Custom Stocks

[Wind Gypsy]

Sorry posted this in the wrong forum, can i get some help moving it mods?

So I have a browning X-bolt 300 WSM SS/synthetic that I like a lot with the exception of how flexible the stock is. It appears nobody makes an aftermarket stock for these things but I have a hard time ditching it because I'm a big fan of the 60 degree bolt throw, the factory plastic DBM, and it shoots well.

I'm curious on possibilities of getting a manners or mickey stock in flat top or basic inlet and having it custom inletted by a smith. I'm not familiar how they are typically filled or how the sizing/structural concerns would work out. Seems like MPI is an $$ option with some really poor reviews as well.

I see that stockys now has a laminated x-bolt stock which might be an option and Browning has their eclipse models with laminate stocks that are probably stiffer as well. I'm most curious about making a custom composite.

 

[Barrelnut]

Seems like MPI is an $$ option with some really poor reviews as well.

I think MPI stocks are excellent. They are able to build a true custom stock for most rifles.

I have a Savage 116 in 25-06. Manners and such don't make a stock for the long action version of this rifle. I gave them the rifle to work from. MPI did a full custom to my specified draw length in kevlar. It is wonderful. Light and stiff. They are a bit spendy and they are at their best with custom fitted stocks.

Here's my MPI Kevlar stocked Savage with black and tan webbing.

 

[Wind Gypsy]

I think MPI stocks are excellent. They are able to build a true custom stock for most rifles.

I have a Savage 116 in 25-06. Manners and such don't make a stock for the long action version of this rifle. I gave them the rifle to work from. MPI did a full custom to my specified draw length in kevlar. It is wonderful. Light and stiff. They are a bit spendy and they are at their best with custom fitted stocks.

Here's my MPI Kevlar stocked Savage with black and tan webbing.

Thanks for your input, I have a few MPI ?s if you don't mind:
1. How much was your stock
2. Is there somewhere better to get a feel for the stock patterns as the website gives you one picture of each
3. How much does your stock weigh?

I'm not really excited about shipping the action somewhere as I am always working away from home and happen to be in the peoples republic of california right now which makes ffl situation lousy.

 

[Barrelnut]

1) Believe it was about $800 and change. But that was with the kevlar and bedding.
2) Not that I know of. The webbing they do is just about like what you see on a Bell and Carlson. It is nice.
3) I cannot remember what it weighed, has been on for two years, and can't take it off the rifle at the moment...It did knock a lot of weight off the rifle. But that is all relative too, because the Savage stock I replaced was aluminum bedded and those can be heavy. They also bedded it for me so when I did weight it one time it was with the bedding material. Their website says the kevlar stock are 16 to 20 oz. That sounds about right from memory.

I am very happy with the work. They are actually in my area so all I had to do was drive over hand them the rifle and get fitted. I admit they are spendy but this is a rifle I will have for a long time.

I would have a hard time shipping them the rifle too. They are a place you go when you want a Ruger or something not so mainstream restocked. Why not try to stiffen the stock on the X-bolt?

 

[Rich Coyle]

I used MPI for my last stock. It weighed twelve (12) ounces! I then had them add a Weatherby cheek piece to fit me That brought the weight up to twenty (20) ounces. The stock was built for a Remington Sendero with a barrel diameter of .925" at the muzzle. The cost was $518 shipped to Southern Oregon.

 

[Wind Gypsy]

Thanks for the input fellas. So if a guy wanted a little more closed grip and higher cheek they could do that?

Why not try to stiffen the stock on the X-bolt?

The forearm is very thin, I don't think there is enough there to stiffen.

 

[BountyHunter]

Contact Bruce Baer gunsmith in willow hill pa. He makes some if the best stocks around and has over 100 patterns in all kind of woods and laminates.