Why the Monte Carlo stock?
I am looking to buy a particular type of rifle. They offer the "standard" and the "Monte Carlo" styles of stock. This "standard" stock does have a cheek piece. What is the purpose of the Monte Carlo style?
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mounting a scope with a larger objective lens requires it be set in higher rings, therefore your cheek-to-stock fit will necessitate that you sit the stock lower on your face in order for your eyes to be high enough to get a good sight picture. The higher cheek surface on the monte carlo will allow you to get a good sight picture while lessening the fatigue associated with having to "set up" higher on the stock to get that picture, due to the fact that you are still leaning against a solid surface with your cheek rather than having it only touch the bottom portion of your cheek while the rest of your face is left touching nothing. Maintaining a sight picture with a large scope on a standard stock quickly strains your eyes and neck, which reduces a straight foreward sight picture, and inspires inaccuracy as well.
Take one of your standard stocks you already have, place it up to your cheek, and then pretend you have to raise up another 1/2" to see through the scope properly. Now hold that position for 1 minute and you will feel your neck starting to become tense and tired. That strain is eliminated by the extra bearing surface of the monte carlo stock.
That is why you see many of the tactical style stocks with cheek pads added, or an adjustable/raisable cheek piece.
The way I see it,If YOUR rifle shot as well as YOU say,...we wouldn't need gunsmiths.0
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