Stock Recommendations

[fosjam]

If you are happy with your SPS in its current configuration I'd consider leaving it alone. Since the stock is already synthetic, I doubt you will gain much in an actual accuracy or weight advantage. You could spend a fair amount of money for a stock you don't like. I spent over $800 on a carbon fiber stock and it just didn't feel comfortable, the palm swell was just too big. Sold it. I also expect that your SPS stock flexes and absorbs some the the recoil pulse where a carbon fiber or chassis stock won't.

In my misguided youth I thought the factory stock was ugly and I didn't want it. So I scrapped it for some morphydite camo stock that doesn't fit me and is even uglier now. So I don't have the factory stock any longer. Figured rather than spend a couple hundred bucks trying to get one of their cheap molded stocks, I would upgrade to a nicer one.

 

[memtb]

In my misguided youth I thought the factory stock was ugly and I didn't want it. So I scrapped it for some morphydite camo stock that doesn't fit me and is even uglier now. So I don't have the factory stock any longer. Figured rather than spend a couple hundred bucks trying to get one of their cheap molded stocks, I would upgrade to a nicer one.

We've all done dumb things in our "misguided" youth……some of continue the trend well into "adulthood"!

Good Luck in your quest! memtb

 

[Buzzsaw]

I love my Sawtooth from Peak 44

 

[jrock]

I'd agree that stocks and chassis are personal preference. Fitment usually goes to the chassis but weight is always with a stock. With a stock, you ccan put the strength into the shell and not need support or other hardware for adjustability. Even then stock grips and shapes matter to a degree.

I've taken a lot of calls recently for our CF Versa stocks if you want to give them a look. Depending on accessories, you can come out at a pound, plus or minus a couple oz.

Barrels and stocks are usually the best places to save weight.

 

[memtb]

I love my Sawtooth from Peak 44

That's sweet!
I'm not sure what my McMillan weighs, but I bet that it's a pound heavier than that.


I'd love to have that on my .375 AI for carrying…..but I suspect that an 8# .375 AI might kick a little! Just for the heck of it, I'll run the numbers. I'm probably not man enough to stand behind it!

UPDATE: just "crunched" the numbers……63.5 ft/lbs. Not as bad as I thought it would be……I think it would be doable. Not fun from the bench…..but doable! memtb

 

[C416R]

McMillan in my book, received new Game Warden LR at the end of Nov. of 24
Custom order in less than 4 weeks, custom LOP ( can't get that in Peak 44 ) 28oz. Carbon fill. McMillan nuts on and my experience w/customer service has been excellent.
Custom ordered and tested several different styles over the years.
Manners are great, but it a crap shoot if you get what you order or in months…Tom will make it right but, you know. Chassis are hard to hunt with, great for bench or prone.
Been down that trail.
Hard to beat a McMillan at the end of the day.

 

[skipglo]

I'm very old school pertaining to stocks….though, I do actually love quality synthetic stocks. In fact, though it's not actually a chassis stock…..I probably wouldn't own an AR 15, had I not won it!

The classic stocks, whether synthetic or wood…..just seem to have that special feel! Having/shooting a chassis type rifle…..would be like having sex with a robot! memtb

Robots are programmable..... perhaps change your age input to 28 or 30....and it won't go TO SLEEP ON YOU!...just me!

 

[skipglo]

MDT FIELD STOCK.... unbelievable quality and price.

 

[Hand Skills]

MDT HNT26 unbelievably light for a chassis

KRG Bravo a chassis that is a stock.

There are a ton of choices out there.

Another good lightweight option is the XLR Element - it and the MDT HNT26 are available with optional folding but stock, which is nice for portability.

I find recoil management a bit easier with stocks, but probably because that is what I'm used to...