Wildcat tikka stocks

double gun said:
This is funny. Guys b!tch there isn't enough Canadian companies selling gun related products, a guy starts a thread mentioning a great new offering - and a handful of d-bags feel the need to try and run down the product and promote a Yankee product in the same thread.

Classy.f:P:
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Exactly
 
I like McMillans and have a few, but they've priced themselves out of contention for me. You're looking at nearly $1000 after all is said and done. I won't pay that out of principle alone. It's a hunk of molded plastic after all.
I'll be ordering one of the Wildcat Tikka stocks. They're 1/3 the price of a McMillan and all a person needs is basic shop tools and supplies, paint and a recoil pad.
A drunk monkey can make it look presentable.
 
I tried to go the Wildcat route first... but was informed they do not have M77 MKII molds... tang safety only... I would prefer to keep my business local... if not, CDN... if not, NA... if not, anywhere but China.
 
double gun said:
This is funny. Guys b!tch there isn't enough Canadian companies selling gun related products, a guy starts a thread mentioning a great new offering - and a handful of d-bags feel the need to try and run down the product and promote a Yankee product in the same thread.

Classy.f:P:
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Because the company's are not making what these people think they should be making. But these complainers are to lazy or poor to start their own company making what they think people want.

If I was after a really light stock I would jump on a wildcat (if it was made in the rifle I have). They look and sound like they are very well made.
 
double gun said:
This is funny. Guys b!tch there isn't enough Canadian companies selling gun related products, a guy starts a thread mentioning a great new offering - and a handful of d-bags feel the need to try and run down the product and promote a Yankee product in the same thread.

Classy.f:P:
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YUP ! The only thing the same about the different brands is there Rifle stocks .Both have Pros and Cons BUT the Wildcat is the LIGHTEST and the BESTEST if you want to build a Ultra Light Mountain rifle for SURE ! ;) RJ
 
remington jim said:
YUP ! The only thing the same about the different brands is there Rifle stocks .Both have Pros and Cons BUT the Wildcat is the LIGHTEST and the BESTEST if you want to build a Ultra Light Mountain rifle for SURE ! ;) RJ
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Yes, I agree. I have one wildcat on my 7saum, a mcmillan on a 7mag and multiple other stocks on other rifles. Wildcat is by far the best. Light weight and ridged. Yes there is some fittment and paint.... No biggy. The bolt on McSwirlys can stay with the 375 Ruger Dancing Banana crowd :)
 
I love my Mcmillan hunters edge, but it is about 24 ounces out the door (speckle paint, decelerator pad, swivel studs). I find the Wildcat shape/lines similar, classic, classy looking for sure. I was hoping to switch out the edge on my tikka for a wildcat and save a little weight, but I'm not sure where it would end up. The production version is 17.5 ounces, add the same decelerator, 3-4 ounces, and paint, 1-2 ounces and I could be at 23.5 ounces!. I know I could slash 2 ounces off my edge by switching to a flip flop pad, and I have considered removing material with a router under the barrel channel and drilling some away under the butt plate, to save another 1-2 ounces. I think I got lucky with my edge, I've seen the same stocks weigh 3 ounces more. If I could finish a wildcat at 20 ounces, I would in in a heartbeat.

I even tried a carbon fiber Senator stock from NZ that came in around 22 ounces, but I hated the thick wrist (molded copy of factory tikka synthetic). I absolutely hate the olive/black/tan pattern on my edge, but sanding it down to repaint would remove the molded checkering, and the speckles are pretty pronounced to simply paint over them again. I like that the wildcat does not have any checkering.

I've done some research on the Brown Precision Pound'r ($1000) stock with added Kevlar ($375 option) and Graphite ($100 option), so for about $1500US you can get a stock that finishes around 1lb, that is not available in the tikka action. Makes the Wildcat look almost free.
 
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I can finish most wildcats at 19 oz with paint, bedding, decelerator, and studs. (But I haven't used their tikka stock yet) You can drop a little if you go foam pad, but I'm not willing to lose the best pad for a cheesy pad to save 2oz. Don't forget, you make a bolt handle cut, drill action screw holes (on most) probably shorten the butt stock (the end of the butt stock is actually quite heavy, lots of glass and resin there).

