Varminter stocks

[Alex Wheeler]

I am looking for opinions from you varmint shooters. Let me know what you like in a stock and what style or hunting you do. I have been shooting gophers and looking at varmint stocks a little more, and there doesnt seem to be much out there.

 

[Prairiedogger]

A good varmint stock is one that fits you, and you don't mind packing around hills for a few hours or half a day.
I have a composite stock on my Rem 700. It has a Harris 9-27" bipod, and a Leupold VXIII 6.5-20x50 with the varmint recital.
We hunt the hill in Wyoming at the base of the mountains. P-dogs are usually by 4 wheeler, or truck when we can.

 

[swd]

For high volume shooting where your mostly in one place I use an X bag filled with walnut shell media and a tactical type rear bag for gophers and rock chucks. It's pretty solid and fast. Most varmint type stocks like a Cooper, Sako, Remington work well with my set up. A medium beaver tail for end works great. Some angle on the toe line makes elevation changes easier.

I've used used front rests a few times but if you have a big angle change L, and I always seem to, they're just not as user friendly. The X Bag is fast and solid enough, especially with a rear bag of some sort.

 

[Prairiedogger]

Forgot about the accuracy can on the end

 

[snert]

If from a bench, I prefer any flat or semi flat/wide forearm. I like the 40XB stocks because they are cheap and real wood, and solid. I like used short range BR rigs for shooting off rests also.

For bipod and field work, I like the McMillan Anschutz style, or the Mcmillan hunter style (Fredo has a couple and they are sweet) or even the older Remington BDL. For cheap...try the Boyd's tacticool. Ok, it is a club, but it is cheap and you can add the PTG bottom metal and it is decent for the price.

I see a theme here. or me, used, old and cheap fit the bill just fine. And my record on the chucks is pretty good, so...there ya go...my opinion

 

[22DASHER]

Pretty tough to beat a McMillan Marksman for a Rem Varmint or HV contoured barrel when shooting off a bipod. They can also be shot well off a front rest when doing load development or when you have a very good set-up and table shooting long range varmints. I also have a few McMillan Rem Varmints that work well for #5 to Rem Varmint contours. Definitely not a Marksman but they do get the job done.

 

[22DASHER]

 

[bobinpa]

I really like the HS Precision M24. I usually get them at Stocky's.
https://www.stockysstocks.com/stock...ster-70-stocks-fixed-pst-035-036-053-055.html

 

[357Mag]

Alex -

Howdy !

For those of you w/ exacting tastes..... turn away.... and protect the innocence of your eyes !

Decided to " roll my own ":

36" aluminum " I"-beam, oriented as an " H ".

Plumber's clamp barrel " clamp ". Torque plates form "U"-bolts. Carriage bolt fasteners.

Composite deck board fore end, butt stock; and removable cheek rest.
Drywall screw fasteners to attach the first two.

Works well, for me ! Groundhog and target work. Use on PDs in the future.

 

[Phil]

For bench work I like 3" flat fronts, vertical pistol grip, and some taper for elevation on the butt.

For walking I like a beaver tail front, vertical pistol grip and taper on the butt...

Personally I like wood stocks, but there definitely is a place for composite as well.....


Phil.

 

[rebel]

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Howdy !

For those of you w/ exacting tastes..... turn away.... and protect the innocence of your eyes !

Decided to " roll my own ":

36" aluminum " I"-beam, oriented as an " H ".

Plumber's clamp barrel " clamp ". Torque plates form "U"-bolts. Carriage bolt fasteners.

Composite deck board fore end, butt stock; and removable cheek rest.
Drywall screw fasteners to attach the first two.

Works well, for me ! Groundhog and target work. Use on PDs in the future.

That sir, is very innovative. Love it.

 

[redrockranger]

The Richards Micro Fit Marksman stock is a diamond in the rough.Available in Walnut or laminate. Works well from bags or setup for a bipod. Checkout bargain page and closeout. Might find one in stock ?

