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Ram-line stocks??
14 November 2003, 05:35
tlp335Ram-line stocks??
What is your opinion of these stocks? They are advertised as synethic, but are they more plastic-like or more fiberglass-like? How do they compare to a Bell & Carlson? If they are plastic-like, is it a stiff plastic or a flimsy type like the factory Savages?
Thanks
14 November 2003, 06:04
jbokI purchased a Ram-Line synthetic stock around 10 years ago for a Remington 788. It was ok but was a plastic type synthetic stock at that time. I have a friend that just purchase a Bell & Carlson Duramax stock for his Savage and was very pleased. I plan to order one for mine Savage soon. The B&C Duramax stock is very rigid, not very expensive, and not a plastic type stock.
14 November 2003, 06:15
WyocowboyshooterI would not recommend them at all unless they have changed in the last 5 years. Ordered one for a Mark X Mauser a while back. Gun was s tack driver before, but didn't shoot for beans in the Ram-Line. Also hated the hollow, plastic sound the stack made whenever it brushed up against something. If you can spare the cash, go with an H-S, Bell & Carlson or a McMillan.
14 November 2003, 06:20
Rob1SGI have one on my 338-06. I went with them because I couldn't find a stock to fit the Win Ranger action (blind mag.) that I had rebarreled.The first one broken in two at the pistol grip on the range. I sent it back and they sent another.I would like something different but don't think anyone makes a stock for this action.
14 November 2003, 07:36
DutchI put one of their "cadet" stocks on my kids' 223 Savage. It's tupperware, needed inletting (bolt handle was hitting the stock, among other things). Bedded it, and the rifle now shoots in the .7's with any 55 gr. bullet.
The Cadet stock is plastic, but for $45, it solved the problem I had in putting a youth handle on that rifle. HTH, Dutch.
14 November 2003, 08:08
ElkslayerI've got one for a Rem 700 BDL LA that I have never used. I'd like to sell it and would let it go for $50 shipped.
Please help me clean up the reloading room and make my wife think I'm really getting rid of stuff I don't use!!!
14 November 2003, 09:20
Major CaliberI have several of them, filled them with styrofoam, glass bedded them, and they all shoot great!
14 November 2003, 13:05
TheopolisThey are flimsy, plastic, have a decent recoil pad, and swivel studs. May rub against the barrel at the forend. Pretty rugged though. You can make them work with a bit of effort, but it takes a little doing.
14 November 2003, 13:30
jeffeossoquote:
Originally posted by Rob1SG:
e I couldn't find a stock to fit the Win Ranger action (blind mag.) that I had rebarreled.
GOOD NEWS. the winchester supershadow has the blindmag, and should fit your action... and, if a tad high tech, is a decent looking stock... and that's from me, who HATES plastic stocks
jeffe
14 November 2003, 15:19
ClarkI got one mail order and put it on a 30-06 Savage 110E that had "Walnut Finish" wearing off in spots.
I may dig it out of storage and put the "Walnut Finish" stock back on.
There are cheap injection molded stocks for $50 that bedding will not stick to, and there are expensive $200 hand laid fiber glass stocks that are easy to bed.
The instructions for the cheap Midway Core Lite stocks say to drill holes and weave bailing wire to the get the expoxy to stick.
I have just roughed up the surface in a 91/30 Advanced Technology stock with the dove cutting mill bit, filled in the big volumes with Kleenex, and got a stock almost as good as the original $2 military stock.
Like so many things with guns, the long learning process gets around to, "Don't waste your time with the cheap stuff."
15 November 2003, 08:24
HobieI bought one for a Swedish M96 that had been visited by bubba. Shot sub-1" groups before, and did so with the Ramline. I sold the Ramline and have the Swede back in the original (slightly modified
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) stock. Why? The Ramline is a particularly repugnant stock. I've got Rynite on my Contender carbines and Pachmayrs on my revolvers but I couldn't stand it.
15 November 2003, 09:03
vapodogThe answer to so many questions is ...."it depends"
In the business of synthetics there's McMillan and Borden's Rimrock......maybe a couple more I haven't tried......
sorry....it depends....
15 November 2003, 16:49
kalbrechtI've had two on the same Sprinfield 03-A3. The fit was terrible and both broke in less than a year. I'll never buy another.
15 November 2003, 18:29
RMKThey're on par with bell and carlson,but thats not saying much. For the money,I'd go with a hogue.
16 November 2003, 01:57
Major Caliberquote:
Originally posted by RMK:
They're on par with bell and carlson,but thats not saying much. For the money,I'd go with a hogue.
They aren't anything like a Bell&Carlson!
The Ramline's are injection molded plastic, with very large inletting, requireing lots of glass to fill voids. The B&C stock his fiberglass layered, heavier and stiffer than the Ramline, they usually need inletting to fit an action.
16 November 2003, 05:56
hartI found that the one for the swede mauser does not fit very well. The depth of the stock in the magazine area is too shallow. When assembled about 1/8" of the sides of the magazine are visible and looks like crap. Ended up filing off the top of the magazine to lower it into the stock, and in the process lost one round of magazine capacity.
Hart
16 November 2003, 19:04
<Super 88>Bought one for a Model 788 five years ago. Had it glass-bedded and it will shoot almost any reasonable load into 1 MOA or better at 100 yards. It's not much to look at but it was cheap and it does the job.
17 November 2003, 13:36
prof242Bought one at least 12 years ago when the factory was on the west side of Denver. Put it on a Rem 700 BDL Lefty in 7mmRemMag. Rifle was later rechambered to 7STW. As of last year, it has an extra barrel in .375 H&H Mag. The stock has held up to heavy loads in all calibers (just shot an elk last Monday with the .375).
Now...do I like the stock? No, its too slippery without gloves (plastic). No, it's not as light as I wanted (but that's good in .375). No, it didn't take bedding without severe undercutting, etc.