Thebear_78
Handloader
- Sep 30, 2004
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This spring I broke the high tech specialties stock on my 375 RUM. Like most broken stocks in alaska it was a 4 wheeler related break, I ran my rifle case into a tree crushing the wrist of the light weight synthetic stock.
The high tech specialties stocks are great stocks, reasonably priced, light, and stiff enough for good accuracy. The downside to that light weight is they aren't as durable as heavier stocks. If you fall on them, bounce them off a tree or swing them like a golf club to kill a red fox, they will break.
I needed a stock that didn't have a raised comb because I often use the open sights and my giant Mellon won't allow me to get low on most stocks with a cheek piece. I was willing to sacrifice some weight for added durability, recoil when the rifle weight 6 pounds 10 ounces was "brisk" anyway.
After surfing eBay all summer and looking around for a stock I liked the shape of I finally found one at numerich gunparts. It's an old straight birch remington stock. At $78 I figured it was worth risking buying sight unseen.
It showed up today. First impression are its about perfect. The stock design worked perfectly with both iron sights and scope. It's got a good solid feel to it. It took a couple washers to get everything lined up but fit is pretty good. I'll try it the way it is and remove the pressure point "speed bump" if it doesn't shoot like it should. Then I'll have to put in a piece of rail for a light mount.
The high tech specialties stocks are great stocks, reasonably priced, light, and stiff enough for good accuracy. The downside to that light weight is they aren't as durable as heavier stocks. If you fall on them, bounce them off a tree or swing them like a golf club to kill a red fox, they will break.
I needed a stock that didn't have a raised comb because I often use the open sights and my giant Mellon won't allow me to get low on most stocks with a cheek piece. I was willing to sacrifice some weight for added durability, recoil when the rifle weight 6 pounds 10 ounces was "brisk" anyway.
After surfing eBay all summer and looking around for a stock I liked the shape of I finally found one at numerich gunparts. It's an old straight birch remington stock. At $78 I figured it was worth risking buying sight unseen.
It showed up today. First impression are its about perfect. The stock design worked perfectly with both iron sights and scope. It's got a good solid feel to it. It took a couple washers to get everything lined up but fit is pretty good. I'll try it the way it is and remove the pressure point "speed bump" if it doesn't shoot like it should. Then I'll have to put in a piece of rail for a light mount.
