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naconst

October 29, 2005 04:03

I am interested in restocking an older M70 30-06. I am looking at fiberglass stocks. I don't really like any of the camo or "marbled" looking stocks that look like a Formica countertop. Does anyone put out a solid (custom) colored stock? I particularly like the style of the old Remington KS Mountain rifles. They had nice sleek lines without the cheap looking checkering effect. High Tech looks promising but not much on their website.

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  naconst

  October 29, 2005 04:03

  I took off my wood stock for a synthetic one.it seems to be free flooting,but feels alittle too loose at the end of the barrel. did not shoot it yet,just wondering if thats normal with syn. stocks?

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  drygulchdan

  October 29, 2005 05:01

  Alot of times shimming with paper towards the end of the the stock will help.If it does i would bed the stock.Brownells has stock bedding available.
  
  Never trust a government that doesnt trust its own citizens with guns
  --Thomas Jefferson
  

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  Snellstrom

  October 29, 2005 05:43

  I've noticed that some synthetic stocks feel "loose", what I've found is that this is just the flexibility of the thinner part of the synthetic stock (fore end). When you have it off the rifle you can actually twist it and flex it a bit, the action bedding part of the stock is more rigid. What you are experiencing is normal with some synthetic stocks, see how it shoots, then go from there and see if it needs fore end pressure on the barrel or not.
  I prefer wood or a laminate stock any day to a synthetic. I own one synthetic stock and I'm in the process of changing it for a wood one.

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