Vanguard Stock Upgrade

[scotteboy]

I've put a couple rifles on b&c stocks and would recommend them.
I have a beige w black on vanguard 22-250, and get compliments on its looks often.
Also shoots very well

 

[boxhitch]

Howa rifle come in H-S Precision stocks, I'd find a take-off of those before buying a new handle

 

[wasrupzuk]

If you want wood look at Richards microfit stocks, they have lots of choices from down-right ugly to classic stocks in walnut.

One of the nicest wood stocks I ever had came from them but I did this well over a decade ago.
It wasn’t on a Vanguard but an old Mauser 96 and the amount of work to get it into what it became was substantial…when it showed up it looked like it was carved with a chainsaw…in the end, and with considerable effort/expense it’s downright beautiful and has lasted without issue so I’m considering doing another one on Sako 75 and/or a Vanguard but have to ask;
Have you bought one recently and if so how was the surface finish of the exposed wood and how well did it fit the Vanguard with the advertised 99% press fit inlet?

 

[Dosing]

One of the nicest wood stocks I ever had came from them but I did this well over a decade ago.
It wasn’t on a Vanguard but an old Mauser 96 and the amount of work to get it into what it became was substantial…when it showed up it looked like it was carved with a chainsaw…in the end, and with considerable effort/expense it’s downright beautiful and has lasted without issue so I’m considering doing another one on Sako 75 and/or a Vanguard but have to ask;
Have you bought one recently and if so how was the surface finish of the exposed wood and how well did it fit the Vanguard with the advertised 99% press fit inlet?

I bought a marksman in walnut not long ago. Bought it unfinished and had a local smith bed it, and put a finish on it. Really nice from Richards, the smith screwed up one piece of it, but great looking stock, nice walnut, pillar bedded, finished etc, all in well under 1k. I could have bedded, and finished it, but i am lazy, so that cost me about 600$. The prices from richards are really good i find. I seem to buy one every two years.