You can buy decelerators without the metal plate, but I usually just grind the plastic backing plate down to 1/16" and dig out the plate. The plate itself weighs 0.6oz on a medium decelerator, but grinding the unnecessary plastic away helps quite a bit aswell. I don't have my notes with me, but I want to say a 0.8" medium decelerator with plate removed, glued on and ground to a wildcat m7 stock line weighs 2 oz.

DONT drill the butt out, it's foam - you aren't going to save squat for weight and will alter the structure integrity. Same fore the forend, you will be removing the composite I-beam that makes the forend rigid.
 
I've done some research on the Brown Precision Pound'r ($1000) stock with added Kevlar ($375 option) and Graphite ($100 option), so for about $1500US you can get a stock that finishes around 1lb, that is not available in the tikka action. Makes the Wildcat look almost free.

I have a Brown Pound'R Kevlar on my M600 Mountain rifle - Very NICE stock but not the Money these days ! I am using WILDCAT's now ! jmo RJ
 
Oh wow that is some monkeying around! They don't have a bolt cut? I'm having them do the sand and fill, sling swivels, install pad. I was expecting to have to bed it and paint it. Not that it's the end of the world but I hope it comes with the bolt cut in place.
 
Some do I believe, but some don't so they can be reworked for left hand if required. It takes 5min with a file or dremel, or sand paper wrapped around a dowel. Don't sweat it, it's not a big deal.
 
cdn shooter said:
Oh wow that is some monkeying around! They don't have a bolt cut? I'm having them do the sand and fill, sling swivels, install pad. I was expecting to have to bed it and paint it. Not that it's the end of the world but I hope it comes with the bolt cut in place.
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Ok just for fun , the Tikka stock comes with the bolt cut on the right side cast in, the Remingtons and winchesters do not because they sweep back a bit and will not draft out of the mold. So your stock with 13/3/4 length of pull with a 1" pachmayr Decelorator pad , Built in Aluminum pillars, sanded and filled with studs came in at 20.6 oz.
 
Ditchdogger said:
Ok just for fun , the Tikka stock comes with the bolt cut on the right side cast in, the Remingtons and winchesters do not because they sweep back a bit and will not draft out of the mold. So your stock with 13/3/4 length of pull with a 1" pachmayr Decelorator pad , Built in Aluminum pillars, sanded and filled with studs came in at 20.6 oz.
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I may just have to order one for my t3 6.5x55 Sweet-ish :)
 
Some great information here, couple questions:

Doublegun - what does a model 7 weigh in at with a wildcat stock? Pics?

Does anyone know what weight paint really adds? I expect a shot of Krylon would be negligible, but the expoxy/duracoat/cerakote paints are high solids and are heavier.

Reguarding the paint, since a few of you guys will be going through the process soon with your new Wildcats, I have another stock to be painted, and the guy is reccomending duracoat soft touch clear over the duracoat paint. Supposed to be a slightly rubbery feel, but super durable. Any insight?
 
The m7 stock blank usually comes in at 17oz give or take, very similar to this new tikka pattern.
When I paint them, I use spray gun adjustments for my "texture" not another product.

I would suspect that a "rubbery" paint will weigh considerably more - but have not used that product, so that's just my guess.
 
My 700 SA Wildcat blank came in at 17.2 oz sanded and filled. Finished at 19.8 oz with a flip flop pad (works perfect for my build).

DG, I did not remove anything from the butt, must be an ounce or two in there to finish at 20 oz w/ a decelerator.
 
cdn shooter said:
Define "monkey with them".
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double gun said:
I can finish most wildcats at 19 oz with paint, bedding, decelerator, and studs. (But I haven't used their tikka stock yet) You can drop a little if you go foam pad, but I'm not willing to lose the best pad for a cheesy pad to save 2oz. Don't forget, you make a bolt handle cut, drill action screw holes (on most) probably shorten the butt stock (the end of the butt stock is actually quite heavy, lots of glass and resin there).
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DG did a pretty good job of a definition. Wildcats are great for gunsmiths, more labor charges for a nice finished product. I just want to hunt and shoot these days
 
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