What Stock?

I held off getting a 300wsm and now have conceived another idea! That is to resurrect my Remington Model 700 in .270 and have that as a lightweight hunting rifle. I'm looking to change the stock on it to shave some weight and possibly get it fluted.
My question is what stock?

I've considered McMillan, HS Precision and or Manners... I emailed the McMillan bloke and he quoted me $750 to my door which was a bit more than I anticipated and here in Aus thats almost a brand new tikka T3 haha

What's everyones thoughts? I just want something durable, lightweight and comfortable for hunting. I am leaning towards the HS precision at the moment because its so much cheaper but thought I'd gather some thoughts first.

Cheers,

BH

Don't think the hs precisions are very light.

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Have a chat to STUG on here, he may or may not send you one.
Very light, compared to the rest.

Check the weights carefully. The HS Precision won't be far off the weight of a factory Remington stock. Hi Tech Specialities is another option, it will need some finishing and probably painting though. Will have to put a recoil pad on it, which will add to the weight High Tech Specialties Stocks

Burst my bubble damn you....:pissed off:

So do you make them stug?

havent owned a mcmillian but the manners t4a is awesome. be around the same price as the mac tho

probably cheeper to get that 300wsm in a t3 tikka package and have a light cheep gun.
the light weight route is a long and expensive one

I have a HS Precision long action RH for sale (well a mate does anyway). Rem 700 will drop in. No bottom metal but I'm pretty sure your existing will work anyway if it is a BDL. They are not the lightest though. Pretty sure its off a PHL and they are 5.5 - 5.75lbs all up (well that's what their site quotes it as).
Don't know about shipping or customs to Aussie. Give me a PM if its what you're after.
Jason @ Senator does a nice stock too.

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Originally Posted by Bill999

probably cheeper to get that 300wsm in a t3 tikka package and have a light cheep gun.
the light weight route is a long and expensive one

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I am thinking that this is the case! the only real reason for considering this is the .270 was my old mans that he had for years and it was sort of a passing on of the torch giving it to me so I want to actually use it for something as opposed to just collecting dust as its done lately.

use it then, remingtons arnt exactly heavy guns. go too light and the bastard will bite you each time you pull the trigger. lighter = more recoil

spend your $ on glass and practice.

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Originally Posted by Bill999

use it then, remingtons arnt exactly heavy guns. go too light and the bastard will bite you each time you pull the trigger. lighter = more recoil

spend your $ on glass and practice.

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Yeh I know what you mean, I'd still love something nice and light though. Maybe its because my brother has a kimber montana! I've thought about getting a new scope (Swaro Z5) but for now I reckon I'll stick to the VXIII. I'm not too scared of the recoil, I've got my 300 WM and that doesn't bother me at all (it's in Sako bavarian and far too heavy for mountain hunting I've learnt!). I love practice and we have a long tailed rabbit over here that's great for it!

I just wish I could take my own advice

Get a boyds, cheap enough that you can have a go lightening it as much as possible, drill some holes in the butt under the recoil pad, remove material in barrel channel etc, if you bugger it up its not the end of the world! ;)

My Hi-Tech is light as. Needs a lot of finishing work though. Can get finished stocks from them I think. What about Wild Dog Stocks? They're Aussie and made of Carbon. Otherwise APRS in Adelaide are the agents for Manners. Manners MCS-SL looks nice.

http://www.lightforce.net.au/aprs/products/stocks

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Originally Posted by Spudattack

Get a boyds, cheap enough that you can have a go lightening it as much as possible, drill some holes in the butt under the recoil pad, remove material in barrel channel etc, if you bugger it up its not the end of the world! ;)

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Boyd's won't ship here anymore. Hi Tech wouldn't either last I checked.

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Originally Posted by Beavis

Boyd's won't ship here anymore. Hi Tech wouldn't either last I checked.

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He is in Aussie!

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Originally Posted by Spudattack

He is in Aussie!

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You say that like it's a bad thing, which means I'm obviously taking it the wrong way because everyone loves us!!! :D

Carry on then

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Originally Posted by Bavarian_Hunter

You say that like it's a bad thing, which means I'm obviously taking it the wrong way because everyone loves us!!! :D

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Haha, not at all, Boyds will ship to Aussie but not NZ, racists! Hahaha!

Do Boyd's make a synthetic of any quality at all?

What do you use Beavis?

They do very good laminates, they start out pretty light and they are only about US$100 plus shipping so won't break the bank.

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Originally Posted by Bavarian_Hunter

I held off getting a 300wsm and now have conceived another idea! That is to resurrect my Remington Model 700 in .270 and have that as a lightweight hunting rifle. I'm looking to change the stock on it to shave some weight and possibly get it fluted.
My question is what stock?

I've considered McMillan, HS Precision and or Manners... I emailed the McMillan bloke and he quoted me $750 to my door which was a bit more than I anticipated and here in Aus thats almost a brand new tikka T3 haha

What's everyones thoughts? I just want something durable, lightweight and comfortable for hunting. I am leaning towards the HS precision at the moment because its so much cheaper but thought I'd gather some thoughts first.

Cheers,

BH

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Hey mate have you considerd ackly improving your 270?.Just curious and for all the rest of you gun gods im just asking the question not trying to start anything.

As others have said, getting a light aftermarket stock ain't gonna be cheap. I wouldn't have thought a laminate stock would be what your after, I no mine isn't light but its not a boyds its a tikka laminate.

If I was you I would just keep your 270 in original condition, use it once a year then hand it down to your kids. Buy a t3 in whatever calibre (I have 300wsm) and thrash the shit out of it.

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Originally Posted by Neckshot

Hey mate have you considerd ackly improving your 270?.Just curious and for all the rest of you gun gods im just asking the question not trying to start anything.

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Cue shit fight haha nah I actually have considered converting to AI and I would like to but I just can't be bothered with the extra money and hassles to be honest. I was hoping no-one would say it and get me on to the idea though haha

Perazzi - That has always been the plan but me being the douche bag I am treat my guns as sentient beings. Therefore I feel bad when I leave them in the safe for too long without using them. The old man when he gave it to me though told me to use it well and put some big animals on the deck with it so I feel like I should be using it. It's had a good life so far though, its shot some big red skins and fallow in its time., even my chital and sambar. My goal used to be Australia's six with it and I'm over half way there so may as well keep going! ha

My plan has been basically this:

Either -

a) Buy a T3 or A7 in 300wsm and put a swaro Z5 on it and just use the .270 for my one hog deer trip a year which generally ends in us seeing zero animals and leaving it at that.

or

b) Put on a new stock for the .270, eventually get a Z5 for it and use it as a high country sambar/NZ rig; and then put the VX-III on a .223 one day for varmint hunting.

Which then leaves my Bavarian 300wm, which cost me around $4k with what I've spent on it so far, for red deer during the small times I'm not hunting with the bow haha
Just not enough hunting time I think, maybe I should just quit my job, go on the dole and hunt full time - then every gun wins!!!