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skeetlee

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Well i think i have my father talked into shooting a bit with me this coming season. We used to shoot shotguns together alot in the past but no rifles. In fact we are needing to build him a rifle. He wants to keep this on a budget as he is a hot rod guy and is building a t-bucket from scratch so he spends most of his money on this project. Anyway i figured we would do a ppc. Maybe even a heavy ppc so i can shoot it some if i wish. He will only shoot club level matches so weight isnt a concern to him. I have been offered a TMBR stock for our project. will the TMBR be a good stock for a heavy ppc? The one we found is pretty rough so we may be looking for something else. IU just wondered about the TMBR as i havent ever seen one. Thanks Lee
 
There are two TMBR stocks out there. One is made by Kelbly's and the other by McMillian. The Kelbly stock is much better.

Hovis
 
if it's a tom meredith BR stock it's a good one, if you opt not to buy it send me a PM on location/price,,,,

the wind is my friend,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

DD
 
I think the stock we are looking at is Tom design. I am not sure who it was made by though. Are they the same design just different manufactures? Lee
 
If you are talking Tooley MBR (M as in thousand) the toe angle is too flat to be legal for short range benchrest, unless local club match stock rules are more liberal than those of the the IBS and NBRSA, for short range benchrest. It is designed for 1,000 yd. competition that has different stock rules.

This is the Tooley MBR:
http://mcmfamily.com/mcmillan-stocks-benchrest-stock-list.php#tooley

If, on the other hand, you are talking about the Meredith design, it should work just fine.

This is the Meredith designed TMBR:
http://www.kelbly.com/kelblystocks.html

(You may have to scroll on either page.)
 
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I had a Tom Meredith on my favorite action back in the late 90's. I bought it from Sinclair, they were sort of an exclusive distributer for them back then. It was a good stock, but I thought it had too much flex in the forearm. ........jackie
 
The stock i am looking at is a Tom Meredith stock. Seems to me that someone told me it was kinda a cross between short range and a long range stock. Is this true? Also fellas if we do this rifle in Heavy Varmint do i necessarily need a HV stock, or will a LV with weight added be ok? Like i said dad will only shoot some practice and maybe a club level shoot. I kinda want a HV 6ppc for what ever reason, so im thinking about setting this rifle up for that purpose. I will probably end up shooting this rifle as much as anyone anyway. Dad isnt wanting to spend much, and we are going to use Tom Haverkamps new action, and most likely a shilen HV 6mm barrel, or what ever i can find a deal on. Weaver 36X scope will fill the bill quite nice as well.
I like looking for deals!! LOL!!! I am in charge of the components and dad is in charge of the checkbook, so i am just trying to get an idea of how to put all this together. Thanks as always! Lee
 
A+ on the Kelbly's TMBR. They have a long forend, a 1/2" flat on the buttstock, a low center of gravity, and as an added bonus, manage to still look like a rifle stock. I switched one of three rifles into one a few years ago, will finish the second this winter, and will likely do the third before long.

-Dave-
 
Skeet,

The McMillian TMBR has a lot more flex than the Kelbly's. Tom no longer contracts with McMillian. At one time, both made them for a couple of years. The stock is a improved copy of the old Hall. It's longer, lower riding, 1/2 in flat on bottom of butt and stiffer. It's easier to tell which on made it.

The McMillian will have foam showing in the barrel channel, the kelbly will be graphite in the barrel channel. There's to many differneces to list but post a pic and I can tell you.

I have owned and shot them, there a good stock.

Hovis
 
the deal didnt go through. It was a McMillan made stock and i didnt want to give his asking price. Back to square one. Any of you fellas have a project stock to offer up? Thanks Lee
 
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