Bell and Carlson Howa Mini "Sporter" rifle stock. Update

[Gunner75]

Interesting, I check that out and be in touch. I've got a week of backlog, but I'll take a peek at it in the meantime.

[1075 tech]

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That's awesome. I recently got the M40 stock for my heavy barrel. Love it! Dropped in. Tight fit around the action and bottom metal. Barrel fully floated. No fitting needed. Tightened the action screws to 50 in lbs. Sub-MOA potential with factory loads right out of the box.

[Msalm]

Just received my sporter stock today, had a 7.62x39 barreled action sitting on the shelf so bolted it in and function checked 4 rounds loaded with 125 Sierra SP?s through the mag. Fed slick as a whistle and feels really good in the hands. I think after mounting a scope it will feel a touch heavier than wanted but overall it?s a damnded nice stock. I like the cleaner lines of these newer B&C vs the older ?muted? contours of some of the older stocks. Trimmer through the forend and pistol grip with crisp contour lines, it?s a sharp looking stock. It?s not as light as a premium hand laid stock (High Tech, Brown Precision, etc) but then it?s not $600 either.

Overall two thumbs up!

[tdbru]

Gunner75,
just ordered the mini action stock for my mini 1500 6.5G. you were out of stock on the Desert Tan, so i ordered olive with black spiderwebs. will any kind of paint stick well, like most rattle can paints? and how are the recoil pads attached. if i want to lengthen the pull by putting in a 1/4" spacer, is the pad glued on or screwed on?
thanks again.
-tdbru

[Gunner75]

tdbru, FYI if we are every out of stock, we usually can ship the stock of your choice within a couple business days. Paint and paint prep. Wipe all towel with a little 91% alcohol and wipe over the complete stock and follow up with a dry towel. Just not good practice to allow solvents to hang out on painted surfaces so that is why I suggest following up with a dry towel right away. It won't hurt our finish, simply remove any finger prints, contaminates, etc. Paint away. I've never really ran across a paint that would not adhere to our finish.
Recoil pad. It is Glued and Screwed into place. You will destroy the pad by removing it.

[ckp]

Is there any chance someone would be good enough to post a couple of pictures of a mini action rifle installed in this stock. I am in need of a decent stock for a project. I was going to go Boyds, but this looks pretty good.

Thanks

[tdbru]

Gunner75,
thanks for the reply. ok, i can prep the surface and camo away. cool. thanks. and thanks about the heads up on the recoil pad. now i will have to think really hard about adding 1/4" to the LOP since it sounds like i'll need to do the spacer and get a new recoil pad to boot.
thanks,
-tdbru

[tdbru]

Got the B&C mini-sporter stock. sans any bottom metal - 2lbs. right on the money as advertised. Factory stock sans bottom "metal" - 2 lbs, 2 oz. so the B&C sporter stock is lighter than factory. B&C mini sporter with DIP bottom metal goes 2lbs. 3.5 oz. factory stock with bottom "metal" goes 2lbs. 3.5 oz. so yes, the plastic bottom metal is lighter than the DIP real bottom metal. impressions: B&C is much more rigid stock. forend is much more slender on B&C. factory stock looks a bit more like a bench stock on the forend. the B&C stock looks to be about an inch shorter overall with both stocks forends pointed up with the buttstocks on the floor. if i hold the two stocks side by side so that the action screws are even, the B&C looks to be about 1/2" shorter on both ends. will go ahead and accraglass in the action and first 1" or so of barrel anyway. then once that is done i do need to add camo pattern to the stock. then put it all back together and head to the range. my mini is the 22" sporter barrel. with the barreled action dropped into the B&C stock the barrel does not touch the stock anywhere. my factory stock was the same way. but i could flex the factory stock enough to get the forend to touch the barrel. just trial fitting the DIP bottom metal and B&C mini sporter and putting it all together, i had no problem feeding a snap cap from the magazine into the chamber with the action screws snugged down with a screw driver handled Torx driver. once it's all glassed in and such, i'll put the 50 in-lb of torque to the action screws and check the feeding again with a snap cap. maybe by next weekend or so, depending upon weather i might get out to the range.
just an fyi update on the B&C mini howa sporter stock for those who might have an interest
-tdbru

[gnumadic]

Ok fellas, figured I'd give you all a heads up. DO NOT PHONE into the shop until it is available on our website. I'm still hearing about the last one.

Should be available within the next couple weeks.

https://www.bellandcarlson.com

I took our M40 Heavy barrel model, recontoured the for end and changed the grip angle and size. The buttstock has the same general look/styling.
This stock accomodates the sporter barrel contour. I did however leave enough material so the consumer could open the sporter stock up to the heavy barrel.
The heavy barrel version fits but the barrel contacts all the way down the channel. Won't take much to float it.

Hope you like it.

What method/tools do you recommend for relieving the stock for a heavy barrel? Thinking about picking up a mini-action and this stock for an off-season project. It'd be the perfect rifle for my kids. I've been taking deer the last couple seasons with my AR Grendel, but I'm not as keen about a 10 y/o shooting a semi-auto.

[A5BLASTER]

What method/tools do you recommend for relieving the stock for a heavy barrel? Thinking about picking up a mini-action and this stock for an off-season project. It'd be the perfect rifle for my kids. I've been taking deer the last couple seasons with my AR Grendel, but I'm not as keen about a 10 y/o shooting a semi-auto.

They sell a model made for the heavier profiled howa grendels as well.

[Hunter307]

Pics please!

[gnumadic]

They sell a model made for the heavier profiled howa grendels as well.

I did think about that--the M40 contour, right? While the two stocks weigh the same I really like the slimmer Sporter profile (and I want the mini-action with the shorter/threaded barrel for suppressor use).

[tommyguns]

Any comments from users of the M40 stock with the Howa Mini 6.5? Thanks!

[1075 tech]

I put my 20" HB in the M40 stock. Drop in fit. Not a loose drop in though. Very snug fit. I did not have to do any fitting. I did have to hold things in place while torquing the action screws to keep the barrel centered in the channel. I've only had it out a couple of times but it seems to work well. Nice on the bench. Not too heavy to carry afield. Rifle is super accurate but I don't know how much of that is the stock.

[tommyguns]

I put my 20" HB in the M40 stock. Drop in fit. Not a loose drop in though. Very snug fit. I did not have to do any fitting. I did have to hold things in place while torquing the action screws to keep the barrel centered in the channel. I've only had it out a couple of times but it seems to work well. Nice on the bench. Not too heavy to carry afield. Rifle is super accurate but I don't know how much of that is the stock.

Thanks for the quick info, sounds good!