The Mistake known as the Monte Carlo Stock!

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The Mistake known as the Monte Carlo Stock!

Does anyone really like these?

It smacks you in the as cheek hard as Michel Tyson.

Also could be called "1970s Rifle Syndrome"

:mad:
 
And it doesn't explain how...

Many of us fire Monte-Carlo stocked rifles, in heavy calibers (like .35 Whelen), without any ill effects. What are you doing differently to get so beat up?
 
I think you have a stock that just dont fit your face or something else is wrong with it. They dont do that unless something is wrong.
 
I never had a problem with them, but of course the hardest kicker that I have one on is the 7MM Rem. Mag. It kicks but not on the face but rather on the shoulder.
 
A monte carlo is one where the stock is higher towards the heel than at the comb. As a result when the rifle kicks, the slope of the monte carlo moves the comb of the stock away from your cheek. Most often seen with a cheekpiece.:D
 
To be picky, it's a Monte Carlo *comb* on a stock, not a Monte Carlo stock. No biggie...

Any stock or comb should be tapered such that as it slides backward along the cheek during recoil, it moves *away* from the cheek and not *toward* the cheek. This taper should be visible as you look down on the top of the stock.

A stock which is a bit too short can result in one's cheek suffering from recoil. This is commonly due to an awkward positioning of the rifle or shotgun.

The only purpose of a Monte Carlo comb is to get the eye-line higher when the rifle has a scope mounted on it. It is unnecessary if only iron sights are used.

:), Art
 
It is a custom 300 Win Magnum on an Enfield action with a standard 2-piece scope mount and a redfield scope.

It is about an 8-pound rifle.

It has a "Monte Carlo" style stock not a straighter more modern type.

When fired it whips up severely and the stock will hit you hard in the right cheek without fail.

I have been told that this is common with this stock type because the barrel is above the centerline of the stock and recoil does not come straight back.

Apparently this was the style at some point in the past.
 
Cut out a pocket in the barrel channel and pour in about 3/4 pounds of lead, drill the butt and pour in a 1/2 pound of lead. It wont be light but that dogleg stock wont pound you so bad then. Sounds like a old style stock with lots of drop and a bad taper to the cheek peice. If you are good at wood work you could remove the "monte carlo" part of the stock and retaper to a standard type. Then use a M-1 type sniper rifle leather lace on cheek pad to be in line with the scope. Plus the pad is a lot softer than the wood too.
 
Sounds like an improperly shaped monte carlo. The proper monte carlo is lower at the front than the part where you rest your cheek. It was designed to stop the very thing you're complaining of.
 
Yeah, Zorro, I go along with BigG. Just because a gun is "custom" doesn't mean the stockmaker knew what he was doing.

A pretty finish doesn't mean the shape is righteous. Reminds me of some women I've known. Did you pick it up at closing time?

:D, Art
 
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