Heavier stock for Rem700

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Hi everyone,
I'm shooting a old school .243 wooden BDL varminter wich is now in .308 thanks to a fellow CGN member who sold me is 700P barrel. What I've notice comparing to my friend's Winchester target rifle is that being heavier, his rifle is much more fun to shoot due having less recoil and seemed to sit more firmly on the sandbags(having to always replace the sandbags is growing on my nerves pretty quickly...).

So, wanting to eventually improve my rifle, are aftermarket stock much heavier than my old school wood varmint stock?

Can someone give me a hint about different stock weight?
(BDL, Laminated, Plastic, H&S Precision,...)

Thanks
 
That depends completely on which after market stock. There are literally hundreds of different models for different purposes.

Google is your friend.... search for Remington gunstocks and get the info straight from the source.
 
Your wooden stock should be no different than mine. Compared to my HS model VS stock, the walnut is a bit heavier. Compared to my Bell and Carleson medalist, its heavier.

If you need a specific weight, you can order just about any aftermarket synthetic stock in whatever weight you want. McMillan has their sniper "fill" Just specify the weight you need. If you want to add weight to your walnut stock, try drilling a few holes about 5 inches long under the butt plate and add some lead weight. You can dremmel out the barrel channel and add weight there too if needed.
 
Well, thanks guys, but I've decided to quit trying to improve the BDL stock. I'm now buying a taken off H&S 700P's stock from a fellow CGN and will see from there if the weight is alright with me. I think it will be heavier because of the size alone and the fact that the 1970's BDL wood stock must be pretty dried up by now.

Ho! And opening the channel to freefloat a 700P's barrel would not have helped either with the walnut stock weight.
 
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