Re: Aftermarket Stocks
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: 2brothers641</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I understand about all the options to be added to make a stock more shooter friendly. But lets just say you don't want any extras, just an accurate rifle. For example, take a sps varmint .308 and professionally bed it to a stock. Will there be any accuracy difference between Mcmillan, B&C, Choate, Manners, ect. Again, i know the higher end stocks have better everything, but do they have anything to gain accuracy wise? </div></div>
I think you misunderstand what accuracy is. Accuracy in a rifle is determined by how well the whole system: a rifle with cartridge, chamber, barrel, stock, trigger, rail, rings, scope, bipod, rear bag, and the shooter behind it driving it all.
It's a system, not just jumble of odd and cheap components. Bedding a stock on a factory Remington SPS my improve it's mechanical accuracy, but if the stock does not fit the shooter, you wasted your money. Remember you fit the stock to the shooter, not the other way around.
Let's take your example: A Rem 700 SPS in 308. You can buy one for around $550. delivered. By the time you outfit that basic rifle with an average setup of Bases, Rings, Scope, Bipod, rear bag, carrying case, and ammo; you've spent another 2x to 3x over that initial $550.
And now you want to gamble that a meer $100. worth of bedding, to your $50. stock (that's about what Remington pays Hogue for one of their stocks) will give you the accuracy you desire, and protect your total investment.
You got the tail chasing the dog, sir. This is 2010. A good barrel blank made by one of the better makers like Brux, Hart, Kreiger or Rock costs around $300. Another $275 to just have it fitted and chambered. A decent scope starts in the $700. range and goes up from there. Good quality rings and bases will leave you no change from $250. A decent adjustable trigger will cost starting around $125. What does a case of Federal GMM's cost?
See what I'm getting at? Your thinking that accuracy starts and ends with a $100 bedding job on your $50 stock. You have no clue of the world you are about to enter.
So before you tag the collective membership here as "Stock Snobs" do a bit more research.
Regards,
Bob