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A more refined opiton is Jerry Fisher's bottom metal. Might I suggest the standard hinged floor plate to keep the action sleek for hunting. Acra glass will soften when heated beyond a certain temperature. With devcon you could shoot a 15 shot string and the bedding would still hold up. Acraglass has been known to swell and contract in different temperatures.
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It is by far the most stable bedding compound for rifle stocks. On the bedding I would go with Devcon's steel putty. The curved bottom metal is the ultimate addition to a rifle, but it isn't a cheap option. It can be refinished several times, and made to last several generations. I'll include a picture of this type of bottom metal to showcase how streamlined a rifle could be if you were to send the rifle to an accomplished stock maker to have a stock fit to you. He designed it to be curved so that when a wooden stock was made, it could be curved on the bottom to make a rifle even sleeker. With a push feed action you can single load rounds into the chamber bypassing the magazine so there is no need for an extended magazine holding over 4 or 5 rounds.Ī more refined design is Jerry Fisher's curved bottom metal. You'd have to measure your barrel at several different points so when they make the stock it would fit your action, or for $55 you can send the barreled action in and to have it fit better. The only work you'd have to do is glass bed your action to the stock. You could order these stocks several different custom molded in finishes. It too has a standard pistol grip with a widened forend for taking those long shots. Their M24 style stock is something I would suggest as a field rifle. The McMillan is obviously a more refined stock maker. Painting them is always a fun project as well. The beauty of these stocks is that if you are not happy with with shape of the grip, you can always add epoxy to it, and shape it in any way you like. Some of the target style stocks get in the way in the field. The widened forend would aid in aiming off bags, bipods etc ,but the grip would never get in the way. With your heavy profiled barrel I would go with something like the Varmint Sendero style. Pillars pre installed would be a plus, I do intend to bed the action. I think the stock style BDL bottom metals would be lighter than a box mag but I don't really know. Can you guys help me pick a stock and bottom metal to keep this thing as dainty as possible? It has to be semi durable, I doubt it will ever see a bench rest other than verifying zero, so no exotic carbon overmolded stuff. I'm also not trying to drive nails at 800 yards.
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I love wooden stocks but I'm not going to wag a 12 lb outfit through the woods. I want a lightweight rifle first and foremost. I'm not even going to attempt to get this dialed for 2021, my hope now is to hunt with it in '22. So far I have a Triggertech trigger and a 24" magnum contour McGowen Remage barrel chambered in. I wanted a 700 for excellent aftermarket parts availability and a hopefully modular and very serviceable hunting rifle. I know, there is a lot of hate for the modern Cerberus Remington and now Remarms, but this is the path I'm on.