looking for an F-Class stock with a 15 1/2" length of pull

[Joe R]

Hi Guys,
I'm looking for an F-Class stock with a 15 1/2" length of pull (no adjustable butt pad or cheek rest) that weighs four pounds or less. Wood and wood laminate will be too heavy. Anyone out there know of anything that fits those parameters?

I appreciate your help.

Joe

 

[XTR]

Open or TR?

My custom made ones are about what you are describing, my maple stock is right about your target weight with a 15" LOP. With a 3 way butplate, Defiance action, NF comp, aluminum rail and NF ultra light rings I can run a 30" straight taper, 1" at the muzzle, 5" breach section and make weight in F-TR.

You could get someone to make one with cedar or balsa cored and wrapped in Carbon Fiber.

 

[Joe R]

Thanks Wade I appreciate the advice. I'm currently shooting F-TR.

I spoke to Tommy Shurley and he's going to make another stock for me. One with a combination of lighter woods and also open up the barrel channel to 1 1/2". He will make sure to get the stock down to four pounds.

Currently I'm over by four ounces with a 32" straight taper to 1" and Kelbly F-Class Panda and March 10-60. I could just cut the barrel by two inches but I'm trying to avoid that as I need the extra 30 fps to get me to the high node with ease.

I will turn this one into an Open rifle by changing the barrel.

 

[Switchbarrel]

I spoke to Tommy Shurley and he's going to make another stock for me. One with a combination of lighter woods and also open up the barrel channel to 1 1/2". He will make sure to get the stock down to four pounds.

Currently I'm over by four ounces with a 32" straight taper to 1" and Kelbly F-Class Panda and March 10-60. I could just cut the barrel by two inches but I'm trying to avoid that as I need the extra 30 fps to get me to the high node with ease.


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Opposed to fluting the barrel? Would be easy to achieve the needed weight reduction.

-Rick

 

[Taildrag15X]

H. S. Precision PST-035 is what I run with a 32" extra heavy Palma barrel, Sightron 10-50, Harris 6"-9" with Pod Paws and lock, just comes in at 18.05 pounds......

When I built it I started by piling everything on the scale except the stock, really wanted to use a Full Bull barrel like my Mid Range 28" .223 Rem., but there was no way.......

 

[Joe R]

Opposed to fluting the barrel? Would be easy to achieve the needed weight reduction.

-Rick

Yeah reducing barrel weight by shortening or fluting would be the logical path, but really I needed an excuse for an Open rifle.

I was also curious about what the synthetic crowd could offer. It seems not much. For some unknown reason everyone keeps making stocks with 13 1/2 LOP that really fits very few people. Then shooters have to add the adjustable butt plate to get the proper LOP. The weight of all that metal makes it difficult to stay within the 18.19 pounds.

If they made the fiberglass stocks 36 1/2" long instead of 34 1/2 it would be a cinch to stay within the weight limit. Shooters would stop buying butt plates and save themselves a few hundred dollars. A bad thing from the stock makers' viewpoint.

 

[Steve Jennings]

Hi Guys,
I'm looking for an F-Class stock with a 15 1/2" length of pull (no adjustable butt pad or cheek rest) that weighs four pounds or less. Wood and wood laminate will be too heavy. Anyone out there know of anything that fits those parameters?

I appreciate your help.

Joe

Have a look at: sjr-enterprises.com 2 3/4# with bipod with any length pull

 

[Joe R]

Have a look at: sjr-enterprises.com 2 3/4# with bipod with any length pull

Wow, that is a totally different animal that I was thinking.

How can that arrengement possibly work with ranges that have uneven shooting berms? The fixed height bipod seems totally impractical. Eccentric, that pretty well describes it.

 

[Steve Jennings]

Wow, that is a totally different animal that I was thinking.

How can that arrengement possibly work with ranges that have uneven shooting berms? The fixed height bipod seems totally impractical. Eccentric, that pretty well describes it.

Thank you for the compliment: eccentric is better than curmudgon. Different bipod heights are available and I use a steel plate with wood shims velcroed together under my squeeze bag. The bag rider is also eccentric. This extreme light weight excersize was done to manage recoil: moving the polar moment to ABOVE the barrel center causes a slight downward pressure on the ski feet which negates hop. The wide spaced feet on the ridged bipod stabilize torque reaction better than a 3" wide skid can.

 

[Joe R]

Thank you for the compliment: eccentric is better than curmudgon. Different bipod heights are available and I use a steel plate with wood shims velcroed together under my squeeze bag. The bag rider is also eccentric. This extreme light weight excersize was done to manage recoil: moving the polar moment to ABOVE the barrel center causes a slight downward pressure on the ski feet which negates hop. The wide spaced feet on the ridged bipod stabilize torque reaction better than a 3" wide skid can.

What kind of action are you using? Looks like it is being held in place by just one screw. Do you have a YouTube video shooting it?

Joe

 

[Steve Jennings]

What kind of action are you using? Looks like it is being held in place by just one screw. Do you have a YouTube video shooting it?

Joe

Barnard P-1 . I will get my son to use his phone to show it shooting in F-Class trim. E-Mail ( from the web page ) to me your email address and I will try to make that happen tomorrow.

 

[Steve Jennings]

What kind of action are you using? Looks like it is being held in place by just one screw. Do you have a YouTube video shooting it?

Did you receive the videos I sent to your email ?

 

[Joe R]

Yes Steve, thank you for sending them.

Joe