My daughter recently purchased a Rem 700 SPS chambered in 260 and she wants to replace the plastic stock that came on it. She wants black with a raised cheek piece and she's narrowed it down to the HS Pro series and the BC Alaskan II. I would love to hear from anyone who has experience with one or the other or maybe both. Opinions/suggestions? Thank You! Mike
Which stock HS or BC?
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I think you will have less bedding work with the B&C Medalist and they also make it in a Weatherby Style Monty Carlo style cheek piece which helps to reduce felt recoil. I have no experience with the HS Pro series but if it's like the old ones they could be a lot of work beddding and the B&C Medalist is advertised as a drop in with minimal work.
They both have bedding blocks and you didn't mention what H&S she wanted but if it's their new ultra light it would be appr 6oz lighter than B&C. My 243AI I used HS but not the ultra and never used B&C with bedding block. I've had couple other rifles with H&S stocks in the past and had good luck with them.
H&S cost little more and it is lighter and my only concern would be existing barrel contour and what contour H&S and B&C has. You might want to call them and find out and one that fit the barrel best is one I'd buy.
H&S cost little more and it is lighter and my only concern would be existing barrel contour and what contour H&S and B&C has. You might want to call them and find out and one that fit the barrel best is one I'd buy.
Dr. Vette
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The B&C Alaskan II doesn't come with a cheekpiece; I assume you know you'd have to add it.
I installed one on a Rem700 in 270 Win for a friend. It's sitting here in my gun room now. I really, really like it even if it's not a Weatherby. :mrgreen: The stock fit very well, but note that I had to put a couple of shims under the floorplate at the forward action screw, as the leading edge of the trap door were hitting the stock. I bedded the shims in place and it works fine. Of course, I bedded the action as well.
I would highly recommend one. You can always add a Kydex cheek piece or other style as you see fit. You might want to try one of these before permanently mounting anything:
http://www.beartooth-products.com/revie ... -kits.html
I installed one on a Rem700 in 270 Win for a friend. It's sitting here in my gun room now. I really, really like it even if it's not a Weatherby. :mrgreen: The stock fit very well, but note that I had to put a couple of shims under the floorplate at the forward action screw, as the leading edge of the trap door were hitting the stock. I bedded the shims in place and it works fine. Of course, I bedded the action as well.
I would highly recommend one. You can always add a Kydex cheek piece or other style as you see fit. You might want to try one of these before permanently mounting anything:
http://www.beartooth-products.com/revie ... -kits.html
nvbroncrider
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At the risk of derailing this thread let me suggest a McMillan. You, and her, will thank me later.
I had a B & C on one rifle but it had too much flex in the forened. I may be wrong but I think the Remington 700P came with an HS stock. It was significantly better than the B & C but neither compare to the McMillan.
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I had a B & C on one rifle but it had too much flex in the forened. I may be wrong but I think the Remington 700P came with an HS stock. It was significantly better than the B & C but neither compare to the McMillan.
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nvbroncrider
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Your dead on Vince but for the price point those B&C are tough to beat. Half the price of a Micky. But a Micky is worth every penny got one on my 338 it's awesome. I could live with a Micky on every rifle.
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Thanks for the feedback I appreciate it.
http://www.redhawkrifles.com/products/s ... tock-black
The HS that we are looking at is this one .....
https://www.stockysstocks.com/stocks-by ... piece.html
We would love to have a Mcmillian but it's way out of our price range.
We were looking at this one and in one of the pics it shows that it has a cheekpiece but the description doesn't say anything about one.Dr. Vette":2tnv8biw said:
http://www.redhawkrifles.com/products/s ... tock-black
The HS that we are looking at is this one .....
https://www.stockysstocks.com/stocks-by ... piece.html
We would love to have a Mcmillian but it's way out of our price range.
Dr. Vette
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By cheek piece I thought you meant something that could be elevated/raised/height adjusted.
Yes, that has a cheek piece, so to speak. They just don't specify it in their description.
The one we used is green w black webbing.
Yes, that has a cheek piece, so to speak. They just don't specify it in their description.
The one we used is green w black webbing.
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Guybo":10x5uo0s said:
Put the .30-06 1917 in a Bell & Carlson sporter stock, maybe 12 years ago? It's been great. Instantly the rifle lost weight, became handier to carry, became more accurate, and interestingly, became more comfortable to shoot... Yes, I like the B&C sporter style stocks. Mine didn't have any bedding block or anything like that. Just added a little bedding material, and it's worked great. Even that nearly 100 year old rifle is pretty spiffy in the B&C stock.
I've also had a couple of rifles with HS Precision stocks and have no particular beef with them. Both the rifles were heavy-barrel jobs, one was a Rem 700 Sendero in 7mm Rem mag, which was a Very Accurate rifle. The other was my original Rem 700 .308 Varmint Synthetic. I still have that HS Precision stock, and was using it on the rifle for the past couple of years before I put it back in the "Green Machine" McMillan stock. The HS stock on my .308 did need some additional bedding work - which solved a wandering zero problem. The HS stock on my 700 Sendero never needed any bedding work - it was superbly consistent from the start.
And yes, if you feel like spending the money, McMillan will build you a wonderful stock!
Lots of options. I like 'em all!
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I own both HS Precision and B&C stocks. Both are fine stocks.
The B&C is less money and has a bedding block running the entire length of the forend, although the HS doesn't have issues with flexing.
HS doesn't have a check-piece on their Alaskan stocks. The regular B&C stock does have a check-piece. B&C also offers a Weatherby-styled stock for the Rem 700 that has a more prominent cheek-piece and the slanted WBY Monte Carlo but only for 700 long actions, so not an option for the 260.
The B&C is less money and has a bedding block running the entire length of the forend, although the HS doesn't have issues with flexing.
HS doesn't have a check-piece on their Alaskan stocks. The regular B&C stock does have a check-piece. B&C also offers a Weatherby-styled stock for the Rem 700 that has a more prominent cheek-piece and the slanted WBY Monte Carlo but only for 700 long actions, so not an option for the 260.
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Well after tons of research and comparing we ended up buying a HS precision pro series 2000 #PSS003 in black. The stock came in today and I hope to get everything together tomorrow. It doesn't have a factory cheek piece as she wanted but she picked out the stock anyway and said if she needed a cheek piece that we could find her an aftermarket one for it. Thanks again for the replies.
