Wildcat composites Winchester

I will try and find a picture of one I put on a weatherby ultralight. It's a nice stock - I believe it's a perfect copy of the featherweight stock.
 
Not mine, but a pic from a Corlane's built M70.

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Silver Lab said:
Its a M70 and it could be a Wildcat stock but its not a M70 Wildcat stock....
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The website currently shows the M70 as the Featherweight stock with Schnabel forend. I'm not sure if that's the only one Wildcat has produced? Not sure if RMR did a custom inlet on this one.
Guess you'll have to buy one and do the prep/paint, post a pic when you're done, then it'll be on google. :)
They're nice stocks, you won't be disappointed.
 
I wish he would do a Mauser inlet in his m70 featherweight pattern. I have couple of Carbine Husqvarna's that need to be restocked.

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Silver Lab said:
Theres no logic in a up grade to a lighter, stiffer carbon stock from a Canadian stock maker?....... Ya, makes sence.
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If the end goal is to build a truly lightweight rifle, why would a person not start with a truly lightweight action? Yes, you can get a Model 70 reasonably light, but to use the lightest stock available on the market to build a rifle that won't be the lightest that you can produce is somewhat counter intuitive. You end up with a rifle that, unless you shorten the barrel dramatically, will be strangely barrel heavy and won't handle as well as it could.

Think running "E" load range tires on your SUV. Sure, you can, but it's not going to make a real difference to what you an do with the platform as a whole. Sure, you could tear out the running gear and upgrade it to 1-ton axles and suspension, but you still don't have a 1-ton pickup.
 
BigUglyMan said:
If the end goal is to build a truly lightweight rifle, why would a person not start with a truly lightweight action? Yes, you can get a Model 70 reasonably light, but to use the lightest stock available on the market to build a rifle that won't be the lightest that you can produce is somewhat counter intuitive. You end up with a rifle that, unless you shorten the barrel dramatically, will be strangely barrel heavy and won't handle as well as it could.

Think running "E" load range tires on your SUV. Sure, you can, but it's not going to make a real difference to what you an do with the platform as a whole. Sure, you could tear out the running gear and upgrade it to 1-ton axles and suspension, but you still don't have a 1-ton pickup.
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Who says the end goal is the lightest rifle possible? If you want a 7lb Model 70 then you run a light stock. And no you won't end up with a muzzle heavy rifle if it is built properly with balance in mind.
 
BigUglyMan said:
As much as I love both, I'm not sure if there's a lot of logic in putting a heavy action in an ultralight stock.
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When I was searching for a stiffer, weather resistant stock, for a pair of M77 MKII rifles, my criteria was not weight... I looked at Wildcat, but their only inlet for M77's was for the tang safety models, they do not have the molds for M77 MKII's... I ended up ordering two from McMillan... and didn't even look at the weight when I ordered... still don't know what they weigh.
 
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