someguy2800
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I bought this accutrigger Savage 223 BVSS about 6 years ago. I was in the market for a savage varmint rifle and decided I wanted the BVSS just due to liking the stock vs the other models. I couldn't find one local to try out but I thought it looked comfortable from the pictures so I ordered one.
Well I really liked the gun when I got it but the stock is like shooting a 2x6. The palm swell on it isn't really in the shape of a human hand and there is absolutely nowhere to put your thumb. They just took the shape of a normal sporter stock and added a big vertical grip on the bottom. Problem is when turn your hand like that you can't reach your thumb over the top of the stock anymore. The only comfortable way to shoot it was to put your thumb facing forward on the top of the tang.
I got bored with it in 223 as its just to big and heavy for that caliber IMHO so I've since converted it to a single shot 308 by replacing the bolt head, filling in the magazine hole in the bottom of the receiver, and then epoxy bedding the action into the stock. Recently I got an urge to try one of the 6.5 calibers and try to find a 1000 yard range to shoot at. I'm thinking I will use the 308 for economical mid range target shooting, the 6.5 for longer range shooting if I can find a longer range to shoot at, and I may even get a 22-250 barrel as well if I ever get a chance to go prairie dogging. I went online barrel shopping looking to get a 260 or a creedmore barell but ended up stumbling upon a really good deal on a used Douglas barrel in 6.5x284 on gun broker, and a bushing full length sizing die on ebay. I got the barrel with muzzle brake for $130, and I got Redding bushing full length sizing and bushing neck sizing dies for $20 each.
Anyway last night I put the barrel on and finally decided to do something about the ergonomics of the stock. I've never shaped a stock before other than to float a forend so I was a little apprehensive to grab the die grinder and go to town. This is the carbide I did all the shaping with.
Original plan was just to cut out enough of the comb for my thumb to get over the top, but then I decided to scallop out a place for my palm to go, then I decided to add a thumb groove, then I decided to reshape the bottom of the grip to fit my palm better, then I decided to finger groove it, then I added dimples for where my knuckles sit, then I relieved where my trigger finger sits, ect, ect, ect... It took about 3 hours of holding it, finding the pressure point, grinding a little out, repeat, to finally make it the shape of a human hand. I just removed about 1/8" at a time from here and there until my whole hand finally had contact with no pressure points. Feels great now, its like grabbed a piece of clay with your hand and let it harden.
After I had it shaped out with the grinder I hand sanded it with 120 grit and then wiped on some semigloss minwax polyurethane with a paper towel to seal it and bring the color back. I intentionally left the sanding a bit rough to give it a tiny bit of texture.
Its funny that it was not intentional but it ended up looking just like alot of the tactical stocks sold out there. I guess they were on to something. Honestly after doing this I wonder if Savages intention with this stock was to provide an oversize blank for people to fit with there hand. The proportions of the factory stock are just looney toons silly and I have really big hands.
Well I really liked the gun when I got it but the stock is like shooting a 2x6. The palm swell on it isn't really in the shape of a human hand and there is absolutely nowhere to put your thumb. They just took the shape of a normal sporter stock and added a big vertical grip on the bottom. Problem is when turn your hand like that you can't reach your thumb over the top of the stock anymore. The only comfortable way to shoot it was to put your thumb facing forward on the top of the tang.
I got bored with it in 223 as its just to big and heavy for that caliber IMHO so I've since converted it to a single shot 308 by replacing the bolt head, filling in the magazine hole in the bottom of the receiver, and then epoxy bedding the action into the stock. Recently I got an urge to try one of the 6.5 calibers and try to find a 1000 yard range to shoot at. I'm thinking I will use the 308 for economical mid range target shooting, the 6.5 for longer range shooting if I can find a longer range to shoot at, and I may even get a 22-250 barrel as well if I ever get a chance to go prairie dogging. I went online barrel shopping looking to get a 260 or a creedmore barell but ended up stumbling upon a really good deal on a used Douglas barrel in 6.5x284 on gun broker, and a bushing full length sizing die on ebay. I got the barrel with muzzle brake for $130, and I got Redding bushing full length sizing and bushing neck sizing dies for $20 each.
Anyway last night I put the barrel on and finally decided to do something about the ergonomics of the stock. I've never shaped a stock before other than to float a forend so I was a little apprehensive to grab the die grinder and go to town. This is the carbide I did all the shaping with.
Original plan was just to cut out enough of the comb for my thumb to get over the top, but then I decided to scallop out a place for my palm to go, then I decided to add a thumb groove, then I decided to reshape the bottom of the grip to fit my palm better, then I decided to finger groove it, then I added dimples for where my knuckles sit, then I relieved where my trigger finger sits, ect, ect, ect... It took about 3 hours of holding it, finding the pressure point, grinding a little out, repeat, to finally make it the shape of a human hand. I just removed about 1/8" at a time from here and there until my whole hand finally had contact with no pressure points. Feels great now, its like grabbed a piece of clay with your hand and let it harden.
After I had it shaped out with the grinder I hand sanded it with 120 grit and then wiped on some semigloss minwax polyurethane with a paper towel to seal it and bring the color back. I intentionally left the sanding a bit rough to give it a tiny bit of texture.
Its funny that it was not intentional but it ended up looking just like alot of the tactical stocks sold out there. I guess they were on to something. Honestly after doing this I wonder if Savages intention with this stock was to provide an oversize blank for people to fit with there hand. The proportions of the factory stock are just looney toons silly and I have really big hands.
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