Sir Jerry, I made a "Rooster Note" on how to please "Mama Chicken": Build her a 30x35 foot boma with concrete patio. Quite the Valentine there.
Sir Spruce, I have made the Boyd's and Richards Micro-Fit laminates work on harder kickers than the MIGHTY .458 WINCHESTER MAGNUM. Not much difference in those two laminates, I reckon. They are still just wood between the epoxy gluing. They can crack along the wood laminations.
One was reinforced every-which-way after a crack developed at the tang on a .460 Wby. It lived on after a re-barreling to 470 Mbogo.
The other was used on a .500 Mbogo, reinforced at the start, no cracks yet. They can gain a pound with all the embedded steel allthread and epoxy in 3-D inside the stock. Can be slim but heavy.
I much prefer the B&C Medalist type stock as Sir Larry suggests. They weigh only 2.0 to 2.5 pounds for M70/M77 to CZ 550 Magnum, With the bedding block, no barrel lug is needed on a .458 WinMag, or any other man-portable piece.
Ron aka "Rip" for Riflecrank Internationale Permanente NRA Life Benefactor and Beneficiary .458 Winchester Magnum, Magnanimous in Victory THE WALKING DEAD does so remind me of Democrap voters. Donkeypox.
