GALLERY RIFLE & PISTOL NEWS
can squeeze it into shape easily by hand for a perfect fit, or you can sand it down to suit once it has set.
Shooters with larger sized hands may also find that their trigger control can be improved slightly by relieving some of the stock material above the trigger unit to avoid any unwanted binding against the side of the finger during trigger operation. There are quite a few shooters who shy away from altering their perfectly finished factory stocks but what’s the point of it looking nice and shiny if it doesn’t fit you properly? None whatsoever really! You can always re-varnish or lacquer your stock again after modifying it and it will probably cost you less than a tenner, plus some of your spare time of course but the benefits will certainly be well worth the effort!
A good deal of thought and attention also needs to be given to the shape and length of the fore-end. Many shooters have bought a fancy looking stock purely because it looked cool in a photograph, only to find that it provided little practicality or performance when actually used on their rifle, as it was either too small or completely the wrong shape to be able to hold properly. In order for you to be able to shoot at your best, the fore-end must be long enough (and of the correct width, depth and profile) to allow you hold it at a point which provides you with the most stability and this point can only be found by having testing sessions on the range.
Some shooters hold the fore-end close to the action whilst others grip the end of the stock no matter how far away it is - because this is where they think they should be holding it. Despite holding the fore-end of my rifle for many years, considering it to be the most comfortable way to shoot (and therefore the most stable?) it turned out that supporting it about two-inches further forwards actually produced the best results on the target. This was done by placing a length of masking tape along the whole left hand side of the fore end that had numbered points marked along it at one inch intervals. I then proceeded to fire a series of well aimed 5 shot groups over 50m with my thumb positioned on each numbered mark, onto a corresponding numbered target down range. This sequence was done a total of four times and the results clearly showed that my groups got tighter the further forward I supported the rifle and that is how I found my optimum hold-point.
Polymorph grip spacer...
...and fore end block before being painted .
Rounding off the bottom of your butt pad will make it sit in your shoulder better and improve bringing the rifle up into the aim.
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