Cheek weld question ... UPDATED with pics of finished project

I'm new here and still learning. I find what works for me when shooting prone, (I like the Precision shoots) is to be resting my cheek on the cheek piece, and then as I adjust to get on target I make sure that my rifle is tracking up and down as I squeeze the rear bag. I also do this at the bench with great results. If I find any horizontal movement, something is not right with my position, and my groups suffer as a result, so I have learned to refine my position as much as possible before firing. Once everything is tracking straight up and down, I get better results, recoil is straight back, the gun settles on target again, and on a good day I can my splash from the .260. I also do not load my bipod, as I can't guarantee consistent pressure. Like I said still learning, but having fun and frustration along the way. :)
 
So here is what I ended up doing:

Found a stole in Alberta that sells Kydex (black plastic that can be molded once heated in the oven or with a heat gun), ordered some up. Cut the piece to a size that I thought would fit nicely, did a whole bunch of measure twice cut once stuff using an box cutter, dremel, drill, and file (Kydex is really tough stuff!) and then finally held my breath and drill 4 holes into my Manners T4 stock. Found some allen screws that would fit the bill at Kents, no idea what kind of screws they are but they work really well and are flush with the cheek piece. I was going for the McMillan style cheek piece that I've seen on some of their rifles and I must say, I am quite pleased with the results:

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I have already molded another cheek piece of my Savage MkII and I will be using a different method to make it fit properly. On the manners stock I had covered it in masking tape and written on the various measurements that I had taken and then cut / drilled to measure. With the Savage I have simply molded the cheek piece to the stock and will take a drill press and drill straight through the cheek piece and stock at the same time. This way everything is sure to line up perfectly and it will simply be a question of using a dremel to cut the vertical tracks that allow the cheek piece to move up and down.
 
There are Canadian companies that sell cheek rest kits that are pre-cut to shape and have finished edges. They also come with all the hardware at a price that is very reasonable.
 
There are Canadian companies that sell cheek rest kits that are pre-cut to shape and have finished edges. They also come with all the hardware at a price that is very reasonable

I'm not sure that $50 for a chunk of plastic is really a reasonable price. Probably only a couple dollars worth of materials in each package.
I currently have 3 rifles that need cheek rests and $150 plus shipping seems like a lot of cash for what I'm getting.
 
Tikka223 said:
Interesting. I suppose if you're going to not have any cheek weld, ex for BR shooters, I would assume parallax needs to completely dialed out? I always figure that even if your parallax was off by a bit but had a consistent cheek weld it would compensate for the parallax error.
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You should always dial the parallax completely out.

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Mad_Mikee said:
There are Canadian companies that sell cheek rest kits that are pre-cut to shape and have finished edges. They also come with all the hardware at a price that is very reasonable

I'm not sure that $50 for a chunk of plastic is really a reasonable price. Probably only a couple dollars worth of materials in each package.
I currently have 3 rifles that need cheek rests and $150 plus shipping seems like a lot of cash for what I'm getting.
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I think the kit that you mould yourself is less than half that price...
 
Mad_Mikee said:
There are Canadian companies that sell cheek rest kits that are pre-cut to shape and have finished edges. They also come with all the hardware at a price that is very reasonable

I'm not sure that $50 for a chunk of plastic is really a reasonable price. Probably only a couple dollars worth of materials in each package.
I currently have 3 rifles that need cheek rests and $150 plus shipping seems like a lot of cash for what I'm getting.
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The OP has done a nice job with the Kydex. It looks quite professional.

To Mikee, you can buy a do-it-yourself cheek rest kit that has the Kydex pre-cut and finished, but not formed, along with all the hardware, for $18.95 and make a fine cheek rest as demonstrated by the OP.

On the subject of price for a formed Kydex cheek rest: It does seem somewhat high even to me, and I manufacture them. Of course, if you were to provide me with the $7000.00 for software, $22000.00 for the machine that cuts the blanks, $15000.00 for the machine that cuts the moulds, $4000.00 for the custom built machine that puts the smooth finish on the edges and pay for the mould designer and machinist to produce tooling, I would be happy to produce cheek rests and sell them for a lower price.
 
TAC PRO said:
The OP has done a nice job with the Kydex. It looks quite professional.

To Mikee, you can buy a do-it-yourself cheek rest kit that has the Kydex pre-cut and finished, but not formed, along with all the hardware, for $18.95 and make a fine cheek rest as demonstrated by the OP.

On the subject of price for a formed Kydex cheek rest: It does seem somewhat high even to me, and I manufacture them. Of course, if you were to provide me with the $7000.00 for software, $22000.00 for the machine that cuts the blanks, $15000.00 for the machine that cuts the moulds, $4000.00 for the custom built machine that puts the smooth finish on the edges and pay for the mould designer and machinist to produce tooling, I would be happy to produce cheek rests and sell them for a lower price.
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I'm happy with the $50 price I paid for my TAC Pro. It was a great product that made a huge difference for me. I just wish the shipping was a bit lower but it is what it is. I'll still buy them because they work so well. Some stock bags are too thick, they push the comb over so far that I need to tilt my head to look through the scope. The kydex doesn't do that, you can shape it however you want.
 
supernova said:
I'm happy with the $50 price I paid for my TAC Pro. It was a great product that made a huge difference for me. I just wish the shipping was a bit lower
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We ship cheek rests all over the world. The crazy thing is, Canada Post charges less to ship a cheek rest to Poland, Norway, New Zealand and to most other places outside Canada than it charges to ship the same package to an address in Ontario.
 
Tikka223 said:
So the Tacpro ones, are they made of Kydex? Can you just heat them up and form them to your specific stock?
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If you're referring to the do-it-yourself kits, yes and yes. The kit is the same blank and hardware that's used in the finished TAC PRO cheek rest. We don't make a cheek rest for the flat sided stock that's in your pics, so the DIY kit is ideal for your kind of project.
 
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