stocks

[BoydAllen]

A couple of tips: The bag plate in the previous post is a good move. It does not have to be too thick, just enough so that you can countersink flathead machine screws below flush. Make the width such that with some stock tape in place (the light brown teflon stuff) that is measures a few thousandths under 3". An alternate for bag material is cordura. If you stay with leather, sprinkle on a little baby powder (standard old school benchrest practice). Some Sock tape in the area on the butt where the bag touches will smooth out the action, but I would not suggest shooting free recoil. Think about making something to put your rear bag in, and or on top of, so that it does not rock from side to side, as it currently must. Of course this is much less of an issue when you are holding the rifle, just pay attention to trigger pull (Some dry fire will help a lot.) and follow through. Oh, and put out something so that you can see what the wind is doing between you and the target. Have fun!
Boyd

 

[dannyr3_8]

all great tips i hope none of you feel i am just agreeing with you. your advise is being taken to heart i know you guys are the ones i need to hear from and i am listening taking notes and making plans

 

[dannyr3_8]

danny3_8: An adapter I made for one of my older B&C medalist stocks. A piece of polished aluminum, 3" wide x 6" long x 1/2" thick.

B&C does not hold close tolerences for the spacing of their front forend studs, they do vary, so when I fitted it to the newer B&C had to fill-in the original screw holes with JB Weld & redrill to fit the present stock.

No more torqueing / twisting in the Protector cordura front bag, mounted in my Sinclair front rest. Recoils stright back, smoothly like it's on roller bearings, and I still have the option of using the Harris front bi-pod. 26" Krieger, 1-10 twist, 308 Win., with a brake.

ok why fill the holes and redrill are the existing holes not centered also how did you make certain that your plate was centered

 

[dannyr3_8]

nevermind sorry question has been answered

 

[Romulus]

The B&C don't have the "cool' reputation a lot of stocks have but they are a killer value with the internal aluminum skeleton and they fit pretty dang well.

If you do use them a lot and hit them hard on stuff they will cleave and chunks will come out. This doesn't bother me as the feel of HS and BC stocks in your hands are a trade off when you get the harder, slicker stocks like manners/MCM.

 

[dannyr3_8]

tried to post pix of how i changed front rest but i am having trouble now will try again latter

 

[dannyr3_8]

 

[dannyr3_8]

don't know if this is ok or not but it is better than the other and should work till i can afford to buy the leathers

 

[LHSmith]

I know nothing about Caldwell bags, but is there anyway you can get more sand in the front bag? It looks as though your stock might contact the retainer screws......and it is grossly underfilled.....wrinkles are NFG.

 

[dannyr3_8]

yes lhsmith i have already done that thanks buddy pic was done after i hurriedly filled just to show what i had available afterward i used an old old dowl rod and pressed the sand down so more could be poured in it is pretty plump now lol no wrinkles and i agree nfg

 

[BoydAllen]

Yes, the bag is seriously low on sand.

 

[dannyr3_8]

i got it filled and it seems to be pretty decent i have never seen protektors codura bags so i can't compare but it is not bad but i intend on contacting protektor tomorrow i will let them know what stock and rest i have and buy the best two bags for that combo i really need help in the tracking area

 

[dannyr3_8]

back to the drawing board this stock is just not for me palm swell to big and the comb was to high i could not get comfortable at all also comb height made it difficult to clean barrel luckily kim at stocky's has been wonderful customer service is outstanding i have already sent stock back for credit and now i am trying to figure out what scope to get they don't have any thumbhole stocks by b&l they do have them by h&s for another 108.00 bucks + s&h or they have the b&l sendero police style 1,or the style 4 m40 that are the same price as the one i am returning any input would be appreciated again i don,t like oversized palm swells

 

[SS427]

Not sure this is helpful but will share it anyway. The Remington VSSF II stock I have has a palm swell and I hated it. Couldn't understand why the damn thing was there, but after a few trips to the range I got used to it and now I don't even think about it. It is an H.S. Precision by the way.

For shooting off a bench, having the scope mounted low the way you had/have it can put you in an uncomfortable position. I lived with that on several rifles and eventually got used to it. Several years ago I became convinced I needed to double up on my hearing protection (I would encourage everyone that shoots a lot to do this) and wearing muffs became a problem because they bumped into the stocks that had the scope mounted low. On all my rifles I shoot off the bench I went to higher and even much higher rings. Not only do the muffs not bump the stock, but sitting up a little more is a much more comfortable position to shoot from.

Something to consider that may or may not make a difference for you.

 

[dannyr3_8]

yes muffs were bouncing off this one as well but i had some cheap foam plugs and was only shooting 223 so i just changed to them but i agree higher rings are in my future