Aftermarket Savage stocks

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goosedowner

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Does anyone make a good aftermarket stock for Savage rifles?
Is there any place where you can buy a factory Savage stock?
I would like to try a few things to stiffen up a factory stock but I hate to play around unless I have a back up stock.

Thanks
Lee
 
i called savage a month ago and they sell the plain wood stock that comes on a new one for the SA for $89 plus $14 shipping the LA is probably the same price but I didnt ask
 
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Does anyone make a good aftermarket stock for Savage rifles?
Is there any place where you can buy a factory Savage stock?
I would like to try a few things to stiffen up a factory stock but I hate to play around unless I have a back up stock.

Thanks
Lee



I happen to like the Choate Stocks. Gotta warn you they are very, very heavy. Try here:

www.uws.com
 
I bought a Mod 16 in their Weather Warrior series and had trouble with the forearm of the composite stock flexing when using a sling.

I called their Customer Service and got a wooden stock from a Mod 10 and it fit well, sans glass bedding. It's a little bit heavier, but shoots well.
 
on savageshooters.com if you register and go in thier forums there is a forum called savage parts for sale. there is some great deals to be had on several new takeoff wood stacks and synthetic. check it out you will not believe some of thier prices.
 
There's several options. Bell & Carlson sell three models from cheap to pretty nice and in a variety of shapes and colors. Boyds has several wood stocks. Choate has at least one. SharpshootersSupply has several. And Stockade has several to choose from. That's all I'm aware of. I just purchased a B&C Medalist, should arrive tomorrow.
 
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Does anyone make a good aftermarket stock for Savage rifles?
Is there any place where you can buy a factory Savage stock?
I would like to try a few things to stiffen up a factory stock but I hate to play around unless I have a back up stock.

Thanks
Lee



On my "tupperware" Savage stocks, I cut out most of the baffles in the forend with a Dremel tool. I then put some shallow gouges in the sides of the barrel channel, at and below the level where the baffles were located. The gouges provide mechanical retension if the epoxy doesn't hold well to the "waxy" plastic used to make the stock. I degreased the inside of the barrel channel.

I took some carbon glass arrow shafts which had been broken in use from my archery friends and placed in the bottom of the barrel channel. I then applied two layers of duct tape lengthwise on the bottom of the barrel and applied release agent to the action and duct tape. I poured Accraglas into the barrel channel to fill up the spaces around the arrow shafts and inserted the barreled action. The duct tape acts as a spacer for the sides of the barrel channel while the epoxy sets up. You have to have a place you can sit the gun level so the epoxy doesn't run out of the barrel channel.

After it sets up, remove the barreled action, clean up the release agent and you have a stiff forend with plenty of clearance for the barrel.

Several years ago, Sharp Shooters Supply, in Delphos, OH, used to sell the "tupperware" takeoffs for about $10 each. I don't know if they still have them or what the price may be, but it's worth a call or an email.
 
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Does anyone make a good aftermarket stock for Savage rifles?
Is there any place where you can buy a factory Savage stock?
I would like to try a few things to stiffen up a factory stock but I hate to play around unless I have a back up stock.

Thanks
Lee



I have a long action tupperware stock around the house here somewhere, you can have it for shipping costs, if you need an L/A stock that is.

I had one Bell and Carlson Duramax. It was only marginally less flimsy than the factory stock. I have heard that the B&C "Medalist" is a little better, but I have not held one.

The lam's are pretty good, but I didn't like the shape and grip of the BVSS stocks.

I finally ended up with a McMillan and the problem was solved.
 
those stock may flex but several gunsmiths i have talked to said that if you can find another brand gun outa the box that will outshoot a savage with a synthetic stock they will kiss your you know what. I was trying to stiffen mine up and a custom rifle smith i know said "why" it is already accuarate as hale. I wish mine was a little stiffer but i have no problems when shooting groups or animals.

good luck
 
The stock flex is no problem so long as the stock is not pressing against the barrel. That often can happen if you use a swivel bipod. That's why I stiffened up mine. It's quick, easy and cheap to do.
 
It's been awhile, but I believe I put in 4 or 5 pieces. You can't use a full length arrow, the forend isn't long enough. And, that makes getting the pieces easier as most archers using carbon arrows will break some from time to time. Carbon arrows are better than aluminum as they are very stiff for their diameter and weight.

Make certain you leave room for the recoil lug to drop into the stock, though, when you put the shafts into place. Everything within 2" of the epoxy gets a good coat of release agent, even the top of the barrel and the front portion of the action. It's easier to take release agent off, than to remove epoxy that has stuck to someplace it wasn't supposed to go. lol

I did the whole skim coat bedding job for the action and forend stiffening at the same time. If you skim coat the action recess, you have to remove or tape up the trigger so nothing flows into it's cracks and crevices. You also have to drill little holes at angles in the action recess so the epoxy can flow into them for mechanical retention, in case it doesn't hold properly to the plastic.

If the gun is shooting properly and you have never glass bedded an action, just stiffen the forend and leave the action bedding to another time.
 


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