I am looking for a light hunting stock as the thread suggests for a SA Rem 700. I have looked at the mcmillan ultralight edge, but it may be a little out of my price range, although a 22 oz stock is pretty sweet. Any other suggestions out there for a synthetic of some sort. I'm still very much interested in accuracy and will most likely want to drop a hs precision bottom metal and mag into it as well.
Lightweight Hunting Stock
- Thread starter kaleh01
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I have a couple of Lonewolfe summit stocks(xl-12oz) and they are good. They are made for a carry/walking rifle as they have a narrow fore end and are not good for a bipod. They are rigid enough as I have had one for for 10 years on a 338-06imp and another on a titanuim 260remfor about 3years now.The last one I bought was around 650 time the smoke cleared and a lot of work to fit properly.
Keith
Keith
troutseeker
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Prince George, BC
Ditto on the Remington TI stock. You can buy one for the Alaskan TI from Bell and Carlson for under $250 US (shipping and possible custom fees to be added).
A pretty good deal on a very nice stock, not the lightest one available, but at 25 to 27 ounces it ain't bad at all! It comes with a decelerator pad installed, so changing this to an ultralight pad will shave some weight if you need to.
Wildcat stocks get good reviews as well, and they are from a Canadian company!
A pretty good deal on a very nice stock, not the lightest one available, but at 25 to 27 ounces it ain't bad at all! It comes with a decelerator pad installed, so changing this to an ultralight pad will shave some weight if you need to.
Wildcat stocks get good reviews as well, and they are from a Canadian company!
- Location
- AB foothills
There has been one for sale in the EE for the past few weeks...
Light is DEFINETLY not cheap
Having said that I have a lonewolf summit XL that weighs 10.5 oz and is a joy to carry. Rem 700 sa, 300 WSM, 20" 1-10 brl, scoped with 3 rounds weighs in @ 6 lbs. This is not fun to shoot but it serves its purpose in the mountains. Spend the money and get the lightest stock you can afford. Piper.
Having said that I have a lonewolf summit XL that weighs 10.5 oz and is a joy to carry. Rem 700 sa, 300 WSM, 20" 1-10 brl, scoped with 3 rounds weighs in @ 6 lbs. This is not fun to shoot but it serves its purpose in the mountains. Spend the money and get the lightest stock you can afford. Piper.
Bell and Carlson make a nice synthetic stock - I believe they make the stock for the Rem Ti. I restocked my Win M70 7mmRM into one after breaking my wood stock. I can shoot all day and not have any pain in my shoulder.
I believe there's a couple of folks on here that can get them for you.
h t t p://www.bellandcarlson.com/Page8.htm
I believe there's a couple of folks on here that can get them for you.
h t t p://www.bellandcarlson.com/Page8.htm
Thanks for the posts everyone, and I can definately understand that just like the accuracy game you generally get what you pay for when it comes to lightweight stocks.
That being said, I found a mcmillan ultralight edge for my Rem 7mm-08 at 24hourcampfire and for $520! I couldn't be happier with the weight for the price. It's going to be an olive green and stainless beauty.
That being said, I found a mcmillan ultralight edge for my Rem 7mm-08 at 24hourcampfire and for $520! I couldn't be happier with the weight for the price. It's going to be an olive green and stainless beauty.
Jordan Smith
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Calgary, AB
Have you contacted Stuart at Wildcat composites? He could probably build you a stock for much less money, and his work is generally esteemed to be top-quality, on par with McMillan. Oh yeah, and he operates out of Sherwood Park, AB.
sir_springer
Regular
- Location
- East Kootenays
FWIW...
I've installed 2 HS Precision stocks on Rem. 700 Varminters. Drop in fit as advertised, use aluminum bedding blocks. And somewhat less money than you're talking about...although I would recommend having a good smith do a skim bedding, and check over everything for final fit. Same applies to any other stock you go with.
http://www.hsprecision.com/shop/stocks
Regarding the HS bottom metal and clip...
If you're just out to replace the Remington bottom metal with something of substantially more quality (meaning pretty much anything...), and unless you specifically want a clip style magazine...
I went with a solid steel replacement from Williams. Was less money, made specifically to fit the HS Precision stock, and was a HUGE improvement! Beautifully made, was really impressed.
http://www.williamsfirearms.com/onepiece.html
I've installed 2 HS Precision stocks on Rem. 700 Varminters. Drop in fit as advertised, use aluminum bedding blocks. And somewhat less money than you're talking about...although I would recommend having a good smith do a skim bedding, and check over everything for final fit. Same applies to any other stock you go with.
http://www.hsprecision.com/shop/stocks
Regarding the HS bottom metal and clip...
If you're just out to replace the Remington bottom metal with something of substantially more quality (meaning pretty much anything...), and unless you specifically want a clip style magazine...
I went with a solid steel replacement from Williams. Was less money, made specifically to fit the HS Precision stock, and was a HUGE improvement! Beautifully made, was really impressed.
http://www.williamsfirearms.com/onepiece.html
