Iwas wondering what the going concensus on Bell and Carlson stocks are. I'm building my first BR rifle and need a stock. I know "you get what you pay for" holds absolutly true when it comes to this sport but I'm trying not to have to take a second mortgage out to fund this. I saw a B and C stock I liked that was around 350.00 and came with an aluminum block for thhe action. I know that you need to glass bed on top of that but its good if you can find a stock with the aluminum block in it rite? than you dont need to have it pillar bedded also? Am I understanding this rite? could some one recomend another line or brand of stocks that are good and also lefthanded, around the same price or a little more, I just cant swing 700.00 and up for a true High quality stock when I already have alot in the action and barrel. THANKS to all you guys that help the rooks like me get started!!
Lefty BR stock
- Thread starter bkmilw
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What action ? I didn't know that B&C made a BR stock. I have 2 Don Stitch 'Dart' stocks on a pair of Remington 40x's and am pretty happy with them.
They are semi-inletted so they can go righty or lefty as the bolt handle notch is not cut. It is a LOT of work inletting, making pillars, bedding, installing the trigger guard, making a buttplate and mounting it, etc.
I am just getting done with all the construction stuff on the second stock. Eventually I have to clear coat both of them. Maybe next year
The Darts are app $265. You can get a flattop fiberglass McMillan made stock from Bruno's for less than $300. Even more work but you don't have to do the finish as they are gelcoated.
They are semi-inletted so they can go righty or lefty as the bolt handle notch is not cut. It is a LOT of work inletting, making pillars, bedding, installing the trigger guard, making a buttplate and mounting it, etc.
I am just getting done with all the construction stuff on the second stock. Eventually I have to clear coat both of them. Maybe next year
The Darts are app $265. You can get a flattop fiberglass McMillan made stock from Bruno's for less than $300. Even more work but you don't have to do the finish as they are gelcoated.
For now I wont be entering any formal compition cuz I dont know of any matches around here and I need more practice past 300 yards, but I do want the rifle as good of a BR rifle as I can afford to make it because once I feel Im seasoned enough at longer distance and my reloads are at a level of accuracy and consistance I feel confident with I will definitely try to find some compitition. So I guess I would like the best BR stock I can afford. The B and C stock I saw was a medalist tactical/varmint, I saw it on here on another post too. Do you think thats an adequate stock or should I find another? the plus to the B and C was it was only $200 ish. But again you get what you pay for alot of times.
Here is a pic of my first Stith stock on my 40x rimfire. The same stock fits the 700. I will post a pic of my newer stock tomorrow.
For BR you need the 3" wide forend. I checked on brcentral and there is a range listed in Holmen WI which is quite a drive. I don't know what kind of matches they have.
good night
rj
For BR you need the 3" wide forend. I checked on brcentral and there is a range listed in Holmen WI which is quite a drive. I don't know what kind of matches they have.
good night
rj
It's not hard, just damn tedious. I did my first one using a cross slide table on a drill press. I now have a 9x42 milling machine and it made it a lot less stressful and fewer mistakes were made.
I use a 3/8" drill and a variety of 1/4" die grinder burrs for the inletting of the bolt handle and trigger. A couple of different x-acto blades also come in handy.
I use a variety of diameters of deepwell sockets with sandpaper wrapped around them for getting the action area and bbl channel worked out. I use a genuine oil lamp for 'smoking' the action to check for contact areas.
You need access to a bandsaw for cutting out the buttplate and a big disc sander for profiling it.
In the end you glass bed the action which covers up a multitude of inletting miscues. Check out the 'Stress Free Pillar Bedding' article on the site's homepage.
I use a 3/8" drill and a variety of 1/4" die grinder burrs for the inletting of the bolt handle and trigger. A couple of different x-acto blades also come in handy.
I use a variety of diameters of deepwell sockets with sandpaper wrapped around them for getting the action area and bbl channel worked out. I use a genuine oil lamp for 'smoking' the action to check for contact areas.
You need access to a bandsaw for cutting out the buttplate and a big disc sander for profiling it.
In the end you glass bed the action which covers up a multitude of inletting miscues. Check out the 'Stress Free Pillar Bedding' article on the site's homepage.
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