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How well do you like your Bell and Carlson rifle stocks?

Are they better than Boyd’s and Hogue stocks on hunting rifles?

Do you do drop-in or do you bed them?

McMillan no longer builds Ruger 77 stocks.

They are pretty solid choice and if they come on a gun are usually pretty well inletted. The newer ones seem a little more trim.

Bell and Carlson build's a nice product. I have always liked the fit and finish of the product line. They offer a pretty wide range of models as well! Skim bedding can help, but many shoot just fine w/o that being done. I'm a fan, they may be better stocks out there, but not at the price they are asking imo!

Is it just me or is Stockys out of everything you want to buy ?

ive used several B &C stocks, none hav ever given me issue.

I like the new ones that I bought for my Tikka T 3

The new B&C stock is a lot better than the old B&C a little thick in grip and forearm IMHO but it has an aluminum chassis.

Flier from B&C explains the Ruger due to tolerances probably needs to be spot bedded.

Great instructions on how to bed and torque any Ruger 77 stock

I like mine very much. Probably heresy, but I like them better than McMillans.

Wow, thank you for all the responses guys!

I like them well enough to have and be using four of them. I will bed the lug and thats it.


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Certainly better than a Hogue or a Boyds. No, they’re not a McMillan or Manners, but they’re not $700 plus, either. They’re a good, quality product, and if you’re not going for the absolute lightest stock (and you’re ok with they’re rather basic selection of colors/webbing pattern), they are well worth the money.

It WOULD be nice if they offered, say, a $50 “custom color” option, with a few extra base colors and web colors.

And checkering.

The Medalist model is checkered...if they still offer it.

All the ones I’ve had have been excellent. A little inletting and dab bed the lug. Good to go.

I have the version without any aluminum or pillars. REM 700 LA BDL 25-06.

After about 40 rounds the area between the trigger and bottom metal cutouts cracked. It was undoubtedly due to not having the stability of the aluminum bedding block. B&C repaired it and before I shot it again my smith bedded the action from tang to 1” past the lug. No complaints or issues sense. Went from just over MOA to around .8-.9.

I like the feel and balance. But be aware of you get a non bedding block version, I would bed it.

Had several, they are OK....a decent upgrade from factory junk.

I'm a fan. I do think the painted finish is a wee bit slippery - I wish they would use something less so like the finish on the factory MK V stock. I've found inletting for a 700 to be spot on with no work needed. Easy to deal with - I needed to return one due to LOP being too short - and there were no issues. Oh, and a fair price as well. Plus, they don't have that ridiculous 70's bowling ball look.

Never liked a single one except the Mauser model. Actually has checkering and doesn’t feel like a club.

The old carbelites were the clubs. The medalist are like any other stock.

I'm going to order one primed only, going to paint it myself.

B&C seem to fit me the best of all the aftermarket stocks. It's largely a personal preference thing, but I've come to prefer them over any others I've had experience with, which does include Hogue and McM, but does not include Manners. It boils down to fit, and I've never had any problems with any of them that some bedding work didn't solve.

Yeah, I always bed mine, regardless of aluminum block. No biggie...