[Pete79]

Heres a question, I ended up ordering a Savage 12fv .223 instead of th 11fns. I want to put on a aftermarket stock, I was looking at Boyds Laminate Varminter Thumbhole or a B&C Tactical Medalist. The B&C has the aluminum bedding block where the Boyds doesent, Im assuming due to it being a laminate it may not need the aluminum bedding to stiffen it up?

 

[ColoradoRay]

I have a Ruger Hawkeye that came new with a laminate thumbhole stock. I like the looks and the feel and fit of a thumbhole stock. Very comfortable to shoot. You might contact Boyds to get an opinion about your bedding questions. I went to their site and the stock you are looking at sure is nice. Good luck.

Heck of a good price too.

 

[gunchamp]

The b&c is going to be a much stiffer platform than the laminate. The laminate stocks are nice, I had one on a weatherby. It did take some fitting to get it in there. If you are looking for the most accurate bed then its going to be the bc with the aluminum block period.

 

[Pete79]

Thanks, that was what I was thinking. I think that stockys carries a laminate with the aluminum beeding block for the rem 700 wish they had one for savage.

 

[bsn]

In real world terms I don't know if your see a noticable difference in accuracy between a laminate stock, a sythnthetic stock or even a properly sealed wood stock. The laminate must be bedded ith bedding compound for best accuracy. What most people don't know is you should also bed the alluminum bedded stocks too if you want ultimate accuracy, there will always be stress on the action if you don't.
The main difference between laminate and the better synthetics is laminate is heavier and in my opinion looks much better, a laminite stock will be take a little bit more work to properly fit. A good synthetick stock is lighter (important if your carring it alot), in my opinion not near as attractive as wood or laminate and if it has a bedding block it just needs a skim coat of bedding compound. The factory poly stocks are pure garbage for precision shooting but fine for a hunting rig. It really comes down to what stock fits you best, feels best to you in your hands and pleases your eye.