Stock stiffness

[PD Gohil]

Remington 700. 7mm magnum. I bought this new take-off factory original Remington synthetic stock. My original plan was to cut some of these stiffeners out inlay it with carbon arrows, and finish it with either fiberglass resin or JB weld.

But the more I handle this the more I swear it seems very stiff on the front end. After I get the action probably bedded, as long as the barrel is free floating even with a little pressure on it (bipods) then is it really necessary to try to further stiffen the forend?

Thanks.

PGohil

 

[Dusty Stevens]

If it wasnt for those 2 square pads out on the very end it would be flexible enough to really surprise you. Stiffening the forend doesnt help very much

 

[std7mag]

I did the arrow thing in the forestock of my Savage 111.
Added stiffness was marginal.
On my Stevens 200 i drilled holes through the ribs. Cleaned. Scuffed. And used light weight Bondo.
Didn't add too much weight. Stiffer than the arrow treatment.
Still flexes some.
If you want it truly stiff, change stocks.

 

[DickE]

Stiffen the forearm and it will flex in the tang area, weakest point. Need some flex in forearm.

 

[Intheshop]

The recoil does some damage to,whatever the plastic is used in tupperware stocks.

Forearm work will stay the same,more or less over time. In my experience,it's the area between recoil lug,and around the mag well that doesn't handle the hammering over time. As a target rig,it's gonna bite you when you can least afford it. Works peachy on a Ghog or other hunting rifle though,no extended shooting.

If forced to put a number on it,1k rounds and they're toast. But,they are free so chuck it,get another. Or mill the pos out and drop a chunk of aluminum in. And no,it don't take hours. If you can't inlet in a piece of aluminum, in a mighty few minutes,throw some slow setting epoxy around it and then go mow grass..... well,then don't mess with it.

Good luck with your project.

Edit to add: a 223 vs 30-06 and up obviously have different amounts of recoil. The 1K is based on '06 max book loads. The smaller the hammer,the longer it takes.

 

[CJ6]

Those stocks are Remingtons worst feature IMHO. They get taken off as soon as I get them.

 

[WVRJ]

3 or 4 years ago I bought a 700 Classic and I wanted to hunt with it but didn't want to beat up the original stock so I bought a used SPS stock off Gunbroker for $25.I bedded the recoil lug area and the two chambers behind it with Devcon liquid steel putty after I roughed it up and cut some grooves in it with a Dremel.I also free floated the barrel and left a generous gap between the stock and the barrel so that even if I did put pressure on it,there was less chance it would get against the barrel and change POI.That stock has held up just fine and actually took more than a pound of weight off the rifle compared to the wood stock.Those stocks also have real soft recoil pads too.I have shot this setup about 200 rounds and it's held up just fine.It's chambered in 35 Whelen,so I'd say that's pretty good.