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That would be a nice stock for a winchester.

The SG stock I have is a NIB Winch offering - sporter contour, and for the 1-pc bottom metal.. Beautiful wood, it has...

Any pics?

x2 on the Fwt pattern with a sporter barrel, doesnt look right IMO

The featherweight will take up to a Bartlein #3 what contour is the EW barrel???

Would the featherwight work? It's not a fwt barrel.

Yep, ~ 8 oz, I would go edge on any Fwt or Ext wx 22” barrel. I’d do standard fill on a 24” sporter or any of the >.375 barrel contours. Its more about balance than weight.

Have you had an edge fill on a 30-06 EW?

I personally have not, but a shooting buddy bought an ext wx in 30-06 when they first appeared. It shot lights out for him, but the balance was not what I would call ideal. He put it in a compact (believe these were only avail in edge fill back then) and it gave it a slightly muzzle heavy feel which is preferred IMO.

The fwt barrel profile I have had in edge fill stocks do well balance wise, depending on optics and mounts, but always felt a #2 contour at 22-23” would be better yet. Having shouldered my pards’ EW kinda enforces that logic in my looney mind, but I despise the compacts open grip.

I kinda wish WW would have made the EW with a 24” barrel like the classic stainless were in std calibers. If I were stocking an EW today I would either leave it alone as I don’t think the B&C stock is all that clubby; or put it in an edge fill to improve balance. Patterns would be either Monte Carlo or Classic. Lots of folks don’t like the classic because it has some drop at the comb, I use use low rings where as I normally use Med on a straight stock and everything works well.

I have never handled a Legend or the Sako Classic, but the Sako has really peaked my interest, would be great if someone would post a pic of a 70 in one, or better yet added it to the Win Mickey template thread that was going for a while.

If I were stocking an EW today I would either leave it alone as I don’t think the B&C stock is all that clubby;

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I haven't handled a new EW lately (mine is SC production) but my stock felt like a club, so much so I almost sold the rifle because I hated the way it felt. I heard the short action stock isn't as thick as the long action. I don't know if B&C has changed the stock since I got mine?

Here is my EW with B&C stock next to my FWT in a Hunters Edge stock.





Changing the stock changed the opinion I had of the rifle. It always shot well, but it never handled like I wanted.

FWT McMillan with Edge fill works just fine on my EW .270 Win.