Bell & Carlson Stock; need some insight

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Picked this up locally, and I’m pretty sure it’s a Bell & Carlson “Supreme Rifle Stock.”
I can’t find a ton of info about it online. It is for a Remington 700 with hinged floor plate bottom metal, has a bedding block, and is bedded for a factory 700 action.

Was curious if my findings are correct, if this is the Supreme from B&C, and any idea what they’re selling for these days?
I’m probably going to list it for sale, since I don’t have much use for it.

Thanks in advance.

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Definitely the model noted in the link in the post above.

I had an A2 clone for a Savage about 20 years ago. My example had the aluminum block canted in the mold I guess...the bottom of the forend had a good 5 degree left to right slope. I tried to make it work a few times at the range, but eventually sold it and never looked back. Probably an example of one, as B&C made a lot of stocks for Remington and a few others for many years and I don't recall anyone else ever discussing that issue.

Very similar to the designs of an H-S Precision, but with probably a little less focus on QC and more emphasis on being made to a price point. The good news is that B&C are about a third to half the cost of a Manners with a mini chassis...so for guys on a budget they should still work fine. I definitely agree with the above that the owner would be doing themself a benefit by skim bedding them though. If they could catch up to the market a bit with things like QD sling points, and wider barrel channels then they might have a bit more popularity. Their niche though is to drop-in factory barreled actions and go. As far a being structurally sound, they are perfectly fine.

Which brings me to the point that for second-hand sales, you're more limited to guys who are running nothing thicker than a factory Remington varmint barrel and bottom metal (or if they want to relieve the inlet). In today's 'tactical' rifle market, those are significantly less popular options.

That Anschutz rail is aftermarket.

I don't really have a good idea of what you'll get out of it. If you do sell it, might not hurt to come back here and let us know what it went for.
 
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