Stevens or 6.5 Swede? Decision made UPDATE

nice rifle, they do have an excellent reputatiion for afordable accuracy.

I do question the motives of using all that fiberglass? a 10lb sporter is like having tits on a bull....
 
A couple things for the next guy that undertakes this: stiffening the stock with fiberglass works well, but adds a LOT of weight. I would recommend using fiberglass in the forestock, but using expandable foam in the butt. Thanks to the fiberglass, my "light/flimsy" stock now is incredibly rigid and the rifle weighs close to 10lbs...
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And this is going to be a sheep rifle? :eek::eek::eek:

Better start eating your Wheaties!:D
 
Hahaha no no, don't get me wrong. Using ALL that fiberglass was a mistake for sure. Made it just as heavy as my 375, which was kinda too bad. I might take a drill to the butt section and try to get rid of all the fiberglass I stuffed in there.

Eventually I'm planning on changing the stock out for a proper wood/synthetic for the sheep hunt, but who knows when that was happening. The crappy Stevens stock just gave me something to toy around with, and it seems to have worked out alright.

Except of course for the weights issue....
 
I epoxied in 2 crappy carbon fibre arrow shafts into the forend of my savage stock and used expanding foam in the butt. Slight weight gain, but massive improvement in stiffness.
 
Yes, I did the same, only with four 6" steel bolts, two in the forestock and two in the butt.

MASSIVE weight gain. Feels stable as hell now though lol.
 
Haha well you know, nobody said I was smart. In my weird little world, I always assume that "Steel = good". When in doubt, add more steel. Carbon fiber and such I can break over my knee, but I can't do that to steel. So yeah.

That being said, if I had a re-do, I would probably fiddle with the fiberglass mixture and try to get a mix of graphite into it. I would also go to the archery store and buy a couple cheap carbon shafts.

But, with all the fiberglass and steel, a Kenworth can drive over that stock and nothing will happen to it. I should market it to all the SHTF crowds...
 
Some guys are epoxying a 9" piece of 3/8" keystock in to the forend with the original and one extra detachable sling base threaded in to the keystock to hold it in place while the epoxy sets.

I think I'm going to try that when my shop warms up a bit. No question, the Stevens stock is not nearly still enough.
 
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