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Room to improve stock design?
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<blockquote data-quote="royinidaho" data-source="post: 839411" data-attributes="member: 2011"><p>I'm quite fussy about my stocks.</p><p></p><p>I have 2 A5s and they come only close to my personal criteria.</p><p></p><p>First I don't like the rough dimpling on the A5 at all! Prefer smooth.</p><p></p><p>The comb is too low for a 56 mm objective scope. Fine for 1" scope with low/medium height rings.</p><p></p><p>Palm swell are marginal or nonexistent. Prefer a "hand full" as far as palm swells go. And on both sides. Who knows when an offside shot opportunity will present its self? Way quicker to simply shift sides than break position.</p><p></p><p>Prefer a falt squared up forearm. McMillans are plenty wide and are shaped very weil. I just prefer a more square shape.</p><p></p><p>Thumbhole of appropriate design is a significant enhancement over the very good A5 pistol grip design. A properly designed thumbhole with significant palm swell is quite sweet.</p><p></p><p>For 30" and longer barrels all currently h stocks are about 3" short. Though this would appear to be a cosmetic considerate, the longer the distance between shooter's shoulder and bipod the better.</p><p></p><p>A stock should weigh no more than 2 pounds or so.</p><p></p><p>I made a prototype that fits my bill nearly perfectly. However being build around a Bell and Carlson cheapie stock there is too much cracking from the use of too much JB Weld, Steel Puddy, Epoxy, Bondo and Pine Wood the shape is right and she shoots good but is too full of cracks to be presentable.</p><p></p><p>However as a pattern she's right where I want her.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="royinidaho, post: 839411, member: 2011"] I'm quite fussy about my stocks. I have 2 A5s and they come only close to my personal criteria. First I don't like the rough dimpling on the A5 at all! Prefer smooth. The comb is too low for a 56 mm objective scope. Fine for 1" scope with low/medium height rings. Palm swell are marginal or nonexistent. Prefer a "hand full" as far as palm swells go. And on both sides. Who knows when an offside shot opportunity will present its self? Way quicker to simply shift sides than break position. Prefer a falt squared up forearm. McMillans are plenty wide and are shaped very weil. I just prefer a more square shape. Thumbhole of appropriate design is a significant enhancement over the very good A5 pistol grip design. A properly designed thumbhole with significant palm swell is quite sweet. For 30" and longer barrels all currently h stocks are about 3" short. Though this would appear to be a cosmetic considerate, the longer the distance between shooter's shoulder and bipod the better. A stock should weigh no more than 2 pounds or so. I made a prototype that fits my bill nearly perfectly. However being build around a Bell and Carlson cheapie stock there is too much cracking from the use of too much JB Weld, Steel Puddy, Epoxy, Bondo and Pine Wood the shape is right and she shoots good but is too full of cracks to be presentable. However as a pattern she's right where I want her. [/QUOTE]
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