Questions about Savage's new "Accustock"

[Buckshot Bill]

In the Sept. 08 issue of Guns & Ammo magazine there is an article on pages 48-50 about their new synthetic Accustock with an aluminum rib molded into it when it's made. This report is the first I'd heard about the new stock. This looks like it'd be the solution for a lot of guys with Savage rifles that say their only complaint is the cheap, flimsy "tupperware" stock their rifle came with. Does anyone have any additional info./links that I could find out more about these stocks, or is this just so new that we'll have to wait for more info. or reports on it? I checked Savage's website-nothing new there, but it doesn't seem to get updated very often. Thanks, Buckshot Bill

 

[CBS220]

The stock is the thing I like the least about Savages... however, on a rifle like those, at their price point, I don't mind putting them in a new stock.

If their new stock feels better, then Savage has done a great job (again) on improving an already fine product. But I think aftermarket is going to be difficult to beat at their price point- Didn't the article say the new stock cost only 10 dollars more?

 

[brian923]

there are other stock makers that have been putting full length aluminum skeletons into the stock. (bell and carlson, stockade gunstocks) i think that savage is the first to utlize it as a factory item. i bought a b & c stock that was pillar bedded only, then i found out that they have have these beding block style stocks. oh well.... i jut glass bedded my stock.

 

[Buckshot Bill]

CBS, after looking at the article again, they said they'd put them on their best rifles first, and It'd be "less than a $10 dollar premium" additional price on the rifle. I wonder how long it will be before I can buy one for a Stevens 200? This stock sounds like just what is needed for these rifles. The standard stocks were the "achilles heel" for Savage/Stevens rifles and I can't wait to get one! Buckshot Bill

 

[pbrktrt]

Hogue & others have been doing this for years. but not for ten bucks. sounds like an inexpensive cure to a common complaint.

 

[akanotken]

I'm interested!

If I'm reading this correctly tho, the packages with premium stocks might be the first to offer it ... and so a $10 upgrade would still indicate a pretty pricey stock. At least if you are thinking about dropping one in on a stevens ... the stock could cost as much as the rifle?

Am I off base?

 

[benzy2]

I think the new Winchester model 70 uses a bedding block. I wouldn't doubt it only costs an extra $10. Once the inlet pattern is set in the CNC the cost to make room for them would be the same. I don't know how they will be made but I would assume if mass produced the metal block could be turned out for less than $10. I think the problem people have is they see bedding block and assume it is good to go. The rifle will still need skim bedded to make a perfect fit with the bedding block. Tolerances aren't that close, especially on a fairly inexpensive rifle such as the Savage. I know some get expensive but still for an extra $10 I can't see them putting a ton of work to get the bedding block to match perfect to the action.

 

[Bigfoot]

Bedding block? I assumed that they were still pillar bedded with the new aluminum rib adding rigidity.

 

[benzy2]

From the pictures I had seen it was similar to the aftermarket stocks where the action sat on the block which then was molded into the stock. Maybe I have it wrong on the accustock but I was pretty sure that is what they did/ are doing.

 

[skinewmexico]

My Stevens 200 easily shot sub-MOA with the so-called crappy factory stock. That's an achilles heel I can live with. Everyone complaines about the Savage factory stock, but if you bench them correctly, they almost always shoot well. An aftermarket stock improves them like an aftermarket stock improves most facotry firearms. I do like to see companies trying to innovate and improve, it's not like you see innovation at the other American manufacturers.