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Replacement Stocks?

  • 21-10-2009 11:48pm
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,880 ✭✭✭


    Hi, could anyone recommend where I could order a replacement stock for a Remington 700 .223 & a Sako 75 Hunter?

    I've googled both but the only sites jumping out at me are American one's and most cant/wont ship Internationally :(

    Is there anywhere in Ireland/UK that they can be ordered?

    Cheers,

    C :cool:


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,226 ✭✭✭Glensman


    MidWayUK do them. Think RimfireMagic do as well. (for the Remmy)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,880 ✭✭✭caprilicious


    Thanks a mill Glensman, will give them both a try now :)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,612 ✭✭✭jwshooter


    mc millan for the 75 , log onto peter jacksons rifles wed site there is a big list of stocks on the shelf.

    you can order one off him ,it will take 6 months to make and ship.

    i have a 75 varmint in olive/black and love it


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 315 ✭✭DR6.5


    JW roughly what sort of money would you be looking at for one for the 75.

    dr6.5


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,612 ✭✭✭jwshooter


    DR6.5 wrote: »
    JW roughly what sort of money would you be looking at for one for the 75.

    dr6.5

    400-500 euro off the top of my head ,worth every penny


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  • Registered Users Posts: 207 ✭✭Sika_Stalker


    one of the lads on here is in the process of making a composite stock for remington short action rifles,
    http://site.pse-composites.com/Latest_News_and_Products.html


  • Registered Users Posts: 451 ✭✭andyone


    a friend of mine has a remmy 700 adl..... he bought a Choate super sniper stock out of the states, pm me if your interested in details....he has also just recieved a laminate stock from an english company for the same rifle..... and turned it into a bdl also.... company name... riflecraft.... think he only paid 127 pound sterling...... as i said pm me if you require more details....
    and i'm currently looking at importing a stock from www.rifle-stocks.com for my cz 527, the cz is not off the shelf but i'm know the remmy's are, and they will send to eire......


  • Registered Users Posts: 52 ✭✭Malaga2


    do yourself a big favour and stay away from the Choate stocks...utterly horrible !!!
    Look at Cabelas/Midway/or any US site .... HS Precision make a real good stock for about $250 US.
    If you need help drop me a pm and Ill see what I can find for ya on the Remmy....


  • Registered Users Posts: 451 ✭✭andyone


    now now .... beauty is in the eye of the beholder... and one mans meat is another man's poison...... i'll admit i was sceptical when it came out of the box on day one ..... but it grows on ya..... and it is a solid shooting platform...... every thing about it is functional..... as it was desifned that way... by MAJOR JOHN PLASTER..(lol) having said that a lot of police/ military sniper teams in the U.S. are using the major's handywork.... if not the choate, earlier versions.... and we all know there using the remmy 700 action aswell, all be it in 308... we took a hacksaw to my friends stock last week, twas great fun... he recently got his barrel shortened(handier for getting over the ditches) and the T8 wouldn't fit..... so twenty minutes later and two inch's shorter he was a happy camper..... and before anyone says anything...... the choate is not for the fair weather shooter...... it's a heavy bit of kit.....


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,612 ✭✭✭jwshooter


    Malaga2 wrote: »
    do yourself a big favour and stay away from the Choate stocks...utterly horrible !!!
    Look at Cabelas/Midway/or any US site .... HS Precision make a real good stock for about $250 US.
    If you need help drop me a pm and Ill see what I can find for ya on the Remmy....

    HS are lovely . there rifles are also dame fine .dear santa .


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,880 ✭✭✭caprilicious


    Thanks a mill for all the replies and links :)

    Its for the husbands gun, I'm half thinking of getting him a new stock for Christmas. I never realised there were so many out there to chose from though!

    I know he wants either a black/dark green one and one of those plastic type one's rather than the wood one's. There seems to be a huge range in prices too, one website I checked the prices ranged from $100 to $1500!
    I was hoping to get one for the cheaper end of the price range :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,880 ✭✭✭caprilicious


    Woops I'm looking for the wrong stock apparently! its the Sako 75 that he wants the stock for, I've attached a pic of the Sako Finnlight its that style of stock he wants for it.
    The original stock the Hunter 75 comes with is the wooden one.


