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Re: Stock Ideas

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30 June 2004, 07:17
Sevens
Re: Stock Ideas
Steve,

I must have not made my self clear. I'm looking for a brand new rifle. The one I have already works beautifully, so I ain't touchin' it. The new one is going to be a mountain rifle chambered in 300 win mag. I was thinking about a laminated wood stock, but I feel this will be too heavy. Has anyone tried the Boyds wood stocks with their weight reduction cut out? This might be an option and would look nice with a stainless barrel. I just need to keep the rifle light enough that it won't become a bother to carry. Thanks for the suggestions, does anyone have some pictures?

Sevens
30 June 2004, 07:28
<allen day>
Go to the Gunsmithing Forum and look up the thread on D'Arcy Echols sythetic stocks, which I'll bring back to the top on page one.

On that thread is a photo of my Echols-built .338 Win. Mag. with a brown painted stock, blued metalwork, and red Pachmayer recoil pad. The brown stock and red pad really make that rifle stand out.

See what you think.........

AD
30 June 2004, 09:02
Cold Bore
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...so I was hoping you guys could give me some ideas (and pictures if you have them) on how to make this rifle stand out from the crowd, but still be practical for hunting purposes. (Meaning, doesn't stand out when I'm walking in the woods, like a red, white, and blue stock.)



I was going to send pics of my McMillan-stocked long range match rifle, but it's red, white, and blue. No kidding!

McMillan *does* do just about any color combo that you'd like. Have them put you something together with olive drab, green, brown, tan, black, gray, etc. (I think you can only do a 3 color combo, but you can make any number of nice patterns with the above colors...).

Go to their website ( www.mcmfamily.com ) & look around. You'll see examples of different color combos.

An even better stock, in my opinion, is the Brown Precision, especially since you seem to want to stay lightweight. I have a few that I got unfinished & painted myself. I can send you pics if you like of those. But basically, if you are going to paint your own, the sky's the limit on what you can come up with.

Both of the above stocks are somewhat pricey, but a *good* synthetic is going to set you back a few bucks anyway.

Another option is laminated. I really like the looks of a nice brown-on-brown laminate, but they *are* heavier than most synthetics....