 

[WyleWD]

A hunting partner of mine has a
2092_ Bell and Carlson Remington 700 BDL, Varmint/Tactical Vertical Grip Style stock that he let me shoot with for a few chucks one day. I REALLY liked it a lot. If I had a need for one it would be my pick of the litter. WD

 

[johnmyers]

I have a McMillan Hunter Edge with a Kelbly Atlas in 6 Remington and this stock fits better than any I have ever had

 

[6BRAckley]

I prefer the McMillan A3 for my varmint rifles. I have found them to be very comfortable and especially useful with my 22-250 ackley by allowing me to see hits in my scope.

 

[AckleymanII]

Alex, I really like the McMillen version of the Winchester marksman stock on Rem 700. The Marksman stock has enough meat in the forearm to allow for heavy barrels and still have rigidity. I also love the std "sendero" style of stock for Remington varmint contours.

Much of your stock choice will depend on how portable you want your rifle to be, and if you want to see your hits. We ordered McMillen old style benchrest stocks with the butt hollow, and the front 2/3 hollow, filled with #9 bird shot and casting resin. Then with a 30" unturned blank on a 700, you end up with a 28 lb gun which allows for an amazing sight picture(watching your hits) with the addition of a muzzle break on cases like 243 AI. We also ordered the regular Hunter class stocks from McMillen with the same hollow butt, and with a 27" MHV contour, you had a 19 lb gun. We used this stock on 223's and up, but the additional weight was needed for the 243 AI. Seeing our longer range hits without a spotter is of course paramount in the decision for weighted stocks. There is nothing like seeing your bullet impact, reaching up and making adjustments for elevation and windage.

Quality muzzle breaks have taken watching your hits to a new level, key is to get them as far away from your head as possible to eliminate concussion on you head, wear ear plugs and electronic ear muffs.

Laminate stocks have become a favorite of mine in the last few years, Boyd's and Stocky's. I love the Boyd's 22 lines per inch checkering.

I hate anything with a high cheep piece, especially if my cleaning rod bends when I clean the rifle.

If I can't see my hits, there is no reason to even leave the house.

 

[Hotshot]

I really like laminated stocks. The savage vlp, Rem and Ruger laminated varmint all work great. The little extra weight of the wood helps balance the heavy barrel. Harris bipod works well with these and the angle on the butt stock makes for fast elevation correction. Older scopes worked great with medium height rings, now the new big scopes mounted extra high makes a Karsten cheek piece nice. Very easy to handle in and out of the truck when setting up at a bench or shooting off the hood. Economical too.

 

[fredo]

Stock choice & barrel contour go hand in hand. I have #3 & #4 contour barrels on my GameScouts and Rem Varmint & MTU contour barrels on my A3s...

McMillan's A3 and their GameScout share the same vertical grip and tapered butt. That means shooting either one has a very familiar 'feel'...same hand position & motor memory required. Those are the only two stocks I shoot now...

 

[Clavius-Walker]

All my varmint hunting is groundhogs and the occasional crow at farms around here.

I like the Marksman from McMillan for riding around in the Jeep in places where I know I'll get some longer shots, it off a back bag and bipod, either prone or off a board on the top of the Jeep is a really nice combo, mine has the magnum/sniper(for the tactitard type) fill and works well with my longer heavy palma taper barrels in larger calibers.

I have a Kelblys Atlas action in an HS Precision ADL/40x stock that I would really like if it had the old style webbing instead of the gorilla snot they are using now. it's set up for HV/LV sorter old benchrest barrels in 6ppc and 6br, works really well again out of the Jeep and I usually take that when I know most of the shots will be 400 and under.

For a walking varminter I use 2, one is an old heavy barrel Sako Vixen in 222 and the other is a Cooper Varminter in 6br, if I had to choose one stock for everything, it would be that Cooper Varminter, I think that design is everything a varmint stock should be, nice hunting style buttstock and grip, slim through the receiver for toting and the forearm widens out enough to ride the bags well. I think Joel Russo can make a slightly larger sized one or something similar for a 700 or clone action.

Honorable mention for me is the McMillan Remington Hunter, my only beef with it is the slight cast off it has in the buttstock which screws with it just enough when riding the bags.

 

[tclaunch]

My first Manners T2, but not the last...lol