Several members suggested I think 2x about hunting with a Boyds tacticool stock. So I am taking their advice and researching how much weight that will add. I haven't found the stock weight of the original HH stock. Anyone know? Thank you
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Several members suggested I think 2x about hunting with a Boyds tacticool stock. So I am taking their advice and researching how much weight that will add. I haven't found the stock weight of the original HH stock. Anyone know? Thank you
My cheap scale shows about 2lbs, and my Boyds tacticool at 3.5lbs
Thank you sir. My HH will be here in a few days and I can't wait.
Just FYI !!
I have 2 hog hunters and they both shoot fantastic, and I haven't even replaced the stock or anything
To answer Stevevs127, it weighs 1 pound, 12 oz. or 1.75 pounds (I kept mine and just weighed it).
I have one in .308 and hated the factory stock immediately. I couldn't find any aftermarket stocks for it at the time, so I found a gunsmith up in Idaho who had an Accu-Stock lying around and made it fit. He had to change the barrel lug and add the bottom metal for the detachable magazine. It came back with a respectable stock, but it weighs in at 9 pounds, 1 oz. with a Redfield Revolution 2-7X32 scope (11 oz.) and Burris rings and bases (2 oz.). That's pretty heavy to hunt with unless you are hunting off a quad and don't have to haul it around all day. I originally bought this rifle to hunt with, but now I'm just going to use it as a bench rifle.
I think the Accu-Stock weighs about 2.75 pounds if Savage is accurate with their advertised weight for the bare rifle of 7.25 pounds. I just weighed the rifle with my Accu-Stock and rings (iron sights and scope removed) and I get 8 pounds, 6 oz. or 8.375 pounds. For the rifle to weigh 7.25 pounds with the factory stock, which weighs 1.75 pounds, that means the bare action and barrel should weigh a bit over 5.5 pounds. So, using that as a base, with my Accu-Stock, rings & bases at 8.375 pounds, the Accu-Stock should weigh about 2.75 pounds. I wish I had weighed mine with the factory stock before I had the other stock put on to be sure, but at the end of the day, if you put an Accu-Stock on a Hog Hunter, you will and up with an 8-1/4 pound rifle without a scope. Not so bad if your eyes are good enough to use iron sights (mine aren't), but if you put a scope on it, be prepared to lug a 9+ pound rifle around.
Now I know why Savage put such a flimsy stock on it in the first place. If they had built it with the Accu-Stock, it wouldn't really sell too well as a Hog Hunter if the published weight was 8.25 pounds.