Anyone have success bedding and stiffening 700 SPS Tactical ACC Hogue stock
- Thread starter SKS-Stu
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I dont know about the Hogue, but I had a tuperware stock from a stevens 200.
I took some alluminum rods and embedded them in the bottom of the forend prior to bedding. I have also heard of people using carbon arrow shafts to stiffen the forend.
It stiffend it up significantly, is it a perfect fix....no, but it worked till eventually I replaced the stock.
TKS
JPB
I took some alluminum rods and embedded them in the bottom of the forend prior to bedding. I have also heard of people using carbon arrow shafts to stiffen the forend.
It stiffend it up significantly, is it a perfect fix....no, but it worked till eventually I replaced the stock.
TKS
JPB
- Location
- Timmins, Ontario
Depends on your intended purpose and expectations of "work well" I dont think it can be done. I know many have tried (carbon arrow shafts and epoxy) For the time, effort and aggrevation it would cause, I would save your pennies and buy a proper stock. If your hunting its plenty stiff, if you want sub moa and relatively long distance you may not be happy. If you reload you might be chasing your tail especially if you have "maybe the stock isn't stiff enough" running through your head.
I opted for a B&C medalist on my .223 and .308. I won't have worry if the stock is stiff enough.
I opted for a B&C medalist on my .223 and .308. I won't have worry if the stock is stiff enough.
- Location
- Timmins, Ontario
Interesting solution. If it doesn't work you're only out a few bucks. Could be worth a try.
It could work but its also putting varying tension on your front action screw. I need to get off my ass and get to it but I'll be removing the stiffening ribs from inside the forend and laying up 6 or 8 layers of fiberglass and tying it into the rise in the bedding. Hungry did that with an M14 stock with good success. You could add more stuff to stiffen it more on top of that but I doubt you could improve on it very much.
Of course, a new stock is the best solution. But, for a minute fraction of the price plus a small expenditure of time and effort, you can improve the stiffness of the Hogue stock with a couple of carbon arrow shafts epoxied into the fore-end. Adds a bit of weight, quite a bit of rigidity, costs a couple of bucks. It probably won't make you competitive in high-level shoots against guys with cutting-edge hardware...it's just an interesting and very cost-effective DIY project. I did one for an SPS Tactical, and one for a 10/22 Hogue stock, and found it worthwhile.
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I have the same rifle, I thought about filling in the voids with apoxy resin, but then I stepped back and looked at the stock as a whole and realised it wasn't worth the effort. The whole stock was the wrong shape for me, too narrow and it just felt flimsy. I opted for a B&C Tactical stock with aluminum bedding bolck and my accuracy improved dramatically over the Hougue Stock. Again i just couldn't get into the feel of that stock and knew I would replace it anyway. Having said that, I have a spare Hogue Stock available for sale lol.
I think the boys telling you to replace it are spot on. That cheapie hogue stock is fine and dandy for pikers like me that need 1 MOA for three shot groups...but if you are going to shoot fives and battle with these guys for medals and trophies? Putting a hogue stock on a dedicated precision rig strikes me the same as putting a slant six in a dragster...
