[tango3065]

I need a new synthetic stock set what would you go with, ramline, butler creek, speedfeed, remington, or other?

[9mmMike]

Hogue.

[Fred Fuller]

Depends on what sort of shotgun you plan to use it on and what you want to do with that shotgun. For field use, pick whatever feels best to you. For a defensive shotgun I prefer the Speedfeed II solid style stock to any other, as long as the gun is an 870 (they only make it for that).

lpl/nc

[Bix]

I'd decide what length of pull you want first - the aftermarket stocks vary.

[tango3065]

870 mostly hd gun.

[Fred Fuller]

So.

The Speedfeed II is a very thick walled synthetic stock compared to any of the others, but it is not actually completely solid. Its walls are in fact thick enough that it can be shortened as needed, and still allow for the installation of a first rate recoil pad like a Decelerator or Limbsaver. It is purpose made for working shotguns, intended to be strong enough to allow the butt to be used as an impact weapon. For properly administered buttstrokes it works.

It's what I prefer by a wide margin on serious shotguns, of course YMMV.

lpl/nc

[tango3065]

I just ordered a speedfeed sport stock, anyone have any experience with the sport stock? I am also planning on filling the stock with insulation or foam insulation, or fabric of some type.

http://www.speedfeedinc.com/?location=products

[Fred Fuller]

Unless things have changed, the Sportstock is essentially the same thinwalled synthetic style as the factory Remington synthetic stocks. I don't care for 'em but YMMV. My wife prefers the factory synthetic fore-arm as they are long enough for her to reach comfortably so the forearms are on a couple of the 870s hereabouts. But the synthetic stocks are Speedfeed II's with Decelerator pads.

If you plan to fill it with expanding foam, be sure you grease the stock bolt thoroughly for its full length first- otherwise you'll have trouble ever getting it out again. (How would I know that, you wonder??? Just guess...)

lpl/nc

[TrapperReady]

Lee - I've not tried it, but I've read of people using some plastic tubing (PVC maybe?) to surround the stock bolt (making sure to have enough room to allow a tool inside), and then filling the rest of the stock with foam.

Perhaps somebody who has tried this approach could chime in.

[tango3065]

Yes pvc pipe works good, and the stock is supposed to be twice as thick accourding to speedfeed.

[tango3065]

Just recieved and installed it and is about 3 - 4 times thicker and a lot more sturdy than a factory remington stock. Also as for filling it there is no need it is so thick it sounds like a wood stock when hit and the forearm is much better made also and there is no way to get it a little crooked like you can the stock because it has a groove on each side that action bars go into. The only thing that I don't like or should I say I hate is the gold SF letters on the grip cap and I can't figure out how to get out because they have a thick clear coating over them. Anyone that has a speedfeed stock ever figured out a way to remove these letters and make the grip cap looks nice?

[tango3065]

If anyone has removed the grip cap logo please tell me how you done it, it makes the gun look like someone with the initials SF owns it lol.:rolleyes:

[tango3065]

For anyone intrested or want to remove the gold lettering, buy some novus scratch remover for fourwheeler plastic and keep rubbing and rubbing with the novus on a terry cloth while applying more every few seconds. The results are no more lettering and a nice grip cap with no sand marks a nice mirror finish.