  • Registered Users Posts: 52 ✭✭Malaga2


    andyone wrote: »
    now now .... beauty is in the eye of the beholder... and one mans meat is another man's poison...... i'll admit i was sceptical when it came out of the box on day one ..... but it grows on ya..... and it is a solid shooting platform...... every thing about it is functional..... as it was desifned that way... by MAJOR JOHN PLASTER..(lol) having said that a lot of police/ military sniper teams in the U.S. are using the major's handywork.... if not the choate, earlier versions.... and we all know there using the remmy 700 action aswell, all be it in 308... we took a hacksaw to my friends stock last week, twas great fun... he recently got his barrel shortened(handier for getting over the ditches) and the T8 wouldn't fit..... so twenty minutes later and two inch's shorter he was a happy camper..... and before anyone says anything...... the choate is not for the fair weather shooter...... it's a heavy bit of kit.....

    It grows on ya like a wart :) .....


  • Registered Users Posts: 451 ✭✭andyone


    Malaga2 wrote: »
    It grows on ya like a wart :) .....


    that maybe true......Malaga... all depends on where the wart is weather you can live with it or not....lol


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,612 ✭✭✭jwshooter


    i love the marble affect of there stocks


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 809 ✭✭✭ejg


    Thanks a mill for all the replies and links :)

    Its for the husbands gun, I'm half thinking of getting him a new stock for Christmas. I never realised there were so many out there to chose from though!

    I know he wants either a black/dark green one and one of those plastic type one's rather than the wood one's. There seems to be a huge range in prices too, one website I checked the prices ranged from $100 to $1500!
    I was hoping to get one for the cheaper end of the price range :)

    Hi,
    When it comes to plastic stocks their are two main types. The mass produced injection moulded type. These are made from a cheap thermoplastic material that has very little or no fiber reinforcement and is therefore not a stiff material. In my opinion useless for stocks. The stiffer the material the better for a stock because it reduces the movement of the action and barrel ever so slightly when one fires a shot. This increases accuracy and repeatability. One very stiff material that is also used for high end sports equipment as well as aerospace applications is HM carbon fiber in conjuntion with approved resins. Which brings us to composite rifle stocks the second type.
    Conventionally (USA / Canada) these composite stocks are made with a simple vertical split line and need to be milled out so that one can fit the rifle. Disadvantage is a lack of compression strength in the action area and generaly the rifle to outer shell strength/stiffness is low.
    We have overcome these dissadvantages with a much more complex mould set-up.

    This is all important but useless if a stock does not fit well or is of a wrong design for the purpose. Trying before buying would be great.

    In the meantime two or three people in Ireland have specialised in spray painting rifle stocks with very high quality paints that are non reflective and fairly grippy even if wet. So colour changing is not a problem.
    Let us know how you get on.
    edi


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 449 ✭✭ianoo


    you should give john greene in kilmacow a shout, he has several different remming 700 stocks on the shelf and can make ypu up anything you might need

    ian


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,265 ✭✭✭.243


    ejg wrote: »
    Hi,
    When it comes to plastic stocks their are two main types. The mass produced injection moulded type. These are made from a cheap thermoplastic material that has very little or no fiber reinforcement and is therefore not a stiff material. In my opinion useless for stocks. The stiffer the material the better for a stock because it reduces the movement of the action and barrel ever so slightly when one fires a shot. This increases accuracy and repeatability. One very stiff material that is also used for high end sports equipment as well as aerospace applications is HM carbon fiber in conjuntion with approved resins. Which brings us to composite rifle stocks the second type.
    Conventionally (USA / Canada) these composite stocks are made with a simple vertical split line and need to be milled out so that one can fit the rifle. Disadvantage is a lack of compression strength in the action area and generaly the rifle to outer shell strength/stiffness is low.
    We have overcome these dissadvantages with a much more complex mould set-up.

    This is all important but useless if a stock does not fit well or is of a wrong design for the purpose. Trying before buying would be great.

    In the meantime two or three people in Ireland have specialised in spray painting rifle stocks with very high quality paints that are non reflective and fairly grippy even if wet. So colour changing is not a problem.
    Let us know how you get on.
    edi
    you mean something like this
    ABCD00012.jpg


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