Bell and Carlson M40?

[mobertok]

Hi everyone, I have a chance to purchase this stock brand new, semi locally at a good price. Just curious if anyone has had good luck with this stock.
Thank you

 

[nksmfamjp]

I bought their Winchester standard M70 stock. Not the same, but they have excellent stiffness and materials. The finish is a bit rough and it will need serious bedding work to be complete. I find the recoil pad pretty good. Dont forget that you may want an ARCA rail for easier use off a tripod!

 

[mobertok]

Thank you nk, I usually shoot off shooting sticks while hunting.

 

[MagnumManiac]

It is the same stock as found on Remington 700 LR rifles. I have one in 300WM, find the stock bulky, but it shoots off a bi-pod and rear bag quite well. The recoil pad is a Pachmeyer Decelerator, handles recoil very well actually. Have fitted quite a few of these too.

Cheers.

 

[mobertok]

Thank you, it seems as if it may be more bulky than the b&c long range hunter. Appears the hunter has a slimmer forend.

 

[SSG Graybush]

Hi everyone, I have a chance to purchase this stock brand new, semi locally at a good price. Just curious if anyone has had good luck with this stock.
Thank you

It's a decent stock, I had a 700 Long Range in 300 wm in that stock, probably where that one came from. I bedded it with jb weld and it shot very good, but most shoot good right in their aluminum bedding block. They ain't light, but not too heavy. A little square and clunky, good for shooting off a bag. For a bench target rifle or hunting from a blind, ok. I just wanted a kinda M40A5, and I shot that barrel out. But for a hump around hunting stock idk, I'd probably pass. Am taking that action and building a 33 Nosler, in a different stock, probably a ulta-lite Game Warden. I like a vertical grip, imo better for shooting prone.

 

[mobertok]

Thanks to you. I'll mostly be walking short distances and setting up on shooting sticks then glassing and waiting.

 

[74honker]

Good solid stocks. They are a little thicker but personally like that since it fits me better.

 

[chav0_12]

I have a Bell and Carlson on my semi-custom 28 Nosler. It's a decent stock, my Savage options were limited. I have one on a Browning A-Bolt II, I'm pretty sure the one that came on my Nosler M48 Liberty is a Bell and Carlson, and the Sako A7 Roughtech that I had was a Bell and Carlson too. They make decent stocks, they're not the best and they're not super wiz-bang or light, but they're better than plastic factory stocks.

 

[comfisherman]

Good solid stocks. They are a little thicker but personally like that since it fits me better.

I love the shape, but an on the larger size of human. Have had complaints from folks with smaller hands. If your under a size l glove it might not be for you.