Model 12 composite stock?

[Gmountain]

I was loking at some of the great articles on this site. I've been trying to figure out what kind of stock is on my Model 12-just pre-accutrigger.

So I was looking at the older savage catalogs and for the model 12 it lists a composite stock- fiberglass/graphite. I'm thinking that is what my stock is. It's certainly not molded plastic, and it looks like a factory stock. The barrel is not free floated. The stock is pretty heavy and solid. I wonder?

[bootsmcguire]

A picture is worth a 1000 words.

[Gmountain]

A picture is worth a 1000 words.

Tomorrow. Maybe I have one around, but not a closeup.

[bootsmcguire]

Hard to tell from the pic. I tried to zoom in on it but there just aren't enough pixels to see much that way.

Looks like it is either a factory plastic stock that someone sprayed with webbing paint, or possibly a B&C Carbelite which is what I would say it is at this time.

Man I wish B&C still made the Duramaxx..........

[Gmountain]

Here's some photos. The barrel channel is solid- not injection molded.

[bootsmcguire]

It looks like a factory stock that someone put texture paint with a marble color on it. Looks like they did a pretty fair job. I did that to a factory wood stock that was pretty beat up, made it look like a whole new gun.

Quite a few people will fill the barrel channel with epoxy to stiffen up the forearm area, and it is usually a quite successful modification.

[Gmountain]

I don't know, but it is a darn nice stock. Thanks.

[squirrelsniper]

Between the medallian and the size/shape of the forearm, it looks like a factory tupperware that someone who knew what they were doing worked on. I'm betting the reason that forend is solid is that they cut out some grooves inside then installed either carbon arrows or possibly steel rods and covered it all over with some type of epoxy. Nice set-up for a factory stock but it requires some time to do a good job.