ANY Stock for Precision Target Action (4.40" Spacing)?

[J.Baker]

Thanks for the suggestion. Call me a purist, but would rather not use a single shot action in a stock designed for a mag. This also prevents use of the 3rd screw (middle) in the action I believe. I know it can get by with just two screws, but seems like if Savage designed it with three, put the action in a stock that used all three (LRPV), then using 3 is probably a good idea. However, I will still consider this avenue. - Phil

Robert Greenleaf - a retired engineer from Savage, avid benchrest shooter and frequent contributor to the now defunct Precision Shooting magazine did some testing with the 3-screw single-shot actions when they first came out and his results showed that the third screw offered no benefit what-so-ever. The third screw was essentially added at the marketing dept's request so they could use it as a selling point, and like most marketing hype it was just that - hype.

As far as using a stock that's been inlet for a blind magazine, it's not going to hurt anything or affect accuracy in any way. If the void bugs you, you can always glue in a piece of foam or a block of wood to fill the bulk of the space and then glass bed over it.

[Phil3]

Thank you VERY much for this. This information definitely helps set aside fears of not using the 3rd screw. It seems then that I can use a stock with hinged floor plate so the opening for a mag is closed. Now, to see if I can find a reasonably affordable stock, that has an aluminum bedding block, with hinged floor plate, in tactical style. Again, thank you very much, I was about ready to order the original LRPV H-S Precision PSV106 stock, which is not really the style I wanted (i.e., Macmillan A-5).

Phil

Robert Greenleaf - a retired engineer from Savage, avid benchrest shooter and frequent contributor to the now defunct Precision Shooting magazine did some testing with the 3-screw single-shot actions when they first came out and his results showed that the third screw offered no benefit what-so-ever. The third screw was essentially added at the marketing dept's request so they could use it as a selling point, and like most marketing hype it was just that - hype.

As far as using a stock that's been inlet for a blind magazine, it's not going to hurt anything or affect accuracy in any way. If the void bugs you, you can always glue in a piece of foam or a block of wood to fill the bulk of the space and then glass bed over it.