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Sorry to be off topic - But super nice Mach 1 EdM!! Don't see many like that in my part of the world.

Back to the topic at hand - for those that have the PoundR, how long is the forend and how well do you feel it suits the Winchester Featherweight contour?

I just got my metal work back (SS Model 70 SA with 22 in FWT bbl in 7mm-08) and was going to stick it back in a McM Compact that I have but am now seriously thinking of going with the PoundR...or possibly the Bansner/LAW.

thx

Bob

I think the forend is perfect but don't ask me for numbers cause i won't measure it....far better than that abbreviated fore end on the Compact which sucks but is serviceable


If I thought the PoundR fore end did not work well I would not have hunted it for 30+ years.....


Here they are side by side. Pair of FW 270's. I'll take the Brown.

I think the Compact looks best with a 20" barrel, while the Pounder looks awesome with a 22" barrel.

I would take the Brown ergos anyday over the Compact for actual field shooting. It fits me great. but that could vary between different people.

One of many amazing threads cutting RCH's.

Not to be too dense - but what is RCHs?

Bob - I'll take that pair any day of the week......

I think Ed is referring to dissecting hairs from various parts of female anatomy......but I could be wrong.




Bill I been hunting with something like that pair since I got my first Brown Precision in 1979 or 1980 or so.

Thanks BobinNH, I appreciate your thoughts and the picture.

Now to decide....

This one isn't going anywhere soon, so cost is not a huge issue.

Below is a hint of the future...

That'll do!

The FW in the Brown, what technique was used for the bedding ahead of the receiver:

-Completely free to tip?
-Short barrel pad ahead receiver?
-Either above, w/ pressure pad at tip?
-Full length bed to tip?

Been looking at a M70 FW for a project for about 12 years now, collecting dust. It has a 22" Winchester FW contour. Been thinking about the Brown and a good bedding technique to settle down that contour.

Thanks!

Gary : Good question....That rifle came bedded from Brown. Looked like a nice job but it did not shoot,which was perplexing.

I took it to my smith, Larry, a match shooter who knows M70's.

He said some M70's would shoot with no barrel pad forward of receiver and some would not. Mine was completely floated so Larry suggested a barrel pad forward of receiver, and some reinforced bedding to the left of the tang,since the bolt stop/ejector cut outs made the M70 a bit less rigid in that area.

Whatever he did, it worked as groups improved substantially after he rebedded the rifle.

Thanks, I expect it to be tricky. When Gale McMillan was alive, he wrote me a letter reference barrel harmonics of a factory barrel, and how the use of a pad, or pressure pad, could tame the harmonics of that factory barrel, vs free floating, like common with a match barrel. In addition, the taper of that FW contour, may cause some issue, if it sits on a pad ahead of the receiver. An option I considered was to put a pressure pad at the tip, with maybe a few pounds upward push.

Not trying to be lazy, but the thought of juggling all those options to find the sweet spot, plus load work, keeps the project on hold.

Gary don't be paralyzed by analysis.

If between friends and I we have not dropped 25-30 FW M70's into synthetic stocks we haven't done a single one. I don't have a memory of any that were problematic.

Send the rifle and stock to Alex Sitman at Master Gunstocks or Redneck (who did the other rifle in the picture). I doubt you'll be unhappy.

Doesn't MPI make one that comes out at like 9 ounces or something??? Ultra lightweight????

Unlikely.

If advertised as such, I would have to weigh one on one of my scales before believing it.

Call it personal experience in attempting to get a 20oz finished stock on a 98 mauser...

And it not just MPI...

Yes but that's the unfishined weight. My gunsmith finished one for his 375 RUM that went 14 oz I believe. He is hoping that since mine is a short action with a short foreend that it'll be closer to 12 oz finished but we shall see.

Please report back on the weight. I'm doing a faux Ti and might be persuaded to go another direction with the stock depending on what your's tips the scale at.

My best friend's 416 Wby tore apart an MPI in 12 shots. Hope yours is ok.

Luckily mine is much less power than a freaking 416

If worried about it a standard 16 oz one would be much stouter than a 9 oz versions.

416wby????? I was thinking 204 ruger walkaroud rifle at 3 lbs!!!