OK, I have been deluged with requests for my stock 'fix'..... Since I am obviously "pre-caveman" and still haven't figgered out Photobucket, I'm going to try to describe my fix. YES, I know a pix is worth a 1000 words. ha ha

First, I shot the B Mag at the range today. This 'fix' did NOT change poi, at least in my rifle.
Unload gun, remove magazine.
Take off the stock.
Procure a 3" or so piece of 3/8" (OD) rubber fuel line. Using a nice sharp razor knife, make a cut of aprox 45 degrees through the hose.
Place one piece in each side of the stock forend in the channel, either before or after the front sling anchor. The rubber hose is placed so the top of the hose is about flush with the top surface of the stock. The angles will be sloping down toward the center of the stock. All this does is limit the side to side movement of the stock. A rubber cradle.

I'm going to experiment with more 'elegant' stock fixturing methods, but this does work and again, does not change poi, in MY rifle.

Now on to the ammo.....

I shot some 25 gr .17 WSM ammo at my standard suite of 'expanding' targets today.
First up, was several water filled plastic jugs. Bullet simply went through both sides, very similar to a .223 FMJ.
Next, I tried one of my "reactive" targets. Similar results. Straight through. Thought it might have been too old.
I had my boss's new Savage M12 22-250 I recently picked up for him.
55 gr spitzer made the 'reactive' target 'react'. Same with the water jugs. Awesome!

Maybe the 20 gr bullets would be more explosive. Since I have been reloading 30 cartridges, some for more than 40 years, it just seems the bullet construction is too tough...
Since there are no PDs here, I can't comment on their performance on small critters....

YMMV

regards,

ron