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<blockquote data-quote="Nimrod1203" data-source="post: 608523" data-attributes="member: 35129"><p>Hi TA. Welcome to the forum! I've been studying stocks for about a year now, and have come upon all of the ones you're looking at and have done countless hours of research. Here is what I think, which you can take with a grain of salt. </p><p>For a sporter LR type of stock, the Manners MCS-T seems to be the best looking, strongest one of the ones mentioned. The biggest deal for me is fit and finish if I'm going to spend the money, and the Manners can be ordered with custom barrel channels whereas the hs and greybull cannot. I believe from what I've read the Greybull only comes with a barrel channel opened up for 1 inch or so, so if you have a sporter weight barrel as you do, there will be a large gap on both sides of your barrel. This does not affect the way the stock performs and from all reviews the Greybull is a fantastic stock, but It's just that minor irritation for me. HS precision I believe is the same way. They have sporter or varmint barrel channels. The "easiest" route is to call Manners or Mcmillan and order a fully inletted drop in ready stock. Then bed the action to that stock. The fit and finish will be spot on, and you will no doubt have the best stock on the market either way. With all that being said, It wouldn't make any sense to just to order a stock in the same style as you have now if you have a wood stock. Most wooden stocks can be made to be as accurate with little work and for far less money. As the guys have said, a new barrel will give the most upgrade for the money. If I were you, which obviously I'm not, I would first send my Leupy in, since you already have quality optics, and have them upgrade to Turrets. Then I would Re-barrel, which will help tremendously. Then I would bed the new barreled action into the stock. However, The factory tupper-ware stocks are not as good, then in that case you would need to re-stock. Unless you're wanting a straight down pistol grip, You can get just as much accuracy out of a laminated Boyd's stock thats properly bedded. They are under $150, whereas the Mcmillan's and Manner's run about $500 + or -. So instead of a blueprinting job which is $150-$200 depending on smith's, then a new stock which is $350-$500 and still not have the accuracy you would by spending $350-$500 on a barrel job and $75 or so on a bedding/pillar job and $120 for new turrets on your Leupold. All in all, a barrel job ends up being cheaper and they will give you the biggest improvement in accuracy. *sigh* Thats what I've found.</p><p>Nimrod</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nimrod1203, post: 608523, member: 35129"] Hi TA. Welcome to the forum! I've been studying stocks for about a year now, and have come upon all of the ones you're looking at and have done countless hours of research. Here is what I think, which you can take with a grain of salt. For a sporter LR type of stock, the Manners MCS-T seems to be the best looking, strongest one of the ones mentioned. The biggest deal for me is fit and finish if I'm going to spend the money, and the Manners can be ordered with custom barrel channels whereas the hs and greybull cannot. I believe from what I've read the Greybull only comes with a barrel channel opened up for 1 inch or so, so if you have a sporter weight barrel as you do, there will be a large gap on both sides of your barrel. This does not affect the way the stock performs and from all reviews the Greybull is a fantastic stock, but It's just that minor irritation for me. HS precision I believe is the same way. They have sporter or varmint barrel channels. The "easiest" route is to call Manners or Mcmillan and order a fully inletted drop in ready stock. Then bed the action to that stock. The fit and finish will be spot on, and you will no doubt have the best stock on the market either way. With all that being said, It wouldn't make any sense to just to order a stock in the same style as you have now if you have a wood stock. Most wooden stocks can be made to be as accurate with little work and for far less money. As the guys have said, a new barrel will give the most upgrade for the money. If I were you, which obviously I'm not, I would first send my Leupy in, since you already have quality optics, and have them upgrade to Turrets. Then I would Re-barrel, which will help tremendously. Then I would bed the new barreled action into the stock. However, The factory tupper-ware stocks are not as good, then in that case you would need to re-stock. Unless you're wanting a straight down pistol grip, You can get just as much accuracy out of a laminated Boyd's stock thats properly bedded. They are under $150, whereas the Mcmillan's and Manner's run about $500 + or -. So instead of a blueprinting job which is $150-$200 depending on smith's, then a new stock which is $350-$500 and still not have the accuracy you would by spending $350-$500 on a barrel job and $75 or so on a bedding/pillar job and $120 for new turrets on your Leupold. All in all, a barrel job ends up being cheaper and they will give you the biggest improvement in accuracy. *sigh* Thats what I've found. Nimrod [/QUOTE]
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