Bill Calfee
Gun Fool
The best stock for the new MD-PAS triple pistol
CYA friends:
I've given considerable thought as to which stock, of the ones I'm familiar with, will be best for new folks working with these new MD-PAS pistols.
Here's what I've come up with:
I believe the H&S "varmint" model will probably work out best.
Here's a picture of this stock.
I not real big on this stock for an XP, because they are all warped from heat treatment.
This stock uses a "V" block bedding system, which is machined pretty accurately.
And a warped action won't fit a perfectly machined V block...
But..................
These DiOrio MD-PAS actions are ground very accurately on the OD, as the last operation.
Therefore, the fit to the V block will most likely result in excellent bedding.
Here is a picture of the same stock with a wide, flat for end.
It would work for a bench pistol on a bi-pod, but, the flat fore end is not as stable as the Varmint model....
The flat fore-end has some flex where the bi-pod is mounted, the rounded Varmint model doesn't.
The only snag with these stocks, is that the rear bedding screw will have to be pillared.
The V block doesn't extend all the way to the rear of the stock.
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Personally I want a modified factory stock.....I believe they have as good of potential for producing accuracy as any bedding system in the world.
But.................
They are a hassle, and Remington doesn't make them any longer...
And they aren't as easy to shoot because they are shaky, as the more stable stocks like the H&S and McMillan, like the "girl with a pistol" shoots.
I've discovered it's easier to make barrel clearance if I do the stock in two pieces....
But, this requires one to have two stocks......or completely fabricate the front section from scratch.
CYA friends, if the world don't end, these MD-PAS pistols are coming.
I'm personally more cited about the prospect of these pistols as by anything else I've ever done these last 30 years, ever since contemporary RFBR started.
One day in the future, a "player", or two, will win a Big National event with one of these pistols, then the stampede will begin.
Actually, if Anthony DiOrio pulls this thing off, the stampede will start immediately......it won't even take someone winning a Big National event for it to happen.
Your friend, Bill Calfee
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PS:
The McMillan stock, like the "girl with a pistol" uses, has to be conventionally bedded, just like a rifle....
The rub here is, working around clearance in the bedding for the trigger linkage.....so the bedding winds up being much more complicated than for a rifle.
But done properly, they have the same accuracy potential as a well bedded rifle.
CYA friends:
I've given considerable thought as to which stock, of the ones I'm familiar with, will be best for new folks working with these new MD-PAS pistols.
Here's what I've come up with:
I believe the H&S "varmint" model will probably work out best.
Here's a picture of this stock.
I not real big on this stock for an XP, because they are all warped from heat treatment.
This stock uses a "V" block bedding system, which is machined pretty accurately.
And a warped action won't fit a perfectly machined V block...
But..................
These DiOrio MD-PAS actions are ground very accurately on the OD, as the last operation.
Therefore, the fit to the V block will most likely result in excellent bedding.
Here is a picture of the same stock with a wide, flat for end.
It would work for a bench pistol on a bi-pod, but, the flat fore end is not as stable as the Varmint model....
The flat fore-end has some flex where the bi-pod is mounted, the rounded Varmint model doesn't.
The only snag with these stocks, is that the rear bedding screw will have to be pillared.
The V block doesn't extend all the way to the rear of the stock.
________________________________
Personally I want a modified factory stock.....I believe they have as good of potential for producing accuracy as any bedding system in the world.
But.................
They are a hassle, and Remington doesn't make them any longer...
And they aren't as easy to shoot because they are shaky, as the more stable stocks like the H&S and McMillan, like the "girl with a pistol" shoots.
I've discovered it's easier to make barrel clearance if I do the stock in two pieces....
But, this requires one to have two stocks......or completely fabricate the front section from scratch.
CYA friends, if the world don't end, these MD-PAS pistols are coming.
I'm personally more cited about the prospect of these pistols as by anything else I've ever done these last 30 years, ever since contemporary RFBR started.
One day in the future, a "player", or two, will win a Big National event with one of these pistols, then the stampede will begin.
Actually, if Anthony DiOrio pulls this thing off, the stampede will start immediately......it won't even take someone winning a Big National event for it to happen.
Your friend, Bill Calfee
_______________________________
PS:
The McMillan stock, like the "girl with a pistol" uses, has to be conventionally bedded, just like a rifle....
The rub here is, working around clearance in the bedding for the trigger linkage.....so the bedding winds up being much more complicated than for a rifle.
But done properly, they have the same accuracy potential as a well bedded rifle.
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