Disappointed In My New 404 Jeffery

I believe you are thinking correctly now. Have qualified and highly recommended stock maker who is qualified to properly fit you. He should be able to provide a measurement sheet for future stocks. As I am sure you know not all woods weigh the same. If you feel like you want a heavier rifle, be sure to make the stock maker aware of what you want.

If I shoulder one of my rifles with my eyes closed (not hunting) I expect to have my sights perfectly aligned when I open them. Also my rifle stock comes to my cheek, never my cheek to the stock.
 
I’ll be buying a limbsaver pad for sure. I’m not sure how to go about adding weight to the rifle.

I have a thread protector for the brake. The noise is ridiculous!!!
I carefully drilled 3 holes in the butt stock after removing the recoil pad. Then I melted some lead solder from the hardware shop into 3 empty cartridge cases and pushed those into the holes. Added about half a pound and moved the balance point back. You can put a mercury recoil reducer but I dont believe they do anything that a simple lead weight does better.
 
"all you need is love", as everyone knows. But what to do if you want another new rifle?
We all want a new rifle! Always
 
Just buy and deal with the fall out later!
 
I believe you are thinking correctly now. Have qualified and highly recommended stock maker who is qualified to properly fit you. He should be able to provide a measurement sheet for future stocks. As I am sure you know not all woods weigh the same. If you feel like you want a heavier rifle, be sure to make the stock maker aware of what you want.

If I shoulder one of my rifles with my eyes closed (not hunting) I expect to have my sights perfectly aligned when I open them. Also my rifle stock comes to my cheek, never my cheek to the stock.
Going to look into having it restocked. Not looking for a large investment though.
 
Going to look into having it restocked. Not looking for a large investment though.
Does it have to be wood? If not, I highly recommend Mcmillan. I believe they can use their Winchester stock pattern for your rifle. Although you might have to send the whole rifle in for fitting. I have two of these stocks and they are really nice. They run around $600.00.
 
Here's my Winchester 70 416 RM in a McMillan. Brown stock with black spider web. Pillar bedded, with Pachmayr recoil pad. Custom LOP at 14 1/8".

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I’d prefer it to be wood but I’ll look at the their website. That’s definitely more in line with what I’d like to spend given how much I’ve already spent.
 
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States that it fits Montana and looks like wood.
 
Are there any laminate stocks out there that will fit your rifle and give you a better fit? It would still give you the wood look and probably added weight that would benefit you.
 

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