Haven’t seen any rifles put together with this action/ stock combination so I figured I would post my experience.
Several years ago I picked up this stainless featherweight and dropped it in a Bell and Carlson for a pseudo extreme weather rifle. It served me well on quite a few hunts but I wanted to both improve the ergonomics and drop the weight a bit. So last year I bit the bullet and ordered a McMillan Hunter in edge fill to hopefully find a solution and make this rifle into its final form. Unfortunately the dropped recoil pad really created a recoil pulse that was both unpleasant and made follow-up sight picture impossible. I kinda put the project off as I didn’t think a better solution existed, that is until researching stocks for one of my tikkas I noticed Stockys does a Winchester 70 pattern for their Carbon VG Hunter.
The stock had many features I wanted, was light in weight and they shipped to Canada. Taking advantage of a sale I picked up one they had available with the sendero channel so I can have option down the road for a rebarrel into a heavier carbon contour.
The stock arrived and the finish and weight were amazing, and I was already overjoyed. Unfortunately the stock was anything but drop in ready. Using a dremel it took ALOT of work to relieve the bolt stop, recoil lug, front action areas and magazine well so the rifle could actually fit into stock. The front action screw wouldn’t even touch from the start so I had to take out enough material for thread engagement for proper torque.
After that all was accomplished it I bedded the rifle with marinetex to have the action properly mated to the stock.
First impressions are that the ergonomics are leagues ahead of the McMillan and B&C, with the balance ending up right at the front action screw. The barrel channel has more than plenty of clearance against the featherweight contour which can accommodate the dead cat that is quite vogue these days.
Trigger reach is way shorter than the Tikka versions of this stock.
Stock and finished Rifle weight.
Several years ago I picked up this stainless featherweight and dropped it in a Bell and Carlson for a pseudo extreme weather rifle. It served me well on quite a few hunts but I wanted to both improve the ergonomics and drop the weight a bit. So last year I bit the bullet and ordered a McMillan Hunter in edge fill to hopefully find a solution and make this rifle into its final form. Unfortunately the dropped recoil pad really created a recoil pulse that was both unpleasant and made follow-up sight picture impossible. I kinda put the project off as I didn’t think a better solution existed, that is until researching stocks for one of my tikkas I noticed Stockys does a Winchester 70 pattern for their Carbon VG Hunter.
The stock had many features I wanted, was light in weight and they shipped to Canada. Taking advantage of a sale I picked up one they had available with the sendero channel so I can have option down the road for a rebarrel into a heavier carbon contour.
The stock arrived and the finish and weight were amazing, and I was already overjoyed. Unfortunately the stock was anything but drop in ready. Using a dremel it took ALOT of work to relieve the bolt stop, recoil lug, front action areas and magazine well so the rifle could actually fit into stock. The front action screw wouldn’t even touch from the start so I had to take out enough material for thread engagement for proper torque.
After that all was accomplished it I bedded the rifle with marinetex to have the action properly mated to the stock.
First impressions are that the ergonomics are leagues ahead of the McMillan and B&C, with the balance ending up right at the front action screw. The barrel channel has more than plenty of clearance against the featherweight contour which can accommodate the dead cat that is quite vogue these days.
Trigger reach is way shorter than the Tikka versions of this stock.
Stock and finished Rifle weight.
