I bought one for my 11 Hog Hunter in .223. The magazine fits REALLY tight in the stock, and I seated it too deep at first. Because of this the cartridges wouldn't feed correctly, so I had to pull it up just a tad and everything fed perfectly afterwards. The other problem I had with it was that the trigger guard was thicker on one end and wouldn't fit flush to the bottom of the stock. It was also just a tiny bit too tight on the sides. I used a thin chisel to dig out a little material in the front end of the inletting to deepen it, and then widened the sides and the trigger guard fell right in. The whole operation took less than 5 minutes. I'm pretty sure the tang should free-float. If so, I'll have to remove some material at that point as mine is sitting flush against the stock.
I really like the stock, though. The textured paint is just the right texture and seems to be thick enough that it won't easily scratch off. You can certainly smell that it's made of wood, the aroma of wood and paint is unmistakable but hopefully that'll burn off after a while. The recoil pad on the butt end is hard rubber and is glued on. It rubbed my shoulder raw today so I'll be cutting it off and moving the softer one from the original Savage stock over to the new stock. If the stock has a weak point, the pad is it. Seems they just phoned in the pad, it's utter crap IMO. It IS glued on very well though, so there's that.
The stock easily doubled the weight of my Hog Hunter, but it balances much better due to this. The shape is comfortable and felt great while shooting (other than the recoil pad). I attached a bipod to the sling button and it held even after super tightening the screw. The stock is plenty stiff and strong enough to ride a bipod, and my groups improved drastically over the crappy factory stock even without bedding it. It's not as nice as my Choate Tactical stock of roughly the same shape that I have on my 308, but other than the similar shapes you can't really compare them. All my range buddies liked it and everyone that shot it was surprised that it was wood.
If you're on a budget and want a tacticool style stock, get one of these. It isn't perfect, but it's worth the asking price. I'm getting one for each of my 93's I like it so much. Great product IMO.
Erin
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