I thought I'd bring this up for response. Who among you are not satisfied with the run-of-the-mill or off-the-shelf stocks that you no doubt overpaid for? Well I am. Not to say they don't put out an excellent product, because they do. I just have not seen a company that has gone out an actually spoken to operational shooters and built a stock with practical features needed in a stock. There are some that come very close however. Keith Cunningham from MilCun in Ontario is the only custom stock builder that makes a stock that is entirely built for practical purposes, its called the TS1 sniper stock. He is the only in the world (hard to believe) that has taken a practical approach to stock building. His stock is more expensive than a top shelf McMillan or Manners! The most common stock makers out there make stocks with adjustable butt assemblies and either saddle-type or integrated cheekpieces. These are two essential components of a practical stock. The problem with them is in their execution and design. Most are too heavy, too thick, bulky, and lack adjustment to fit the shooter! As for the butt assembly, spacer systems are out and the 6-way adjustables are in, BUT only if the stock incorporates a corporal line. How many stocks do that? Not too many. How many sniper/tactical stocks have a narrow forestock that you can wrap your hand and fingers around with the aforementioned features? None I bet. All have a wide forestock or beavertail, useless for carrying a rifle for extended periods of time while hunting, on operations, or shooting offhand. Why do stock makers do this? "To aid in stability" from a sandbag or other rest? Kind of a moot point isn't it? since most operational personnel use a bipod anyway. Time to let stock makers know what is needed out there. I currently run a McMillan HTG with an integrated cheekpiece on my rifle because it is as close to a hunting-style sniper stock as you're gonna get with a narrow forend and slim stock design. However, I have to spend more money to "customize" the buttstock for a stock that really should come the way I and so many others need it to be. All this being said, I encourage you to write a letter or at least an email to the BIG names in the stock world in an attempt to get this right, cause they quite don't have it spot-on just yet. Keep'em in the ten ring my friends!
Tactical stocks and their associated problems
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There's lots of "chassis" designers that are in tune with what shooters want. Dolphin has around 50 competitive shooters in different disciplines that constantly give their input back to the company. Many of them winners at their chosen skill. Changes are made in line with these recommendations. Other companies do this as well. Just because a chassis doesn't have the features you want or you can't get comfortable behind a certain chassis, doesn't mean that customer's input is ignored.
