The PDI stock looks nice but $900 WOW. That is just no way ever going to be worth it. However check the link for Wildcat Stocks, 17.5 ounces and only $259. Now these stocks are no where near to be complete and will take time and money to finish but I think they are an option. The price is Canadian currency as well. Here's the catch though no tikka models at this time. I emailed owner and he said it is in the works for a t3 though.
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Bourney from PDI here (i'm the engineer and the inhouse guy that actually takes our stuff out hunting), couldn't help notice the traffic to our site from this forum thread, Interesting to read observations from the US. Thanks for thinking of us and I'll happily answer any questions (how in the world did you even hear about us in the first place??).
I am personally bringing some stocks across (mainly F Class) in January as we are also technology partners with NK (Kestrel) and will be at their booth at Shot show. If anyone wants to save a bundle on shipping, let me know and I can bring featherweights as well and figure out a within US shipping method. They are our second best selling stock style (we only make 4 though haha) and the weight includes everything, recoil pad etc. Costs are our main killer to exports and we generally don't export unless like with the F Class stocks a rifle club orders/group buys 6. I can probably arrange to leave a Featherweight with family or friends stateside to facilitate people having a play with one and giving us some feedback. We are new so are always looking for feedback, positive and negative.
There has been a flurry of stock manufacturers starting up lately and while we started out as an aside of an aircraft propeller business that got asked to make lightweight target stocks, there is also stateside companies like AG composites and a few others which are veteran run so deserve your consideration. They also machine their inlets rather than mould them in so they are more versatile in what actions they can inlet for (just like us).
The difference between us and others seems to be based on our history in aviation and my personal history with wind turbines so we are high end material focused, hence we use 2 different core materials in each stock, they are completely filled not hollow, 100% carbon and hunting stocks have our own baked on textured finish. So they do cost a bit! But especially our F Class stocks, these are up around $1340USD!! but they are massive and only weigh 28ish ounces (in their lightest config) all due to the carbon we use for skins and the core materials.
Just a final word on pricing, it is $900AUD = about $670USD, our stocks come with a limbsaver recoil pad supplied and installed (screwed on not glued), pillars, decent action screws and a titanium recoil lug. We also coat the whole thing with a textured finish, we don't prime them, we just paste it on and bake it which also serves as a post cure for the carbon (all the cloth we use is carbon). We get compared a LOT to wildcat fibreglass stocks and I will personally say they make great stocks, I used to own one (they are still our main competition it seems for true featherweight stocks) and they are great value at about $460USD (with a limbsaver) and without discussing pro's and cons of different core materials, ours are more expensive due to the 2 different core materials, using only carbon fibre for the skins and they have the baked on finish.
Cheers from Aus, hope I haven't overstepped, just wanted to put the information out there and offer to answer any questions as I keep an eye on a lot of forums due to being only 18months - ish old now, it pays to listen to feedback/concerns!
Regards,
Bourney
