choate stocks

[Scibaer]

im concidering some synthetic stocks from Choate.. can i hear some opinions, pros and/or cons about these ? my idea is to use the tamer stock and survivor forend on my .410, sb1 reciever with an 20 inch barrel. but before i order the stocks i'd like to know what to expect and hear some opinions ..
glenn

[stimpylu32]

I don't have the forarm , but have a Tamer stock on one of my 20 ga. and just love it , the balance is good enough to carry all day and with the pistol grip i have no problem shooting it one handed with 23/4 gane loads .

Get one you will be happy . 

[kid_couteau]

Hi

I have survivor stocks and a tamer

Great stocks in my opinion

Kid

[Scibaer]

thanks for the replies ... sounds like i'll be ok with the Choate's then.
kid, on the survivor stocks, do you use a sling, and in what postion does it seem to work best, at the pistol grip or the mount near the buttpad ?
glenn

[kid_couteau]

I use the rear hook up

Never tried the pistol grip one didnt look right to me

Kid

[poncaguy]

I have 4 Handi's with the Choate stock and forend. I really like them, really helps recoil on my 45-70, accuracy too................

[Scibaer]

it looks like the tamer stock doesnt have a sling mount at all ( pic on the Choate site ).. so i thought that i'd need to mount my own and wanting to only drill one hole, i wondered why the survivor stock has two ( the advantage of the pistol grip mount position would be ? ) i wondered why ?
and.. how much usable room the survivor forend actually has ? say enough for 2 or 3 or 4 more shells, maybe ?
glenn ( king of dumb questions )

[kid_couteau]

Hi

The back compartment in the fore end is about 2 3/4" long x 1 3/8" high x 1" wide

The front one is 5 1/2" long the other measurements are the same

Hope that helps

Oh and the tamer does not have sling mounts

See ya
Kid

[stalker1]

I have the survivor stock and forend on my .223 ultra and found it to be very comfortable to shoot and it also helped tighten my groups from what I had with the laminates. I tried both sling positions and prefer the bottom as opposed to the grip because it balances better.

[fishinguy]

Im not trying to hijack this thread or anything but I had a question about the choate stocks too.  Is there any weight savings by switching from pallet wood stocks to survivor stocks?

[Scibaer]

kid, thanks for the  specs,  im not sure what anyone would put in there, other then more shells though.
      yeah i saw that about the tamer stock. that can easily be fixed, lol.

stalker, im not worried about groups with my .410, but comfort was as issue, but if its ok with the .223 then the .410 should be ok too. recoil from these two guns cant be alot different, really...good to hear about the sling position though, i guess that rules out the pistol grip then. but, what about a recoil pad, is there an option with these stocks to use one ?  it looks like from the pics that its just hard plastic on the end stock. can a recoil pad be mounted, not that a .410 needs one but hey, why not, right ?

i didnt even think about any weight savings when i invisioned this project, i was focused on the utilitarian/tactical aspects .. the wood stocks would prolly weight more, although i cant say for sure, but not alot i'd imagine, if anything the forends would be very close...but i could stand corrected by others on here.. maybe stalker or kid can say for sure.

glenn

[quickdtoo]

FWIW, I just weighed some loose stocks and their respective forends...

Survivor 1lb-9oz

Synthetic Handi 1lb-4oz

Laminated Pallet Handi 1lb-14oz.

Tim