Would you miss a cheek piece if the rifle came without one?

[steve white]

I have more cheek piece arms than not, but it wasn't always that way. My Greener SXS didn't have one and was the sweetest shooting shotgun I ever owned. Neither did my only double rifle. I am a person who needs cast off in a stock. Might a cheek piece compromise actual cast off precisely at the position of the cheek rest?

Could you just as soon live without one, or would the gun seem naked without? Is it more Continental in style than English? What kind/shape do you prefer. What thickness of comb do you prefer is there is no cheek piece?

 

[Russ16]

No shotgun avoid have one in my opinion. Rifles look better with them but if the comb so the right height and thickness it can accomplish the same thing.

 

[NoStepOnSnek]

I’ve missed functional ones, never cared for decorative

 

[Wyatt Smith]

It would be neat to have two otherwise identical stocks to try, with the only difference being the cheek piece.
I say that because fit is more important, and different dimensions would skew my opinion. My favorite rifle doesn’t have one.

 

[ftrovato]

My Ruger RSM in 416 Rigby doesn't have one. The rifle fits well and my check stays welded to the stock under recoil.

However my double rifles both have one and I suspect they would be more of a face full to shoot if they didn't have one.

 

[Tex .416]

I definitely prefer a firm, solid cheek position, and thus I like relatively high combs/cheek rests. More than once, I rolled up foam or bubble wrap and pulled out Gorilla tape to make firm cheek weld on a stock. On extra pretty wood stocks, I will skip it, but my main utilitarian rifles that go afield the most days will have some sort of cheek rest.

 

[Safari Dave]

No.


I am always switching between rifles with them and without them, to the point that I don't even notice.

I just checked my scoped bolt actions, and they are about 50/50. May a few more with, but no rimfires with.


I fire thousands of rounds each year from a .22 rimfire that doesn't have one.

My primary centerfire rifle does.



Once I get a solid cheek weld and a good sight picture, it really doesn't seem to matter to me.

Maybe it would if I were a professional sniper, it would, but I'm not.

 

[wesheltonj]

I don’t care for rifles without one.

 

[Tanks]

Nope. I ordered my Rigby without one for a traditional look.

 

[Firebird]

I am left handed but have only ever owned right handed action rifles. So I have never been able to take advantage of a cheek piece.
I have flirted with buying a custom stock-they do make them for those confused such as myself

 

[PCC600]

No I really don’t think they are necessary particularly on rifles without scopes . About half my rifles have them , the others don’t . Strangely Rigby charge more on their “Vintage” Models to not have a cheek piece .

 

[Lance Hopper]

I don’t like them functionally. Correctly done the look great, but then I need cast off. I don’t know what it is with Ruger rifle stocks, there’s no cheak piece, but I’m still looking down the left edge of the rear sight base. Therefore, I don’t own Rugers.

 

[Hunter-Habib]

Not a deal breaker…

 

[Ontario Hunter]

Depends on the gun and sights/scope. I want to mount the gun and have sights/reticle instantly and correctly in view. Sometimes this requires a cheek rest, sometimes not.

 

[Hagler.450Ex]

I like subtle ones that can't be seen or know there is one there from the other side, but not something that looks like a Weatherby or a humpback.

 

[odonata]

I have more falling-block single-shots than any other type of rifle (No. 1's & 1885's) all with no check piece. I'm right-handed but prefer to shoot left so I like their ambidextrous style. For me, it would be a "no" since only four of my bolt action rifles have a cheek piece (my three LH 30-06's & my LH Win 70 Safari Express).

 

[HankBuck]

I definitely prefer a firm, solid cheek position, and thus I like relatively high combs/cheek rests. More than once, I rolled up foam or bubble wrap and pulled out Gorilla tape to make firm cheek weld on a stock. On extra pretty wood stocks, I will skip it, but my main utilitarian rifles that go afield the most days will have some sort of cheek rest.

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@Tex .416 - WOW ! I’ve seen some eye catching guns stocks but that one would just stop Me in-my-tracks ! Rare to see a custom stock that really stands out but yours must get attention in any gun rack. I assume you are a Great Shot, confident, and completely Unpretentious. I had one friend that ‘spray painted’ his Remington 870 in a camo colors and then shot it at Sporting Clays…while the gun looked like a Joke - his score of 48/50 was impressive.

 

[MS 9x56]

I have rifles with and without them but really never noticed a difference in shooting any of them.

 

[Luvthunt]

Don’t care either way.

 

[Flipper Dude]

I prefer this look.