Ok fellas. I am getting started in deciding on how i am going to build a short range benchrest rifle. I am thinking really hard about a BAT SV action with a krieger barrel. I am hung up on stock options. I looked over at Brunos and he shows some stocks but none are full inlet. Or drop in. Who besides Mcmillan offers inletting? Also is it a bag idea to go with a recoil lug instead of having your action glued in? I am trying to save some a little money of course. If i wasnt i would just buy one of Brunos rifles he has listed in the classifieds. The hole stock thing is were i am having trouble. Who inlets stocks and who can place the action in the stock for me? I have a smith for the chambering and he does pillar bedding. He doesnt do any major inletting though. What should i do?? Thanks Lee
stock inleting question please help!!
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MColeman
Club Coordinator
Kelbly, and others, offer stocks already inletted for the BAT. I can't understand why you're having problems. I bought a Kelbly Klub from Bruno that was inletted and all I had to do was bed it. No recoil lug. The PPC doesn't need one. I glue mine in but one pillar bedded will shoot just as well provided they are both bedded properly.
Maybe you need to understand what they mean by 'fully inletted'?
Maybe you need to understand what they mean by 'fully inletted'?
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gt40
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Take a look at Bell and Carlson (Midwayusa?) and Brux barrels. Brux has a very fast turn around on your ordered barrel blank. 
"Aim small miss small",
gt40
"Aim small miss small",
gt40
Kent Owens
Well-known member
I shouldn't say this, but I will. I'd get another smith. One that puts together winning rifles. One that could inlet whatever action into the stock you want and do the bedding. I'd be concerned about the guy who was chambering a Br rifle but couldn't inlet and bed it. Just an opinion.
My smith is a very talented shooter and smith. he doesnt do a lot of 4 hire work. I am really pleased with the rifles he has done for me thus far. I dont think he has the tooling to repair mcmillan stocks after cutting on them. His pillar bedding work is out standing. I think i am luck to have him as my smith. He isnt rushed to get work done and is very personable while building my rifles. The rifle i am having done now i bought my stock from bill shehane. Bill is doing the inlet fitting and Jon (my smith) will be doing the pillar bedding. Bill just doesnt have much for the short game as far as stocks go. thanks Lee
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eitmsmf
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First off I agree with Kent. Second Shehane has a baby tracker. There is some info on here or look under target stocks on his site. Good luck.
Gene Beggs
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Don't overlook the Beggs Ultralite stock for use with the Panda, Viper and Cobra flat-bottom actions. No gluing, bedding, painting; simply bolt it together with three 1/4-20 bolts and a #8 machine screw thru the front trigger gaurd hole and you're in business. Also, quite inexpensive at xxxxx(oops)
There are several advantages to the aluminum actions of which the Kelbly/Stolle Panda is the standard of the industry while the Stiller Viper and Cobra are even better in the fact that the actions are anodized and bolts are plated making them rust proof. I just love all three and if you are into speed shooting, the Viper and Cobra are available in drop port configuration.
Another advantage to the aluminum actions is the scope base is integral with the top of the action; nothing to ever come loose!
The highly polished stainless steel actions are beautiful and work well but ask any long time benchrest shooter which action he would give the all around best of all time, the one he would part with last and he is likely to answer, "The Kelbly/Stolle Panda." And of course, for all practical purposes, when you're talking about the Panda you are also talking about the Stiller Viper. The Stiller Cobra is exactly like the Viper except it is a half inch shorter.
We are so lucky to have such an abundance of fine actions to choose from today.
Hope this helps.
Gene Beggs
) There are several advantages to the aluminum actions of which the Kelbly/Stolle Panda is the standard of the industry while the Stiller Viper and Cobra are even better in the fact that the actions are anodized and bolts are plated making them rust proof. I just love all three and if you are into speed shooting, the Viper and Cobra are available in drop port configuration.
Another advantage to the aluminum actions is the scope base is integral with the top of the action; nothing to ever come loose!
The highly polished stainless steel actions are beautiful and work well but ask any long time benchrest shooter which action he would give the all around best of all time, the one he would part with last and he is likely to answer, "The Kelbly/Stolle Panda." And of course, for all practical purposes, when you're talking about the Panda you are also talking about the Stiller Viper. The Stiller Cobra is exactly like the Viper except it is a half inch shorter.
We are so lucky to have such an abundance of fine actions to choose from today.
Hope this helps.
Gene Beggs
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Lee,
Contact Kelbly's. Basically, they can explain their different inlets but generally all you'll need is a drill, file and bedding compound to finish bedding one of their stocks. You will not find a inletted and bedded - drop in stock. You have to do some bedding and a little fitting but Kelbly's is your best bet for a BAT SV.
Hovis
Contact Kelbly's. Basically, they can explain their different inlets but generally all you'll need is a drill, file and bedding compound to finish bedding one of their stocks. You will not find a inletted and bedded - drop in stock. You have to do some bedding and a little fitting but Kelbly's is your best bet for a BAT SV.
Hovis
stock inletting question
This may not be as difficult as it seems. I think most benchrest stocks that are sold as "semi inletted" may only need the bolt handle slot cut out so that the stock can be used with either a right or left bolt. The barrel channel is usually large enough for the largest legal barrel diameter and the action cutout and trigger guard mortise are normally full size. Just call the stockmaker you are interested in and ask them about it.
Scott Roeder
This may not be as difficult as it seems. I think most benchrest stocks that are sold as "semi inletted" may only need the bolt handle slot cut out so that the stock can be used with either a right or left bolt. The barrel channel is usually large enough for the largest legal barrel diameter and the action cutout and trigger guard mortise are normally full size. Just call the stockmaker you are interested in and ask them about it.
Scott Roeder
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Fireball Fred
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if one is short on cash do what you are doing, ask lots of questions.
do your research first. save your money and dont cheap out on things that matter.
that way one only has to cry once to purchase the proper materials to get into the game as some things cost more to redue than to purchase top quality from the start.
as always free advise is worth every cent spent!! Fred
if one is short on cash do what you are doing, ask lots of questions.
do your research first. save your money and dont cheap out on things that matter.
that way one only has to cry once to purchase the proper materials to get into the game as some things cost more to redue than to purchase top quality from the start.
as always free advise is worth every cent spent!! Fred