Taking a chance on something I knew little about, I decided that my 6mmBR was in need of a new stock. I had Rob MacLennan make me a 26 inch heavy barrel with a 1:13 twist. My intention for this rifle was to shoot 65-75 grain bullets from 100 to 300 yards. I knew little about the 6mmBR other than it was almost as accurate as a 6PPC but capable of shooting a bit flatter. Having bore witness to a 30BR dominating the Listowel Sniper match for 5 consecutive matches, I did some resaearch and decided to build this.
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As crude as it was, this stock is the perverbial love it or hate it. I personally don't care much for it. The grip is just a bit too big for my hands. And .....well.....look at it. Its flat out ugly. Functional and heavy, but ugly.(above photo)
So since I'm richer in love than money, I took a chance on a Bell and Carleson, since I couldn't afford a McMillan or the HS, so voilla....
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The Palm swell is not as pronounced as the Remington P stocks. I talked with Aftermarket Innovations and had the stock fitted with their S.M.A.R.T. (Stock Mounted Adjustable Rifle Tuner) System.
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This is an adjustable pressure pad that adjusts up or down the length of the barrel tuning harmonics. There is an access hole located on the front of the stock.
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I don't know how it works yet but I will definately post my results. The bottom side of the stock has two ajustable allen bolts, one ahead and one behind the swivel stud, that provide the upwards pressure. My barrel is larger than the standard varmint contour of the factory remington 700. So I had to hog it out quite a bit. So much in fact, that I was bordering cutting right through the adjuster hole for the SMART system. The stock overall fits great. Its only 2.5 pounds compared to the beefy 6 pound USS stock it formerly sat in. I have to admit though, if I hadn't hogged out the barrel channel, I wouldn't have notice this...
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Yeah...look at those air pockets. So hopefully this doesn't lead to any problems, however my faith in quality control is suspect at this point. I remember hearing about a few bad batches of HS stocks one time that contained a bunch of bubbles in them. So the final project looks like this
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Hopefully just bolted in and torqued down it shoots as well as it did in the former stock. I will likely bed the recoil lug area and give it a skim bedding with epoxy. One last photo of it beside my Long Range .308 700VS with Falcon Merlin 10x42. Thanks CyberK
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As crude as it was, this stock is the perverbial love it or hate it. I personally don't care much for it. The grip is just a bit too big for my hands. And .....well.....look at it. Its flat out ugly. Functional and heavy, but ugly.(above photo)
So since I'm richer in love than money, I took a chance on a Bell and Carleson, since I couldn't afford a McMillan or the HS, so voilla....
The Palm swell is not as pronounced as the Remington P stocks. I talked with Aftermarket Innovations and had the stock fitted with their S.M.A.R.T. (Stock Mounted Adjustable Rifle Tuner) System.
This is an adjustable pressure pad that adjusts up or down the length of the barrel tuning harmonics. There is an access hole located on the front of the stock.
I don't know how it works yet but I will definately post my results. The bottom side of the stock has two ajustable allen bolts, one ahead and one behind the swivel stud, that provide the upwards pressure. My barrel is larger than the standard varmint contour of the factory remington 700. So I had to hog it out quite a bit. So much in fact, that I was bordering cutting right through the adjuster hole for the SMART system. The stock overall fits great. Its only 2.5 pounds compared to the beefy 6 pound USS stock it formerly sat in. I have to admit though, if I hadn't hogged out the barrel channel, I wouldn't have notice this...
Yeah...look at those air pockets. So hopefully this doesn't lead to any problems, however my faith in quality control is suspect at this point. I remember hearing about a few bad batches of HS stocks one time that contained a bunch of bubbles in them. So the final project looks like this
Hopefully just bolted in and torqued down it shoots as well as it did in the former stock. I will likely bed the recoil lug area and give it a skim bedding with epoxy. One last photo of it beside my Long Range .308 700VS with Falcon Merlin 10x42. Thanks CyberK
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