Disappointed In My New 404 Jeffery

[Vashper]

Your .416 is all you need.

"all you need is love", as everyone knows. But what to do if you want another new rifle?

 

[Tokoloshe Safaris]

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.

 

[Nhoro]

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.

 

[Philip Glass]

"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

 

[Andrew Short]

Just buy and deal with the fall out later!

 

[Andrew Short]

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.

 

[TOBY458]

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.

 

[TOBY458]

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".

 

[Andrew Short]

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.

 

[Andrew Short]

@TOBY458 that looks pretty good!

 

[TOBY458]

@TOBY458 that looks pretty good!

Yes. And WAY stronger and dent/ding resistant than any wooden stock.

 

[Andrew Short]

@TOBY458 check this out

Winchester Express Flat Top - McMillan Stocks

This stock is a variation of our popular Winchester Safari stock but with the depth of the action area reduced to work with standard factory floor plates and magazine capacities. It is designed to fit most of the Winchester type and Montana type actions. The checkering has been replaced with...

mcmillanusa.com

 

[Andrew Short]

States that it fits Montana and looks like wood.

 

[TOBY458]

States that it fits Montana and looks like wood.

There ya go! Problem solved!

 

[Andrew Short]

Possibly so!

 

[Wyatt Smith]

Here is my Winchester Express on my 375. They call this color dark McWoody. I even had the option to get the red recoil pad. They will also make any LOP you want. Mine is 14”.

 

[Andrew Short]

Here is my Winchester Express on my 375. They call this color dark McWoody. I even had the option to get the red recoil pad. They will also make any LOP you want. Mine is 14”.
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I really like that!

 

[CJW]

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.

 

[Wyatt Smith]

I wish you were closer. I would let you “try it on.”

 

[Andrew Short]

I wish you were closer. I would let you “try it on.”

I would appreciate that! Too bad we aren’t closer!