Turning a Stevens/Savage stock into a Target Stock

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All too often, the factory composite stock is exchanged for something "better". Because I need a stock for a light rifle 1000m rifle, I decided to see what could be done with these stocks to improve their function. Pictured is a Stevens stock from a rifle I just picked up from a CGN member.

Not much left of the orig rifle....

With some application of 5min epoxy and wood/plywood/filler, you can make just about anything. Big bonus is how rigid the stock has become. For now, I am not going to modify the rear of the stock. Will shoot first and see what happens.

The rear could be changed to a BR or tactical style with a little cut and paste. The composite used in the stock is not just plastic. Epoxy does glue well to it once you remove the outer shiney surface. With the rear being hollow, an adjustable cheek rest and buttplate can be installed with ease.

Yes, you can bed the action in these rifles very effectively. You need to take a chisel and put some deep gouges in the material after cleaning off any mold release. An application of epoxy steel and the stock holds the action as well as any other aftermarket stock. Bedding the recoil lug is critical and easy to do in these rifles.

Forend is now 3" wide (any width can be made) to fit the same bags as my other BR rifles and rigid. Barrel is in 7 Mystic and is a fluted SS select match Shilen with muzzle brake. Trigger is the Rifle Basix set to around 4ozs.

Easy stock project to do and great results. Just sealing the wood and will prime/paint shortly. Sure beats burning them...

Jerry

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Thanks for the post, Jerry. Great idea! Now that is a good project to try out some evening. :cool:

Any more pictures of the wood/plywood add-0n?

Presume it is plywood base and wood on the sides or how did you put it together?

Ted
 
Jerry can you please repost these pic's or send them to me by email? pm me if you want to email them. am looking to modify my VLP stock and knew you did it a time or two.
thanks
 
A simple matter of epoxying lumber to the stock then shaping. Fill, seal and paint.

If working on the buttstock, just cut away the angled toe and splice in a block of wood. Shape as needed and feather into the orig stock using bondo or whatever. Will add alot of weight but yields a nice stock.

Best to do this on the tuperwear stocks as they are readily available for next to nothing. A wood or Laminated stock would look pretty fugly if left without paint. If painted, why not use a hunk of plastic?

Wood and lam stocks would garner a decent price if sold.

Jerry
 
mysticplayer said:
A simple matter of epoxying lumber to the stock then shaping. Fill, seal and paint.

If working on the buttstock, just cut away the angled toe and splice in a block of wood. Shape as needed and feather into the orig stock using bondo or whatever. Will add alot of weight but yields a nice stock.

Best to do this on the tuperwear stocks as they are readily available for next to nothing. A wood or Laminated stock would look pretty fugly if left without paint. If painted, why not use a hunk of plastic?

Wood and lam stocks would garner a decent price if sold.

Jerry
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I see your point about covering up the laminate but this stock has already been bedded (profesionally) by ATRS. I am going to try a couple other things first, I ordered an adjustable cheek peice and am going to get a taller rear bag for the range. then we will go from there. I would be ok with dura coating it though if it comes to it.
thanks for the pics
 
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