I have a Remington 700P in 308. I recently ordered a Bell and Carlson 2094 stock for it. This is the stock with the adjustable LOP and comb height. When I first tried to fit the barreled action in the stock, it fit, but I couldn't get the rear action screw in because the hole in the stock was to close to the trigger guard and the bolt wouldn't close because it rubbed on the rear of the stock cutout for the bolt handle. Immediately in front of the recoil lug the stock rubbed the barrel. Kinda no big deal. I inlet the stock a little for the barrel at the lug, inlet the cutout for the bolt, and opened the rear action screw hole for the action screw.
I haven't even shot the rifle with the new stock yet. I fully understand that a replacement stock may need a little fitting. However, the fit of this stock isn't even close the quality of fit from the original HS Precision. The fact that when the recoil lug is touching the V-block, the bolt will barely clear the cutout in the stock is bothering me. I understand that a replacement stock may need some minor inletting for a perfect fit, but this seems too much to me. I marked the V-block where the front action screw is and the one side barely contacts the V-block and the other side touches about 30%.
The rifle in the original stock has perfect contact the HS P block and shoots .3 MOA with my hand loads at 100 yards.
My questions are:
Is the fit I am experiencing with the B&C typical?
Has anyone with this type of concern sent a stock back to B&C and had anything much different come back?
I contacted B&C and they gave me an RA to send it back. I am wondering if it is worth it to send it back basically?
Thanks
I haven't even shot the rifle with the new stock yet. I fully understand that a replacement stock may need a little fitting. However, the fit of this stock isn't even close the quality of fit from the original HS Precision. The fact that when the recoil lug is touching the V-block, the bolt will barely clear the cutout in the stock is bothering me. I understand that a replacement stock may need some minor inletting for a perfect fit, but this seems too much to me. I marked the V-block where the front action screw is and the one side barely contacts the V-block and the other side touches about 30%.
The rifle in the original stock has perfect contact the HS P block and shoots .3 MOA with my hand loads at 100 yards.
My questions are:
Is the fit I am experiencing with the B&C typical?
Has anyone with this type of concern sent a stock back to B&C and had anything much different come back?
I contacted B&C and they gave me an RA to send it back. I am wondering if it is worth it to send it back basically?
Thanks
