Short LOP

[Coyote777]

Can anyone lead me in the right direction to have a bench rest stock built with a short LOP? My wife is getting into bench rest shooting with me but she has a very short LOP. She shot my 6GT this weekend with a 13.5” LOP but you can tell she’s not comfortable behind the rifle. She needs like a 12-12.5”at least . What’s my best option?

Was looking at calling McMillan on a Tooley MBR and ordering one but maybe there are other options out there too. TIA

 

[WillyTP]

Depending on the stock she is currently using it may be able to be shortened.

 

[Coyote777]

Depending on the stock she is currently using it may be able to be shortened.

It’s a revolution

 

[WillyTP]

No problem shortening a wood laminate stock, but after rereading you post it seems your looking more towards a new stock. Is that correct?

 

[Coyote777]

No problem shortening a wood laminate stock, but after rereading you post it seems your looking more towards a new stock. Is that correct?

Yes sir cause she would like a wild colorful paint job on it haha.

 

[urbanrifleman]

Can anyone lead me in the right direction to have a bench rest stock built with a short LOP? My wife is getting into bench rest shooting with me but she has a very short LOP. She shot my 6GT this weekend with a 13.5” LOP but you can tell she’s not comfortable behind the rifle. She needs like a 12-12.5”at least . What’s my best option?

Was looking at calling McMillan on a Tooley MBR and ordering one but maybe there are other options out there too. TIA

Take the Revolution, remove the butt pad and cut off an inch and replace the butt pad.

 

[Mike Casselton]

Looking at the image you provided, I tend to look at body angles.
From the angle the image was taken, the forearm and wrist look very relaxed, and in the correct position.

The only issue I see is the butt is out fairly far on her shoulder. This causes a tilting of the head.

I think you're on the right track with shorter, but I would proceed slowly with regards to LOP shortening.

My way of doing it is to fit the stock/barreled action to the shooter WITHOUT a scope. (This includes trigger reach)
With a scope installed, the average shooter will try to fit their body to the scope position instead of fitting the stock to the body.

Try removing the butt pad and have her get behind the rifle with her eyes closed.
If the shorter length improves the position then proceed to have her open her eyes to check LATERAL alignment with the optic. Don't worry about vertical alignment. You can fix that with ring height.


To shorten what I'm trying to get across is, in order as follows:
1. Forearm and wrist position.
2. Trigger reach.
3. LOP combined with lateral head position. (Seating position and height matter here)
The rest is ring height for head up, eyes forward making the most comfort for the shooter.

 

[Luisyamaha]

Cutting the wood stock should not be a big deal. Specially if you have access to a band saw. You may have to re-grind the butt pad also. I've done it with good results a few times.
I'm short and prefer 12.5" to 13" LOP, but, up to 13.5" I leave it alone. YMMV.

Luisyamaha

 

[Varminterror]

Lamwood stocks take paint pretty well too - just a matter of prep, as it is with any substrate.

I've cut Boyd's stocks for my son since he was 2yrs old for some of his rifles, cheap and easy. He has a Manners Compact Stock G2 on his PRS rifle, which will grow with him until he's full size, and I pulled the recoil system out of the buttstock on his BT-99 and mounted a buttpad directly to the shortened stock until he gets tall enough to use the recoil reducer. Lots of options. For a bench stock, cutting the existing stock and adding back spacers as they grow is easy enough.

 

[Fast14riot]

Revolution stocks come with a 1" pad, you could always try a 1/2" pad first, or if its not a bigger cartridge, just a butt plate for a few times to see what she needs without modifying anything permanently.

 

[ELR LVR]

Yes sir cause she would like a wild colorful paint job on it haha.

I was going to suggest Cerus rifle stocks
But I just googled it and
Did they go out of business?
I got a Wix link instead

 

[kindabitey]

Get in touch with Foundation. I think I recall John-Kyle telling me he could make them as short as 11 1/2"
before having to move the adjustable cheek piece hardware.