Bell & Carlson Tactical Sock???

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Jerry45

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I have questions about this particular stock. http://www.stockysstocks.com/servlet/the-108/mcmillan-a5-stock-tactical/Detail Bell & Carlson Tactical Medalist A5 Fully Adjustable - Remington 700 BDL.

First question: Good, bad, excellent, or POS. I’m thinking about purchasing but haven’t yet so don’t worry about hurting my feelings if you don’t like it. I’m want hones input.

Stock is cut for a heavy barrel. I have a Sporter barrel so I E-Mailed and asked if the stock was compatible and received this response.

You could use it for the sporter barrels but you would have a significant gap on each side of the barrel as well as your barrel may not sit centered in the stock. You can glass bed the barrel channel to remedy this if you like.
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I don’t want to do additional beading which leads me to my Second Question: How much space could there be between the barrel and the stock? Maybe ¼” at the muzzle end? The barrel is suppose to free-float so I’m pretty sure I could live with theat. Opinion please.

Now here’s the part that is really puzzling to me.

Question Three: Why wouldn’t the barrel be center in the stock? Doesn’t the action center in the bead when a stock is constructed to free-float the barrel? I don’t understand why it wouldn’t be center. If I had a heavy barrel wouldn’t the barrel touch the side of the stock if it didn’t center on the action? :confused:
 
I'll get to your question in a minute, but first I have to admit that I looked at this post to see what a Bell and Carlson Tactical Sock was. I have some old green ones from the USMC, but I don't think they are tactical.

Anyway, on to the topic. I had a heavy barreled varmint gun (Ruger 77V) rebarreled (220 Swift, with major throat erosion) some years ago and had a standard weight barrel of higher quality put on. The result was the big gap between barrel and stock. The gunsmith that did my barrel then filled in most of the gap with a bedding compound. Looks fine and you have to look close to see that the compound isn't wood. As for your barrel being centered or not centered in the stock, I'm thinking that your barrel should be exactly centered and I can't imagine why it would not be.
 
center by whose standard is the real question. the difference between .2 and .25 some cannot tell with the naked eye. It will fit and function just fine. your spacing depends on what the cannel is actually cut at most are around 0.800 (roughly) for heavy barrels and sporter is around 0.5825 (roughly). your gap would more than likely be .125 (1/8) on all ends maybe as large as .25 (1/4). As for the rifle bieng center in the stock, this dosent make much sense to me either. The stock comes with an AL bedding block for the action so the only way I could see that the barrel would not be center is if the action block was not center in the stock or the screw holes drilled off center or the forarm is warped. In any case if it is off by a small marign say .25 left and .27 right for instance it would not affect your sporter barrel. If you go to a heavy barrel and it touches I (I say again, I) would just take a dowl and open up the barrel chanel as needed with sandpaper.
 
First, my son has a B&C Medalist (tactical also, but w/out the adjustbale LOP and cheekrest) on his 700 BDL and loves it...

Far as the barrel channel, it won't affect function; just looks a bit "odd" without a varmint or bull contour barrel. We have a Savage in a Choate tactical stock that's the same situation with a factory contour barrel.
 
Thanks for the replies guys. Now all I need to do is decide if it’s worth the $$$ and pulling my 06 out of the Boyd’s Thumbhole to put it in the Bell & Carlson Tactical just because I want to try something different.
 
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