Thread: hunting stock design

Originally Posted by Joe_90

This promises to be a very interesting thread!

I've found having a bit more rise for a cheek weld has helped my shooting. I went with the bed roll foam and tape approach to build it up. Also used foam and tape to have a more vertical grip, I really don't like the more conventional sloping grip. In my case 95% of shots I take are from prone or a field rest of some kind. Not very many standing shots in the open country.

It would be good to see some photos of what you came up with...really interested in the effect of the cheek riser had on how vertical your head is. I suspect an advantage of foam is that it conforms to the shooter and allows the head to stay vertical (which I think is massively important in all sports)

Stocks look great.
I like the Tikka design but the factory one size fits nobody stocks are too short for me. Longer LOP would be great - either a longer stock or thicker pad options.

Originally Posted by Spitfire

Stocks look great.
I like the Tikka design but the factory one size fits nobody stocks are too short for me. Longer LOP would be great - either a longer stock or thicker pad options.

That's the good thing about carbon...super easy to shorten and that Husky will be my grandsons weapon in a few years...spacer pads might be the go...the length of the mold presents some challenges already.

Originally Posted by Fisherman

It would be good to see some photos of what you came up with...really interested in the effect of the cheek riser had on how vertical your head is. I suspect an advantage of foam is that it conforms to the shooter and allows the head to stay vertical (which I think is massively important in all sports)

Yes to a point. It's 2 layers of bedroll and somewhat compressed with taping down.

My version below. Doesn't look very pretty but it works. Originally was duct tape (silver) that started to come off after a couple of years around the grip so got another layer of strapping tape over it.

Originally Posted by Joe_90

Yes to a point. It's 2 layers of bedroll and somewhat compressed with taping down.

My version below. Doesn't look very pretty but it works. Originally was duct tape (silver) that started to come off after a couple of years around the grip so got another layer of strapping tape over it.

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You seem to have kept that riser slim and the angles look good. The pistol grip looks like its nicely in between vertical and swept right back.
Something most people could live with and I think that's the way to go. I got carried away with the Husky stock.

Originally Posted by Fisherman

....really interested in the effect of the cheek riser had on how vertical your head is.....allows the head to stay vertical (which I think is massively important in all sports)

Why is it that the vast majority of the world's precision shooters actually shoot with their head way off vertical, ie looking up a fair way?

Originally Posted by 6x47

Why is it that the vast majority of the world's precision shooters actually shoot with their head way off vertical, ie looking up a fair way?

When I say vertical I mean eyes horizontal...but I'm open to comment on that because if its not important a cheek riser becomes easier.
As it is, I tend to offset my risers to the off side of the stock which I think allows my head to be slightly more vertical.

I'm thinking that the easiest way to tackle this is glue on carbon risers at a variety of heights that can go on either side off the stock so people can chose to offset or not. I'm confident That they could stop short enough to allow easy bolt removal and still provide full support.
They would cheap and weigh next to nothing.