I have an old but in great shape Rem 722 in .222. It shoots lights out, especially with handloads. Never paid much attention to the stock, but recently my 14 year old son has gone on a accuracy kick. He loves the rifle, but the stock has to be the ugliest pc. of wood I've ever seen on a long gun. Very heavy and wide too. Has the color a shade of chicken poop yellowish brown.

Would love to replace it with a synthetic, or at least something with some checkering on it.

I have yet to find this model stock listed anywhere. Any suggestions would be much appreciated.

Sounds like a Herters, especialy the part about the color.

Hello J

He might like to pillar-bed the stock; if it's a candidate for replacement, it's probably ok for a guinea pig to experiment with.

If I recall correctly, a stock for a Remington 700 short action can be made to work with a few modifications, like altering the safety notch.

I'd check out that idea about getting a stock that fits the 700 short action. I know long ago I ate up the bolt face (hot reloads = failed primers) on a 722 I had rechambered for a 25-284. I had to replace the bolt with one from a Model 700 short action - fit and functioned perfectly - didn't even have to re-headspace. Good Luck

I will check into the suggestions. I do not know what piller bed means. I was also wondering if any of you ever have had a talented woodsman due custom work on a stock. I have another old favorite Marlin 25 which has a plain jayne stock which could use some checkering. I e-mailed Herters, and they seem not to be sure about this situation either.

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Thanks,

Hello J

Pillar-bedding is a term for drilling out the screw holes in the stock and gluing aluminum 'pillars' into the holes. The cylindrical pillars have larger-than-screw-size holes end-to-end for the screws that hold the action in the stock. The point of this is to avoid compressing the wood when the screws are tightened ( eventually the wood loosens up ).

The job is usually followed up with epoxy-bedding the action in the stock so that it fits skin-tight with no motion due to recoil. Done right, it can improve the accuracy of the rifle. If the stock warps with humidity though, the beneficial effect will be diminished. I pillar-bedded a BDL one year; it was fine in Connecticut but the point of aim shifted in Montana. The rifle now commutes between an ancient single-shot 40X stock ( also pillar-bedded ) and a more recent synthetic with an aluminum bedding block.

Hello J

>>Would love to replace it with a synthetic, or at least something with some checkering on it. <<

>i just went through the same thing on mine. i bought a 700 BDL stock and what a difference!<

Hmmm...hadn't thought about that. I have a short-action BDL stock gathering dust, if anyone's interested. The rifle commutes between a synthetic and an old single-shot 40X stock these days, so the BDL is surplus.