and fiberglass construction vs. Some provide pillar bedding usually aluminum insert sleeves for the action screws. Some provide a full length "bedding block" again usually aluminum to give the action a solid platform to bolt to.

When custom ordered you can often specify your specific length of pull LOP depending on what is comfortable for you. Some are fully adjustable for LOP and cheek rise, useful for scoping a rifle. Some will upgrade the recoil pad vs. I was told by a seller that Boyd's tend to yellow and crack over time but can't confirm personally.

I bought an HS Precision and think it's great. Just make sure of your rifle's particulars before making any decisions: Try what you've got, see how it shoots and give yourself some time to decide before dropping big bucks on different stock. If you decide on a new one here's a good starting place I got the best price I could find on mine here: Skylerbone , Dec 29, Oct 23, Messages: Some are meant to be shot prone in a particular type of match.

Others are meant to be lightweight and shot off-hand at deer from 30 yrds. Others are meant to be shot from a bench using a particular type of front and rear rest.

Some are heavy to minimize recoil over long strings of fire; others are light for carrying long distances. So you should decide what positions you will be shooting from, whether you need adjustable cheek and butt, how much you want it to weigh, whether you want hand-stop rails or hooks for rear bags or sling swivel studs, etc. Mostly what makes a stock crappy is when it isn't in the right position to allow you to get a good cheek weld, or is too heavy or light, or isn't properly bedded I don't advocating shooting game animals at anywhere close to yrds.

It is completely unethical in nearly all circumstances. Nov 27, Messages: I just put a full aluminum bedding block Hogue on a mauser. I will post how it shoots. May 26, Messages: It's all about the weight. McMillan and a couple of other companies are the only ones making a true lightweight stock. Have them bedded properly and go shoot. Gale McMillan and Chet Brown developed modern fiberglass stocks specifically to reduce weight in hunting rifles.

You can easily take a full pound or more off your rifles weight by going with one of these. Laminated wood will be almost as strong and stable for a fraction of the price, but at much greater weight.

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Brown and McMillan stocks have been available since the 's but few would pay the price. In recent years synthetic stocks have become COOL, but few are willing to pay the price for the real thing. A huge market has spring up for cheap synthetics that weigh more than wood and don't offer any advantages over the cheap factory plastic stocks. The HS Precision and Bell and Carlson stocks with aluminum bedding blocks take a cheap stock and use the aluminum for strength.

They work fine as long as you stay with one with the aluminum bedding blocks.

The ones without are worse than factory plastic. If you want a lightweight hunting stock there are only 3 choices that I'm aware of McMillan, Brown and High Tech Specialties. Jul 14, Messages: The Remington P police version is the same as the Remington Varmint, but with a diffferent stock. The P utilizes a HS-Precision stock with aluminum bedding and the Varmint uses a hollow polymer composite stock. The group size will vary some from gun to gun and with ammunition, but 1" is a ball park number.

Taking the Varmint rifle and replacing the stock with an HS-Precision stock the group sizes will typically shrink down to less than 0. In effect this means that at yd the Varmint rifle will group in 6" and using the HS-Precision stock the same rifle will group into 3". Do you need this slight gain in accuracy? Go shoot your current rifle and see if you're happy with it! Jackal1 , Dec 30, May 17, Messages: A lot of factory rifles don't have stocks that free float the barrel.

That is one thing you can achieve with the right aftermarket stock. The ergonomics is also something else to consider. If you are varmint shooting for example, a different grip is better suited for a bench or laying down. Some people prefer the added weight that you often get but not always with aftermarket stocks. Theres always the fun-factor to customizing your own gun as well.

The top dollar stocks I think are just very well made. Will they out perform others? I don't know, but I had a Bell and Carlson that just didn't "feel" as nice as a dudes H-S Precision. Apparently it had a void between the outer shell and whatever composite material they fill it with, and it just cracked and fell off, leaving a nasty looking opening about mid-barrel along the top edge of the barrel channel. Norrick , Dec 30, May 24, Messages: Go shoot it first.

Find out what it does, go from there. A stock doesn't improve accuracy, a good stock preserves it and doesn't degrade it.

Until it's known what the rifle does it's a moot point whether another stock will help. Describing the scope being used will go a long way in knowing the real level of serious intent hunting deer at m.

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I'm guessing a 4x12 would be entry level, the same cost or more than the gun. Your buddies are more than happy to justify spending YOUR money, my point is to back up and consider the actual feasibility of what's being asked, from the perspective of the gun not even being shot. That isn't the procedure to determine if a change is needed. Shoot at m for a few hundred rounds and things will become apparent.

