Both have an excellent bedding system. Both can serve well at the bench. The Choate is by far the heaviest. Both are too heavy for a carry rifle, IMO. Both give the excellent bedding features at a very reasonable price.

After good bedding, to Me, the most important feature of a stock is, how well it fits Me. I like my B&C, but I modified it a good bit to make it so. The only way to know if a stock fits is to shoulder it and get a site picture. :-)