+1 Good luck dealing with GAG, I'd never use them again.... I have a stock similar to yours that I plan on using on a mauser action.... I've been taking my business to wenig..
go big or go home ........
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Before you even get to the woods choices, the delays, lies, and poor customer service. Then IF the wood is what you wanted, you will spend days CUTTING off the extra wood. Only to find out the unletting is either tilted or 60% or both.
I have used them and rmf in the past. When I was young and broke in cash. Now I am older and prefer to be a mizer with my time
Yes, I have one of those from GAG (good thing they are out of business) and I made my own pattern like it as well. The drop at the heel causes extreme face slap with hard kickers. That is the way all pre war rifles are. If you like the style, you just have to live with the design flaw. That is why they invented the Monte Carlo cheekpiece in the 50s. And the thing called the Modern Classic of more recent vintage; no drop at the heel.
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Thank you, I was afraid of that. I'll have to modify the concept to fit my fat face.
Sako 75 hunter stocks work well for me, thumbholes from Lawson, Bell and Carlson and Boyds work well, Weatherby Mark Vs work well and so do some classic stocks, but not very many.
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Originally posted by dpcd: Yes, I have one of those from GAG (good thing they are out of business) and I made my own pattern like it as well. The drop at the heel causes extreme face slap with hard kickers. That is the way all pre war rifles are. If you like the style, you just have to live with the design flaw. That is why they invented the Monte Carlo cheekpiece in the 50s. And the thing called the Modern Classic of more recent vintage; no drop at the heel.
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Originally posted by dpcd: Yes, I have one of those from GAG (good thing they are out of business) and I made my own pattern like it as well. The drop at the heel causes extreme face slap with hard kickers. That is the way all pre war rifles are. If you like the style, you just have to live with the design flaw. That is why they invented the Monte Carlo cheekpiece in the 50s. And the thing called the Modern Classic of more recent vintage; no drop at the heel.
That is not fair. Now you are telling that a real calssic stockdesign would slap you in the face. Does that only go for the real Classic pre war design, or does it also go for a modern "replica" of a real Classic pre war design.
Huh? It is a simple matter of stocks designed in the 19th century, made for off hand shooting, with a lot of drop at the heel. When paired with hard kicking calibers, they can cause the recoil to be felt harder than with a straighter stock. that is the reason no stocks are made that way any more, except for those of us who like the feel and looks of them. I have several of them; one in .404, on a 98 Mauser, and one just like it in 7mm (275 Rigby).
Posts: 17562 | Location: USA | Registered: 02 August 2009
I wish it were possible for all you folks to handle a Wundhammer rifle. He did the best job of fitting a rifle to person of all the makers I have used and studied.
If you were making a rifle like SEW's it would look like this.