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Offline hvacman

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has anyone replaced their stock
« on: March 05, 2007, 12:10:53 PM »
I have a 700 SPS and would like to get a better stock. I am looking at either an H.S. Precision, a Bell and Carlson or a Hogue all with aluminum bedding blocks or full length bedding blocks. Has anyone used any of these stocks and if so did it work out ok as far as accuracy staying the same or improving.
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Re: has anyone replaced their stock
« Reply #1 on: March 05, 2007, 01:35:11 PM »
Out of the three, I definitely prefer the Bell & Carlson Carbelite.  I've used all three....the B&C is a classic styled stock, with a slimmer fore end than the other two.  I have small hands, so I like the tight grip and slimmer fore end.  The Hogue has a beaver tail forearm, meaning that it's wide and full.  That stock is too thick and heavy for a sporter rifle in my opinion, but if you want something that's going to be a stable shooting platform, it will do well.  The HS is the highest price of the three, and I still haven't decided if I like them or not.  I've had a couple of Remington Police rifles and they worked well on those guns.  I think that they feel, well, pregnant is the best thing I can think of.  They just don't feel as good in my hands as the B&C stocks do.  Also, the B&C stocks are solid throughout, and you can work with them like a wooden stock.  I've not used the B&C Medalist stocks, they have the full bedding block.  I like the have my rifles glass bedded, so I skip the aluminum block and use the money I save to pay for the bedding.  All the rifles that I've put them on shot very well, as good or better than before (whether or not they were bedded).  For the $$$, I think that they are the best deal on the market.

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Re: has anyone replaced their stock
« Reply #2 on: March 05, 2007, 04:13:36 PM »
Thanks for the input. I'm having a hard time deciding what I want to do.
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Re: has anyone replaced their stock
« Reply #3 on: March 06, 2007, 11:34:25 AM »
Here's a Rem. 700 story......I bought a used BDL 30-06 off of Gunbroker.  I didn't bother to shoot it in the wooden stock, I took the stock and bottom metal, tossed it on Ebay, and made enough to pay for most of a B&C Carbelite stock.  I got the Freedom Tan, it was so ugly it was beautiful (to me anyway).  I bought an ADL, I wanted the blind mag for lighter weight.  I put a Leupold Compact scope on it, the whole thing loaded and with a sling weighed just over 7lbs.  I put the stock on the barreled action, no bedding, took it to the range, and proceeded to shoot a 10 shot group with the Wincester 180 Accu-bond (coated bullet) that went .87".  It did it 3 times running, under an inch.  Almost all the other ammo went into about an inch or so for 5 shots, still great groups.  The guy that was selling the gun said he couldn't get it to group under 2".  Things that make you go hmmmmm......
Was it the stock?  Perhaps you could say, I think it probably was.  If you get one, will it help your groups?  Well, it definitely won't hurt them.