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Tirod , Dec 30, OEM walnut weighs 2. And a Boyd's laminate thumbhole is 2. The factory IMP stock that came with the Winchester is a plane Jane plastic shell filled with styrofoam yes like a throw away cooler, I've got one.

There is zero room between barrel and stock and it is flimsy. The Fiesta does not make every Ford a cheap econobox.

As I stated before there are good, better and best offerings from most every manufacturer. Skylerbone , Dec 30, Oct 26, Messages: I beg to differ from some here - I think what makes a stock great is the way it comes to shoulder. That is, assuming you want a hunting stock - bench resters are a whole nuther matter.

Weight plays a role, so does bedding and they are important - but the lightest, stiffest most accurately bedded stock in the world won't work if the drop, cast off, cheek weld and sight alignment don't work. BrocLuno , Dec 30, Skylerbone, I'm quite familiar with all of the aftermarket stocks.

I either own, or have owned in the past all of them. Plywood and particle board are both made from wood, but assembled much differently.

Without the aluminum blocks both would be pretty bad. And I never said they didn't work just fine. I thought I made that pretty clear. The weight reduction is only a concern for hunting rifles.

Not everyone needs or wants a lightweight stock. And you don't have to pay a fortune for a quality lightweight stock. You do have to do a little work though, but it is not rocket science to attach a recoil pad and spray paint a stock. I see discussing facts is pointless here. Apparently the only choices are laminates or McMillans. I'd invite you to try breaking an HS stock over your knee, then tell me how similar it is to injection molded plastic. I also wasn't aware that you owned them all. Seems your first post faulted the cheap materials and weight as factors.

Your second switches to different assembly methods and plywood vs. I thought both used glue and pressure but I guess I'm wrong. Either way, it has little to do with stock construction. Sep 17, Messages: I just replaced the stock on a new Rem SPS. I like free floated barrels on my guns, every rifle I've done it on shoots better. The SPS stock touches the barrel. I did get 1. I can hardly wait for a nice day. Jan 6, Messages: I've owned McMillan, Manners and H-S Precision.

IMO the H-S is as good as any other. I haven't been impressed by the parting lines and overal quality of McMillans. Horsemany , Dec 30, I think I'll shoot it first and go from there.

If I have to spend the bucks to do what I want, then that's what I'll do. I don't advocating shooting game animals at anywhere close to yrds. Dec 29, Messages: The best rifle stock IMHO is Tubb tube gun. It is nearly non existent read lightweight , completely adjustable, collinear with barrel no muzzle rise and the best of all, when open bolt slides directly into stock, so you can rapid fire without rising your cheek and loosing the aim.

A very similar principle is used on DTA's SRS tactical rifle and of course M16, M4, AR15 etc. Apr 12, Messages: The best hunting style synthetic stock I've ever used - and I've tried several good ones - is on the Ultra Light rifles made by Melvin Forbes.

The barrels are very tightly bedded too. Offfhand , Jan 1, Feb 4, Messages: The McMillan came on a used gun I bought, and at the time had never heard of them.

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I had a gunsmith put a touch of glass at the recoil lug, and after several hours of copper cleaning this is my go to gun.

The Ramline came on a sporterized Swedish Mauser, and is truly a piece of crap. You cant sling in or the forend pulls on the barrell. I have spent hours with JB weld and anything I could think of to stuff in the barrell channel trying to stiffen things up. Eventually the stock will be replaced with wood or a better synthetic. My point is that there is a lot of difference between synthetic stocks, but if you shoot your current gun and it shoots well, why change.

Just shoot in field position so you're not disappointed when it really counts. Aug 31, Messages: Stock rigidity produces consistency. The stronger the stock, the more consistent it will be.

I agree with previous posts: If its a shooter, don't fix what ain't broke. However, if you want to shoot an itty bitty coues at , you better be shooting less than an inch at yds. As far as stocks go, I have a Richards Microfit laminated stock on a model that's glass bedded and I love it.

That is one heck of an accurate mag. Always shoots less than an inch with hand loaded sierra hollow points. But nonetheless, the Richards Microfit stock is a substantial part of the equation. Durty , Jan 1, Thanks guys, I appreciate it. I'm gonna shoot it first and see unless a screaming deal comes my way. Sounds like you are in the right mindset and are taking the proper steps to reach your objective. Durty , Jan 2, You must log in or sign up to reply here. Share This Page Tweet.

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