best stock for target action?

[mattri]

Of the various make/models of stocks available for the 3 screw target action which is the most accutrate?

Will be shooting off a bench, no hunting etc.

[mattri]

Everyone's using the factory stock?

[savageboy]

Im happy w/ my SSS bench rest stock. Won a few matches and a few relays here in NC w/ it.

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What you don't see is the 1" rubber good looking butt pad on it, this was b4 I weighted it w/ another lb or so of lead shot (got it to almost 20lbs w/ the night force scope on it, etc. )
Finished it per Fred's recommendation w/ gorilla glue to seal pores then used 12 or so coats of poly finish, hand rubbed, etc. prob. could have done a few more, but its nice now, shoots amazing, etc. finished fireforming 300 brass and now starting load dev. for the 6brx loads.

[mattri]

Great reply thank you. It looks like you did well finishing the stock and if it's winning for you all the better. Hopefully owners of other stocks will chime in as well.

[savageboy]

Someone else here on the site has the Heavy Bench rest stock. I prob. could have gone with this and got the weight up to the 21lb limit in F class, but it tracks in the EBR rear bag and Caldwell Rock front rest and 6brx caliber that at just under 21lbs, etc. it is amazing to shoot. I went to this set up when I was shooting a .260AI rig- my 1st that was too light to be all it could be for F class and too heavy to be what it was orig. intended to be- a tactical, long range hunting rifle. When I changed the scope from a Bushnell 30mm tube 6-24x 4200 mil dot reticle to the Nightforce 12-42x BR NP2DD reticle, EBR heavy sand rear bag and Caldwell front rest I won a few matches and relays in matches at 600 and 1000yds I had to build something else. The 6brx worked well for me due to a neck surg. that I had. It has no recoil and I shoot w/ very little cheek pressure- almost free recoil. I concentrate on makeing anything variable that I can as the shooter being very consistant and work on mirage and windage conditions. I get beat by the heavy 7mm's and 30 cal (.284's, 7wsm's and 300WSM's) in bad/ very changing winds, but for what I do a few times per year, Im very happy w/ this set up personally.

[mattri]

Sounds like a great shooter.
Have also been looking at the McMillans, edpecially the A2 and A3s, anyone shooting them?

[TOO Builder]

Here is my thumbhole bench rest stocked 6x47 Lapua. I have shot this out to 600 yards with good success.

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After shooting at 600 this past weekend, I clicked the scope back to my 100 yard zero. I was mainly wanting to check tracking/return to zero on the Sightron. I was happy with the results.

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As far as the A-2 style, you could have a custom made if you prefer wood. This is my 6.5x55AI. Both of these stocks were cut by Joel Russo.

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[ICUDIEN]

Nothing against a wood stock but they aren't my cup of tea and I think for me I would go for a Stockade LRBR.

[savageboy]

Too Builder, beautiful piece of wood and amazing groups too!

[stinkitup]

I have ordered a dog tracker from SSS, hopefully it is somewhere in transit at the moment.

Or another especially if you don't like wood is the Shehane Tracker comes in fibreglass, think McMillan do them for them for pretty similar money.

Oh and nice stocks Savageboy and TOO Builder.

Ryan

[mattri]

Great shooting- and nice stocks. How are the SSS stocks bedded? They have the pillars installed and you do the actual bedding? What about stocks that have bedding blocks? Is one type of bedding more accurate than the other?

[savageboy]

W a B&C Medalist w/ an alum block, I bed the recoil lug. W the SSS stocks I bed the whole area, makeing sure the float the tang area on both, etc

[mattri]

Good to know- have you seen a difference between them accuracy-wise?

[stinkitup]

W a B&C Medalist w/ an alum block, I bed the recoil lug. W the SSS stocks I bed the whole area, makeing sure the float the tang area on both, etc


Is floating the tang area on savage's standard? and is this just the part rear of the trigger? Or is this standard practice on most actions? I am going to have a go bedding stevens in a stevens stock and it would float the tang as there is no where to bed anyway.

Ryan

[savageboy]

Yes as opposed to a Mauser/ Rem., etc action. Tang area- the whole "triangle like" area where the saftey is needs to float. Someone better than me can explain why.

[Terry Balding]

I'm using the Tracker ST1000. It tracks very well.

[coonhunter70]

I too have a target action here that I just bought (my first) and have been thinking about stocks. Has anybody used a regular short action two screw centerfeed stock with good results? The two outside screws measure the same distance 4.4 don't they or is there a difference.

[mattri]

coonhunter70,
I may be wrong, and others here know more than I do but I believe the older PTAs did have the same action screw spacing to the two outside screws. The newer PTAs have a different action screw spacing, whether that is between the two outer screws or only affects the third, inner screw I don't know. I've thought about using a two screw short action stock with a PTA but it seems a waste to let that third anchor go to waste- hopefully ppl with more experience will chime in.

[coonhunter70]

Well mine is a rb rp which I think is the same, the dual ports are different. hopefully someone will come along here that is sure on this.

[Varget 7-08]

I have a Manners T4 for my LRP action. Haven't gotten to use it yet, it's at the smith currently. The two look great together though.