Does anyone have any experience with H-S Precision products?? According to their website, there is no bedding necessary.

MidwayUSA has the stock I believe I need for $255. Is this a good price?

Jeff

I had some dealings with them that went a wry in the past, I posted about them.

They gave me and a friend the exact same run around about delivery dates with the same cock and bull story about calling back on numerous occasions (I think it was a lady named Janet).

The Prairie Grass camo looks nothing like it does in the catalog, gaudy and classless at best.

I would bring my business elsewhere to where it is appreciated. There are quite a few other stock companies out there.

Worst part of the whole thing was the stock turned a tack driving Sako into 1.5 minute gun.

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FN

To be honest, I don't quite swallow the "drop-in" concept for much of anything when it comes to firearms, except maybe for Wilson magazines for a 1911 pistol in .45 ACP.

I've owned several H-S stocks, and they are of good quality, but they are not as good as McMillan's product. I have seen photos of broken H-S stocks that fractured in the forend area - just ahead of the bedding block. I had one Remington 700 .30-06 that shot very well after I screwed it into the H-S stock and torqued it according to H-S's specifications. Unfortunately, I had a couple of others that didn't fit worth a crap (the screw holes didn't match-up correctly, etc., etc.), and I sold them rather than make the drastic alterations that would have been necessary to secure a proper fit.

I think that H-S's concept looks better on paper than it sometimes works out in practice. It you want the best possible fit, have a McMillan stock custom bedded with machined aluminum pillers. It's a much better way to go, and you'll be far happier with the results.

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[This message has been edited by allen day (edited 02-10-2002).]

After 6 weeks without delivery I started calling and alternately was lied to, or not called back as promised. The stock arrived 8-10 weeks after I ordered it.

It was far from "drop-in". The barrel channel wasn't even close. I called them and got someone new who said that the heavy barrel models need to have the barrel channel "relieved" and "opened up". They offered to do this if I sent the stock back, for an additional $40 or so. None of this was mentioned when I called in my order with the specifics of my gun.

The stock came with some half-assed bedding compound that was not nearly as durable as the familiar Accu-glass from Brownells. After spending $$ with a gunsmith locally to relieve the barrel channel to fit the barrel, and "bedding" the action with their putty, the rifle shot WORSE than before.

Their stocks are heavy and clunky, and the gripping areas rather smooth. In a heavy-recoiling calibre the rifle tends to want to fly out of your hands, as their is no gripping surface to speak of.

I wouldn't buy any of their crap. I much prefer either Bell & Carlson, or the the molded style ala Weatherby Synthetic or Browning A-Bolt. The rifle I have with the molded styles, while not particularly "trendy" or expensive, shoot better in general than the aluminum or bedded stocks.

Seems to have worked. Accuracy has not suffered. Don't know if it has improved or not. Depending on calibre watch out for the weight. I wanted additional weight in mine as it was for a .375 but the bedding block made it 1/2 pound heavier thna the original wood stock on the Sako.

Did not receive any bedding compound with mine. Dealt with the Aussie distributor & they were true to their word on delivery & if it was not a drop in they said send it back. fortunately did not have to do that. With the stock my Sako is now a free floater.

Feel of the stock is quite good. Stock is solid without that hollow feel of some fibreglass stocks. Has a bit of cast off which suits me just fine. IMHO a very well made stock.

Regards,
John