Christensen Ridgeline Scout , replacment stock updates

Hello all. I've been messing around with my Ridgeline Scout in 308win for a couple years now. It's been my do-all under 300yds truck gun. I've been happy with it. I recently decided to replace the factory stock with a Manners pro hunter. I was assured that this rifle has M5 bottom metal. Bought a stock and took it to the smith. Turns out the Christensen Scout bottom metal is only M5-ish. It is different enough in several dimensions that it would require moderate stock modifications to make everything fit. I expected better tolerances for a fairly expensive rifle. Ended up buying a Hawkins M5 bottom metal and setting it up with that instead. Hopefully this helps anyone else swapping these stocks. Cheers

I'll post a before and after picture when this is finally done

I wish Hawkins made a Hunter mag in .223. I have a CA RL Scout in 300 Blackout and hate the 10 round mag sticking down

Is this what you're looking for ? They show a 223 rem mag option.

river rat23 said:

Is this what you're looking for ? They show a 223 rem mag option.

Hunter Magazine - Hawkins Precision

Hawkins Precision Hunter Magazine are flush mount magazines that offer extended COAL for hutning applications.

hawkinsprecision.com

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LOL. I was just on the site and saw it. How much modification needs to be made to get it to fit the Christensen Scout stock?

KyleC said:

LOL. I was just on the site and saw it. How much modification needs to be made to get it to fit the Christensen Scout stock?

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From talking with my gunsmith the last couple days, we decided the best route is just to install the hawkins m5 bottom metal into the m5 inlet manners stock I have, and sell the old scout bottom metal. Otherwise it takes a bit of messing around to make the scout metal fit a standard m5 inlet stock