Composite Stock Recommendation - Remington 700

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mnoirot64

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I am considering upgrading the cheap stock on my Remington 700 SPS Varmint in 308 WIN. I am considering the following stocks:

Manners MCS-GAT:
http://mannersstocks.com/tactical/

Accuracy International AICS:
http://www.accuracyinternational.com/aics_kits.php

JAE-700 From J. Allen Enterprises:
http://www.jallenenterprises.com/jae700_overview.htm

I was wondering if anyone here had any practical experience with these stocks, even if it is not on a Remington 700. I am assuming nearly any aftermarket tactical stock would be much better than the garbage stock Remington part. FWIW, this gun is a tack driver with the factory stock.
 
Wow... I'm a bit surprised that no one has weighed in on this yet. Maybe none of these composite tactical stocks are much good... :D
 
Those three choices weren't on my horizon when I upgraded my SPS Varmint .22-250 stock with a Bell and Carlson Medalist a couple of years ago. My factory stock was an ugly green synthetic that you could see was flexing when you put any pressure on it. Could tell that the stock was causing some issues with maintaining the barrel channel and was probably causing some inaccuracy.

Whatever stock you choose, you should see improvement.
The B&C Medalist didn't cost all that much - about $280 - and is pillar bedded and fit like a glove without any adjustments.

I also replaced the Remington trigger with a Timney for $ 78 (on sale) and it fit in perfectly until I adjusted it to 2 lbs. (The factory trigger was gritty and heavy so I didn't bother trying to tune it.) The Timney adjusting nut comes out slightly as you adjust and I had to use my Dremel to grind off a little bit of the stock to let the adjusted trigger group fit in.

The improvements in reduced average group size were worth the money for both. The trigger improved the average group size by 0.15 and the stock added another 0.1. The .22-250 now averages 0.302 for its top 10 hand loads and 0.344 for its top 25.
 
Rimfire5 said:
The improvements in reduced average group size were worth the money for both. The trigger improved the average group size by 0.15 and the stock added another 0.1. The .22-250 now averages 0.302 for its top 10 hand loads and 0.344 for its top 25.
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Wow that's very impressive. I am quite comfortable with the trigger on my R700 308. It is adjusted to around 3.5#. I have a worked trigger in my R700 BDL 338 RUM and it made a world of difference in that rifle.
 
Don't know about the ones you mentioned. I have an SPS sitting in an HS Precision with full aluminum bedding and a Timney trigger, and it's all I could ask for with a stock action/barrel combo.
 
Remington actions are heat treated after machining which makes them all move about a bit as they cool.Ea. one is a little different, using the pillar/aluminum bedding stocks does not help this you need stress free pillar bedding even with the aluminum bedding stocks.
I just did 3 Remington 700/BDL's-308,300BLK,7mm-08 with HSP stocks,one sporter, and 2 varmint.I used "Accu Risers" to raise the action .005 above the aluminum bedding surface.Accu Risers are simply various stainless steel flat washers that fit in the action screw pockets this bring all of the forces loaded on the action screws and bottom metal. Everything is then glass bedded in with only 10 in. lbs. of torque and suspended in a block of wood with a hole big enough for the barrel to fit through.
Glass bedding is the one thing that will give you a true rock solid mating of the barreled action to the stock,pillars need to get the action away from any part of the stocks and center the action screws over the screws and action.
I watched a ton of videos on you tube(none showing "Accu Risers")on glass bedding. I got very professional results by being meticulous and paying attention. It is very worth while effort and pretty inexpensive way to get everything out of those MacMillans,HSP's and B&C's that have the aluminum bedding blocks,still needs pillars and glass. I will be doing all of my rifles eventually.
 
I have a Rem 700 in a take-off Sendero - HS Precision stock. I used a thin layer of epoxy bedding to make a perfect fit to the aluminum bedding block. I only paid $60 for the slightly-used stock and it's fabulous!!!
 
longranger said:
I got very professional results by being meticulous and paying attention. It is very worth while effort and pretty inexpensive way to get everything out of those MacMillans,HSP's and B&C's that have the aluminum bedding blocks,still needs pillars and glass. I will be doing all of my rifles eventually.
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Have you had any experience with Manners Custom Stocks?
 
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