Scarbough or Leonard stock for PPC?

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Chris Mackey

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I want to get into the short range game and wonder what stock should I go with. I expect the usual coop out that both are amazingly accurate but which one do you prefer and why? I understand that both are beautiful in different ways and both can shoot very well. Just want opinions please.
Thanks
Chris
 
That depends on your budget. Both are excellent stocks, Both are custom made and there at times are waiting lists.
Not to take away from either but the less expensive way is with a Mcmillan stock for starters.
A bottom line build will set you back at least 2K . Then theres the other items like a good rest and loading equipment.
You can always upgrade at a later date.
 
Pretty, expensive, and well made, are not the only considerations. What is your shooting style? Some very good shooters hold and shoulder their rifles. Some hold them against the forend stop with quite a bit of pressure. Others shoot free recoil. A stock shape that is excellent for one style may be less so for another. Have you tried either of the ones that you mentioned to see how they fit your style? I have a friend who has a wood and carbon fiber stock that has tracking issues. It cost him a lot of money, and looks really good. Recently at Visalia, a relatively new local shooter shot a group, with a 10.5# bag gun that is being measures to see if it is a new unlimited, 100 yd. five shot record. His rifle has one of the Bruno McMillan stocks. I know that this does not answer your question, but I think that they are points worth mentioning in a discussion about what stock to buy.
 
Butch Lambert said:
Both are very well made. I would get another Leonard as I like the vibration damping of wood.
Butch
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Butch,

I like the vibration dampening quality of my BAT stock. I have never shot a Scoville. Does the carbon fiber wrapped wood core stock like the Scoville not dampen to the same degree as a wood/carbon fiber laminated stock like a BAT or Leonard?

Thanks,
Ryan
 
I'm not qualified to answer that. It would seem that the carbon fiber skin would be very rigid, but less damping. I had a Scoville when he first started with them. The quality was great, but It didn't fit me and my shooting style. I sold it after one match.
Butch
 
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