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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.
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Bob
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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.
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The 280 Remington is overbore.
The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.
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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.
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One of many amazing threads cutting RCH's.
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Not to be too dense - but what is RCHs?
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Bob - I'll take that pair any day of the week......
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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.
The 280 Remington is overbore.
The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.
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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...
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The 280 Remington is overbore.
The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.
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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. 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!
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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.
The 280 Remington is overbore.
The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.
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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.
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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.
The 280 Remington is overbore.
The 7 Rem Mag is over bore.
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Doesn't MPI make one that comes out at like 9 ounces or something??? Ultra lightweight????
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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...
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Doesn't MPI make one that comes out at like 9 ounces or something??? Ultra lightweight???? 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.
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Doesn't MPI make one that comes out at like 9 ounces or something??? Ultra lightweight???? 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.
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Doesn't MPI make one that comes out at like 9 ounces or something??? Ultra lightweight???? 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. My best friend's 416 Wby tore apart an MPI in 12 shots. Hope yours is ok.
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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.
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416wby????? I was thinking 204 ruger walkaroud rifle at 3 lbs!!!
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