Stock Help for 700ML

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I am ordering a McGowan .45 barrel tomorrow for a 700ML build. I want a laminated TH stock but I'm unsure which one of these two would be better or should I say better fit. The less fitting I have to do the better. The barrel will be a DMB#1. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Ross Featherweight TH.....sporter contour barrels
www.boydsgunstocks.com/Thumbhole-Replacement-Stocks-for-Remington-s/44.htm

Ross Varmint TH.....for barrels up to 1" diameter
www.boydsgunstocks.com/Thumbhole-Replacement-Stocks-for-Remington-s/57.htm

[hoz]

Mine is the FT- It was my first experience inletting and it wasn't bad at all. Took about an hour.

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I would go with the varmit. then I would cut a ramrod channel in it and overbed the tube. if no tube you likely would not have to do much in the way of wood cutting at all. just one opinion...bill

[fishhawk]

45omega, definitely get the featherweight thumbhole, the barrel inletting on the varminter will already be too large for the DMB#1 from about 4" from the lug to the muzzle. The flats around the action and barrel are also very wide. I guarantee you wouldn't like the varminter. I am currently bedding a couple DMB#1's, one in a Prairie Hunter and one in a Featherweight thumbhole, they have very similar barrel channels. Some barrel channel work is needed, but there is ample material to work with. I just returned a Varminter for a featherweight on a members Savage I'm bedding, it was too wide even for the stock .50 barrel which is much bigger than the DMB#1.

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Thanks for the help. I will go with the Featherweight. I am not putting a ramrod on it anyway.