Bartlein #3 or #3B in Grayboe Stock - Help needed

[Maestro]

I'm going to be putting a Grayboe Terrain or Renegade on my R700. Eventually I might rebarrel and I'm trying to tell if a Bartlein #3 or #3B will fit in the Magnum or Varmint channel. I think, from my half assed calculations from the chart, it will fit. But I could be wrong, I don't know everything about this field yet, lol or even close. If I have to live with my Magnum contour barrel in a Varmint inlet then I will in order to future proof the build for a rebarrel.

Attached are Grayboe's and Bartlein's dimensions...

 

[darrenk75b]

Wil definitely for in the varmint inlet. The varmint inlet is a fair bit bigger than those bart contours.

 

[308pirate]

When all else fails.....call Grayboe.

And even if the answer is "the bigger barrel won't fit" it only means it won't fit without modifying the stock. Something easily done with a dowel of the appropriate diameter wrapped in sandpaper.

 

[jbmarshtx]

I have a Bartlein #3 in a Terrain stock with the magnum channel. It fits fine, but my barrel did touch one of the sides of the stock near the fore end. I had it bedded, and the smith centered it in the channel. If the 3B fits any at all off center, I suspect it will hit the barrel channel. Nice stock, but more flex in the fore end than the manners eh3 I have on my other rifle...or feels like it.

 

[Maestro]

I have a Bartlein #3 in a Terrain stock with the magnum channel. It fits fine, but my barrel did touch one of the sides of the stock near the fore end. I had it bedded, and the smith centered it in the channel. If the 3B fits any at all off center, I suspect it will hit the barrel channel. Nice stock, but more flex in the fore end than the manners eh3 I have on my other rifle...or feels like it.

Thank you for your input, greatly appreciated. This would be a hunting rifle for 300 yard shots and less, originally I planned on going with a McMillan or Manners but honestly that's way over kill for my deer rifle. Now I have plans of either a T3X CTR which would include a Manners or McMillan and the like, (Or I'll just order a GAP) but besides that, I think the Terrain will suit my purposes.

I wonder if I should just order it with a Varmint inlet to guarantee clearance? I could always use sand paper and a Dremel but if your #3 is tight then I imagine the #3B will be a lot tighter as it moves more to a "Light bull" and less of a Palma shape.

 

[Maestro]

When all else fails.....call Grayboe.

And even if the answer is "the bigger barrel won't fit" it only means it won't fit without modifying the stock. Something easily done with a dowel of the appropriate diameter wrapped in sandpaper.

I conversed with Ryan McMillan, owner of Grayboe and all he did was give me the above Tabulated Dimensions which I had already seen and could have gotten from their website...

 

[jbmarshtx]

The 3B might 'just' fit. Mine touched the fore end in one spot, so it could have been some paint or something that made the action sit just off center. I don't think that it will help any, but I have a 3B that is in a Manners EH3, which says it will fit up to a Bartlein #4. It 'just' fits into that one.