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Post by alphaburnt on Feb 4, 2011 4:16:19 GMT -5
I am having a time deciding whether I want a laminate stock or a composite stock for my Rem 700ML build. Can you all give me the pros and cons of each? Accuracy, huntability ( new word!), ease of working with, does laminated wood change with humidity, which are easier to bed, pillar bedding included, which are easier to "hog out" for aftermarket overbuilt barrels??s. Ramrod will be a takedown, so I am not worried about that option, please give me your opinions....
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Post by fishhawk on Feb 4, 2011 10:58:39 GMT -5
A good composite can be lighter depending on brand and style. Laminates and foam/fiber composites are both good stable bedding platforms. Grinding and sanding on the foam/fiber comp. can get itchy like working with any fiberglass. material removal and bonding are both good.
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Post by 12ptdroptine on Feb 4, 2011 12:25:43 GMT -5
Alphaburnt... On my savage I have had the "Tupperware stock" tried lots of things to make it something it wasnt...it sits in a corner in my garage. I bought a laminate...beautiful...so much so that I didn't want to carry it to the wood's.. So I ended up with a Bell & Carlson Duramax... I had the pillars removed and re-centered and bedded by a smith..then opened up the barrel channel a bit.. It shoots great and the syn is more resilient to nicks and ding's. But with the Rem... There are a lot more stocks available. and the funny thing is I am preparing for another build on an Encore frame...And looking VERY hard at a custom laminate stock... But learning that due to the cost of this thing it will have to be done in "stage's". I have found aftermarket stock's usually to be better than factory launched standard models. As far as hogging out the stock..I don't see to much different in either one...either way the dust is gonna fly. Good luck Drop
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Post by alphaburnt on Feb 4, 2011 12:51:05 GMT -5
Thanks guys, when you go with a lighter stock does it throw the balance of the rifle off?
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Post by 12ptdroptine on Feb 4, 2011 13:08:17 GMT -5
I have a 26" pacnor on mine and it is a little muzzle heavy IMO. But mine is really set up for box blind shooting so it is hanging on a window sill. drop
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Post by alphaburnt on Feb 4, 2011 13:16:20 GMT -5
Ok, maybe if my hunting habits are known it would help. With rifle in hand- 25% Infrequent drives/ still hunting. 75% Climbing hilly terrain to access treestands/ground blinds for extended sits. For extended sits, it is usually parked on a hanger or propped in shooting sticks.
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Post by petev on Feb 4, 2011 14:03:43 GMT -5
wood all the way!
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Post by hoz on Feb 4, 2011 15:16:47 GMT -5
I am building, or having built, a Rem. 700 smokeless (McGowen)and I plan on going with a Boyd's thumbhole. Don't know why, but thats the plan so far.
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Post by oked on Feb 4, 2011 15:52:43 GMT -5
Fiberglass is lighter, both are very stable .Thumbhole stocks are good on a bench but i shoot left handed just about as much as right so a thumbhole stock dont work for that.If you are building a gun buy a good stock ,stay away from the plastic ones.I have used 2 bell and carlson stocks and had great luck with them!
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