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What you folks doing for mounts/rings?

700 compatability? Seems like its diminutiveness might make a rail a good idea over 2 piece mounts?

Hmmm...

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I can't stand those Hogue stocks.

Nor I.
I wont feel bad if I ruin it with files and a grinder.

agreed. floppy and ugly

Work it like wood. Wood that'll melt that is.


Thick and fuggly for sure. Not floppy IME.

Shorter, stiffer action, no? Two piece Warne bases.

Oh, yah, maybe more ring spread using a rail....

Yep, pretty rigid stock in my opinion. There are not the rubbery Hogue stocks although they have the same shape. I agree that they are homely, but I like them.

Has anyone tried cutting/lightening one of these stocks before? I seem to remember seeing some photos of one that had been carved up... Can't remember if it was here or elsewhere. I think I'll be getting one, and trying to work the stock a little. Probably try to shorten the fore end and move the sling stud back. Maybe chop the barrel back too.

I like the Hogue stocks myself...

I tried those scope bases that MadMooner posted a link to...

I have them mounted on a Mini in 223...

I have a 30mm diameter tube on top... I think it makes the scope set too high above the bore...
minus that, they are a nice set up...

if I put like a 2 x 7 scope on it, with a 1 inch tube, it would probably set a lot lower...

I think the Grendal would be like a 6,5 version of a 30/30....which wouldn't be bad with 65 to 120 grain bullets..
heavier bullets, I think would yield diminishing returns..

im thinking of the rubber ones.

would love to have a well-balanced grendel in a svelte handle w 20” spout

Yes. I'll post some pics this evening. Can't offer as a service.... Done 7, or 8.

Yah, the overmolded ones must have enough less structure to matter, making them a bit fkexy. There's zero doubt they are all Hogues. Though I have been a proponent for slimming them, I have a rubbery 10/22 that doesn't seem to bother me, and it's pink. Maybe because it's pink. FIIK

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#4

#3

#1 for Travis

#1 Again

#2 for Hank. #1 and 2are rattlecanned. The rest are Duracoated.





Pre-shaping weight marked, 34.5oz, 30.3oz final.




A bit more work around the grip than Flav's.


Not this. I took a bunch of pics of Hank's stock before I started but can't find them. It wasn't all hacked up in the barrel channel like that other guy's! LOL

This is #4. It got a carbon fiber dip. And IIRC a magazine by the owner...

See all the holes?

This is a 1500. To get things slimmer ditch the pad, as it's not trimmable. Go flip-flop. Also, for me ditching the flutes is more enjoyable, less tedious. To get the forend tip that round requires some epoxy. I wan't to shorten to as was mentioned previously.







Last one for Formi, and the reason I want one too, in Grendel.