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Hi All

The girlfriend decided that she is sick of useing a borrowed rifle so she is looking at getting a rifle of her own. She is a fairly small gal and looks kind of funny all stretched out shooting so I was curious about shortening the length of pull on a few models. She is interested in the T3 light with the sythetic stock or the laminate.
As well the remington SPS caught her eye and we are wondering if the synthetic stock on it could be shortned or if there are after market stocks available with a shorter length of pull. (having a hard time finding the youth version)

Thanks
 
Rem model 700 youth model Lebaron has them in stock in 243,270,and 30-06 for $522.
Rem model 7 youth model would work great.
 
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synthetic stocks can be shortened, BUT it is a pain in the @#$@.

The stock has to be cut and then filled with epoxy, in order to mount the recoil pad. This will add almost 2lbs to the rifle.

The easiest thing to do is buy wood or laminate. This can be cut down and have a new recoil pad installed in a couple hours or less, bepending if you know what you are doing. Not that hard to do, I have done it to all the wifes rifles now.

There are replacement stocks available for most rifles but getting one is another story.

Or buying a youth model is the other option, like others have said.

Once she has a rifle that fits her, it will make a world of difference in her shooting. It will improve dramatically and recoil won't be a problem anymore.

Before we got the stock cut down on the wife's 30-06 she was scared to shoot it. She would rather shoot 3" slugs all day that shoot the '06. Once it was cut down and fit her, that was all she wanted to shoot. We could go out and she would put 40 rounds through the rifle and want to shoot more. She is now shooting a 375H&H, getting ready to go to Africa after Cape Buffalo. And is in love with that rifle. Put 20 round through it last year sighting it in and praticing and would have shot more but we ran out of time.

That is the best thing you could do is get the girlfriend her own rifle, and make sure it fits.

keep us posted on what she decides

Graylake
 
not exactly sure on synthetics but i bought my wife a wood stocked shottie in april and had to get jason at gunco to take about 4 inches off it had it done the next day
i would assume that greylake's info would be the best suggestion if you need to cut the stock otherwise look for a wood stock or youth model synthetick or figure some way to strech your wifes arms
 
Just get her one of the RugerCompacts.DAN>>>
16.25 barrel
35 inches O.A.L
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.....................and buy her a set of ear plugs. I used to shoot a Winchester 70 Carbine 20" barrel in .270 and that sucker barked. So does a .30-.30 Trapper so i couldn't imagine what these Ruger compacts are like at 16.25 inches.:eek:
 
Cut the synthetic stock and fill it with foam insulation, then top it up with epoxy or devcon to install the recoil pad. If you cut it too short you can always add removable spacers. Sometimes a 1/4 inch either way can made a difference.
 
Well we went to the gun shop and tried a pile of rifles out and the MODELs that she liked the best were the Remington Mountain rifles LSS and the Browning Micro Medallion. I was really hopeing she would like the youth SPS but had no luck. Same with the savage and the tikka. We are having a 270 Mountain rifle LSS brought in because they only had a 260. We are still tossed between the browning and the remington and wether or not to go with the 7mm-08 or 270. I already have a 7-08 and its a fine cartrige but the 270 loaded with 150 might be alittle better for Moose???? Anyways I will give a verdict on her final decision in a few days.
 
The stock has to be cut and then filled with epoxy, in order to mount the recoil pad. This will add almost 2lbs to the rifle.
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Why would you use so much epoxy and add so much weight when you can do this.

Cut the synthetic stock and fill it with foam insulation, then top it up with epoxy or devcon to install the recoil pad.
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When we had the work done to the rifle(by the guy in calgary that can't be named), we were told that if you filled with foam first and then epoxy that the foam might start to compress and that would work everything loose.

I am not sure and would probably try the foam thing.

But we now just buy wood or laminate.

And now that I have learned that it is not rocket science, I have been doing all the modifications myself.
 
we were told that if you filled with foam first and then epoxy that the foam might start to compress and that would work everything loose.
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It wouldn't matter even if the foam did shrink,the epoxy would still be holding the recoil pad in place.I wouldn't be having the unnamed guy in Calgary doing any of my gunsmithing.:D
 
cover the epoxy side of the foam with duct tape before applying the epoxy it will prevent the epoxy from "eating the foam"
 
graylake said:
When we had the work done to the rifle(by the guy in calgary that can't be named), we were told that if you filled with foam first and then epoxy that the foam might start to compress and that would work everything loose.
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I was told the same thing by him but it had nothing to do with the recoil pad, it was to do with the mercury suppressor, I wanted inside a synthetic stock. I took it another "guy" who did foam fill the stock and installed the suppressor, about 100 rounds later the stock broke just as was predicted by the unnameable gun maker, when the foam did compress and allowed the suppressor to slam around inside.
I should have listened.
KK
 
for inserting a reducer, I would probably put a layer of epoxy in the bottom. Install the reducer(possibly 1" into the epoxy), let harden and then fill the sides with foam. And then cap it with a layer of epoxy. That way it would reduce the weight, but the reducer would be sandwiched tight between two layers of epoxy. No way for the reducer to move.

But that is just if I was going to do that to a synthetic stock.

Now I would just buy wood/laminate. Or order a new stock with the proper length of pull.


And now I do the stock modification myself. Don't need to go to Calgary. And save myself some cash.
 
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