Remington 700 S/A .308

[wleggart]

I have a Remington that was a sniper rifle early in it's life. It has a 1.1" dia. barrel with muzzle break. the stock is HEAVY. I found a Remington VTR stock for a reasonable price that measures .951 ID in the barrel channel. The channel fits a round to triangular barrel. My question is: Has anyone tried to put a 700 S/A into a VTR stock as a retrofit? I would like to reduce the weight and improve the handling for deer hunting. Sorry: no picture because I do not put them on commercial sites like Photobucket!

 

[jmr40]

If the barrel will fit in the barrel channel of the stock it will work. Some stock material may have to be removed. It may not make a huge difference in weight, most of it is in the barrel in this case anyway. It will certainly change the balance.

 

[ugaarguy]

I've moved this to gunsmithing where I think you'll get better answers.

 

[BBBBill]

Not gonna lose much weight in the stock. You're going to have to either replace the barrel with a sporter contour, have it turned down in diameter, or fluted to reduce the weight very much.