Who is making a lightweight stock for savage
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What did that cost if you don't mind?
cohunt
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My rem700 mpi is 21 Oz. It has the magnum cross pins though .. it's not the lightest version either..it only cost me $100 , a member here had a blank and wanted to get rid of it so he sold it cheap--lots of labor but mine came out great
cohunt
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You can lighten up those boyds stocks with some wood work if you like too. This is on a 7wsm and I've had no issues with it at all-- lightened and bedded and free floated--- lightens them, but still not as light as a cf ultralight stock
Picked up this unfinished w70 one on Boyd's closeouts page for about $85iirc-- of course it didn't have the cutouts in it when I bought it though
Picked up this unfinished w70 one on Boyd's closeouts page for about $85iirc-- of course it didn't have the cutouts in it when I bought it though
Well... only cost about $350 for custom length, bedding and everything. That's cause I had a 50% discount I got at a Mule Deer banquet several years ago. So I just gave MPI the rifle and had them bed it and everything.
Main thing is - this Savage has the bottom bolt release and no one made a custom stock for it yet. So I gave MPI the rifle and they made it to fit those slight differences. The stock is amazing. It is flawless. Even has the 2 tone webbing paint. It's as stiff as a chassis.
Here's another pic of it.
rem.xp100
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Stockade (Kevin Rayhill ?) makes several Savage stocks but I'm not sure about weight or the wait.
It seems your having a hard time finding what the MPI costs. I looked at their site and ran some quick numbers. Stock with recoil pad, mag pin, Studs, Mag Reinforcement, Utra LW/Carbon Fiber, and web painted comes out at $825. Add in having them fit and bed the action.....add 3hrs....I would budget at least $1,000 before tax, shipping, or anything else. Running the figures off their site I would expect a standard sporter with Simms pad to weigh very close to 25-27oz. My McMillan carbon Rem Hunter's, Pachmayr pad, studs, with Mag Fill with BDL bottom cut out weigh 31oz on a scale...not what they estimate.
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+1 I have one of these one a 280 AI build. It's one of there heavier varmint stocks, and its heavy. But they make lighter ones. It has a bedding block, and fits like a glove, already floated for my contour. I decided not to fully bed it. just cranked it down and shot it. It' one of the most accurate guns in the safe
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That's interesting. What does that weigh in at? I never thought of doing that to mine. I guess that being laminated, it would hold up to recoil also.
Decent for the price but they are not light.
redchinviking
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HNT26 Chassis System
The first purpose-built hunting chassis from MDT. Weighing in starting at 26oz (for chassis stock, buttstock, forend and pistol grip combined), this is the most ultra-light hunting rifle chassis on the market.
mdttac.com
cohunt
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I honestly can't remember, but I do know that I got it down to just under the weight of the oem Tupperware stock -- so I didn't change the overall weight bit it is much stiffer than the oem stock. If my brain is correct I'm thinking I dropped almost a whole pound off the Boyd's weight so ot was around 28-29 ounces and I think the oem was around 31-32 iirc-- I could be wrong though. It was a lot of work, but fun to do
I got the idea from a discontinued model 70 (coyote outback laminate)
Floridaboy123
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I have chassis taken off a Savage stealth I would sell. But it was 6.5 cr. Not sure it would work on 116 model if I remember 116 is a long action
