Getting a stiffy

I, like many of you have a problem,

I don't like how floppy my synthetic tikka stock is. I had a plan of buying a B&C stock in the states for cheap and bringing it back. Minimal gain in weight and a fantastic stock for a few hundred dollars. I have since found out that as a firearm part they may be difficult to bring out in checked luggage.

Who h as done a DIY job on eliminating forend flex using the TBR stuff, arrow shafts, whatever... Could you post some pics. I need to bed it too and I dunno how that will go but should be a good learning curve.

Pm abe

I just had one... I thought ohh Im not alone... BUT maybe I am lol

Lured into this thread under false pretences. Well done on the double entendre title

OOHHH, me too, i would like to 'stiffen up my forend', of my rifle, that is!...Stevens 200 synthetic, supposed to be 'free floating' but depending on the grip, it can/will touch the barrel..

ive heard it done with carbon fibre arrow shafts too.....

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i tryed with my sps remington stock, i had it bedded, then I stiffened the forend with newtech.
it worked fine, the gun shot great. I still replaced it with a boyds laminate.

the problem isnt the stock its in your head. go out and get the B&C from DED
bedding + stuff to stiffen forend + time for something you wont even be happy with.....

Just by the B&C off Brownells. Export permits are easy to get.

I used balistic researchs for end stiffening compound in a factory 595 stock. It did help but still no where near as stiff as the Sakos walnut.
If i did it again i would cram as many carbon arrow shafts in there as i could and use the compound to hold it together.
Or just get a carbon stock ;)

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Originally Posted by Bill999

the problem isnt the stock its in your head.

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Nailed it! "I have this rifle that shoots well but i just cant stop tweaking the end of the stock for some reason..."

My steyr provarmint forend squirms round all over the place (so do the prohunters) that dosent stop it shooting absurdly small groups

Like I say to the kids all the time - just keep your hand off it!

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Originally Posted by Cyclist

just keep your hand off it!

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My old man used to tell me that as well. Ha ha ha ha

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Nailed it! "I have this rifle that shoots well but i just cant stop tweaking the end of the stock for some reason..."

My steyr provarmint forend squirms round all over the place (so do the prohunters) that dosent stop it shooting absurdly small groups

Like I say to the kids all the time - just keep your hand off it!

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Not an issue off the bench.

Can you throw it down on any terrain with an awkward position and have it shoot to the cross hairs?
I can with a stiff stock but not with one made of jellow.
Maybe Im just a muppet.

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Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Maybe Im just a muppet.

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Which one are you most like VC. My favourite was Animal

I probably used to be animal but nowdays probably closer to chef or the old guys moaning at the end:D

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Originally Posted by veitnamcam

I probably used to be animal but nowdays probably closer to chef or the old guys moaning at the end:D

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Ha ha the chef was cool

Adding any material to the forend to stiffen it will add weight and ruin the balance. Get a replacement, better, stock if you want to improve it.

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Originally Posted by gimp

Adding any material to the forend to stiffen it will add weight and ruin the balance. Get a replacement, better, stock if you want to improve it.

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Unless its balance needed some weight forward.
Going to a light stiff stock often ruins balance as its to light in the butt.

Sweeping statement there gimp. :thumbdown:

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I'm gonna stand by it. The t3 doesn't need weight added to bring the balance forward, and a decent aftermarket stock doesn't weigh significantly more or less than the already light factory stock.

What about everyone with a suppressed T3 that would throw balance off worse then a little bit of weight in the stock. You could always drill a hole into the butt and fill it to balance it back out a bit?

I've felt some stocks that have been filled in with epoxy to stiffen them and it made them mad heavy. Way worse than a decent suppressor. And I don't recommend anyone buy a suppressor that isn't decent, so

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Not an issue off the bench.

Can you throw it down on any terrain with an awkward position and have it shoot to the cross hairs?

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Its way more of an issue on the bench than in the field - provarmint is mint on the bench and blasts hares and rabbits to any distance I can pick them out in the field

A squishy stock makes lack of trigger control more apparent on the bench = you squeeze the trigger and your crosshairs drop... Learn to use your trigger well and the "problem" of a bendy stock goes away.

My walnut(heavy butt) 85 balances and swings beautifully. If i was to upgrade to a lighter stiffer stock for hunting the bulk of that weight would come out of the butt. If i was to up grade to a bench stock it would be pointless arguing balance.
The wifes 595 i stiffened i added a few grams around the balance point and a few forward.
Its was already very front heavy and made Bugger all if any difference to its already poor balance.
If and when it gets a lighter profile barrel its balance will move aft but then it will probably end up in a senator or something and who knows where it will be then.

If you shoot off hand a lot at game a flexy stock is the last of your worrys. You need a rifle that fits first and swings.
If you shoot off a bipod a lot at game balance is the last of your worrys. You want a stiff stock.
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For what it's worth I recently brought a stock from the US in checked baggage without any problem. As I read the NZ regs a stock is not a 'firearm part' and therefore doesn't need an import permit. I had emailed the police firearms office beforehand and they confirmed this. I didn't bother declaring it at the NZ border as there was nothing to declare. I don't know if there are US export rules but I just packed it in my suitcase and that was that. I've not seen anything about export permits on the Boyd's or B&C sites.

You can bring a stock in your check in all good. I have often taken a stock over to aussie and back for mates. Im sure a rifle stock is no different thsn a shotgun