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I'm considering building a lightweight 25-06 on a commercial FN Mauser 98 action. Any suggestions for a lightweight sporter stock? Actual weights would be appreciated if available. Thanks!

McMillan Edge stock

High Tech Specialties. I have a couple and they finished off at 23 - 25 oz depending on pad used and any mods done (I shortened the forend on one). I have new blank sitting for a potential project. Note that they do require some finishing work.

Yes these are excellent stocks

How durable/stiff are they compared to McMillan?

Looking at getting two myself.

MPI Kevlar. 18 ozs. ready to bolt up. I've got two, one of which is on a custom 98 Mauser. Both have been knocked around a good bit. No problems at all. E

natman;
Good afternoon to you sir, hopefully this finds you well.

I've put two rifles together now with Wildcat Composite stocks - the first being a large ring Mauser.

Here's a link to Stuart's website;
http://wildcatcomposites.com/productinfo.html

Stuart's stocks need to be bedded and the ones I bought were unfinished as well. As he's a small company, there are limited models to choose from - but if you can find what you like they are extremely stiff stocks in my experience and certainly so for their light weight.

I found him to be easy to communicate with and didn't wait very long for either one that I ordered to be built and shipped. I'd use another Wildcat Composites stock again on a build in a heartbeat.

Here's a photo of my blank on the scale with the sling swivel bases installed, but no recoil pad or bedding yet.


A photo of the finished rifle on the scale.


Since that photo I've had a different barrel installed and the rifle has gained 2 oz.

Hopefully that was useful information to you sir, good luck on your build whichever way you proceed and all the best to you this summer.

Dwayne

I sure like my light FN Mauser 30-06. It wears a Brown Precission Pound'r stock I like very much.

It's light and rigid.

http://brownprecision.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/2014-Price-List1.pdf

Another vote for High Tech Specialties.

I have several on my rifles, but the oldest is on my FN Mauser .338 Winchester Magnum, which has seen considerable use not just in North America but Europe and Africa with zero problems. They're pretty easy to install yourself if you're reasonably handy with stock beddinga nd painting, but even if you have somebody else do the work can usually be done for less than a McMillan.

The top rifle is a SAKO/FN in a brown precision stock, with SAKO bottom metal, a Shilen #2 barrel and no scope 63/4 pounds.

I just used one of the new McMillan SAKO Compact stocks inletted for a L/R Mauser. They are nice and compact but they aren't as light as the ones mentioned above. They do come finished and painted though.


This rifle wearing this stock weighs 6lbs 7ozs before optics. About perfect for me.

Banser/HTS very affordable and nice ergos. Generous beddding area so I always do a 2 step bedding process to rough bed the lug receiver area with tape to center the barrel in the forened

Only complaint is the foreend is about an inch too long. They can be cut down and contoured with a bit o0f epoxy. Or just live with it

Question:

I have a Sako classic, wich I guess is very similar to the Interarms X stock.

My problem with this stock is, that my little finger off the grip when using this stock. I have large hands.

I have Sako Hunter stock, in wood, wich is perfect for my hands though.



I am wondering, for those that have both or tried both, knows if the Banser/ Highteck stocks have larger grip areas?

I have built a number of Mausers and one Rem 700 with HTS stocks. They are a lot of work to finish. I have to cut off the flashing, fill the holes with putty cote, sand, glass in a block for recoil pad mounting, paint, etc.
http://www.brownells.com/rifle-part...-98-synthetic-rifle-stock-prod72816.aspx

I got an M70 pre 64 HTS stock already finished for $350 off the 24HCF classified from TomM1.

He did a better job than I do:(
So i am getting my hands dirty for $2/hour and doing substandard work?

I gotta kick this HTS habit, but the 20 ounce weight tempts me... I must be strong.

10at6,

I usually cut the High-Tech forend tips a couple of inches, partly because they free-float easier that way, since the shorter length makes them less flexible.