New benchrest stock

Croppy Boy

I've being shooting benchrest on and off for a few years now and now have only one rifle, an Anschutz 1710. I use it mainly for bunny bashing and the odd benchrest competition in Sporting Class. I thought I'd move up into Light Varmint Class and had Pat Sludds of Enniscorthy make me up a benchrest stock. I had it out today in Rathdrum and after a bit of tweaking, shot a card with a score of 250 and 15Xs. With more practice I should get the Xs up past the 20 mark.


The whole rig comes in at just over 10 lbs., heavy enough to shoot free recoil i.e. just using finger and thumb.

bazza888

nice stock looks like a good job!

fish slapped

Nice shooting Croppy and a nice looking stock, are you putting any pad on the end ?

what scope is that ?? is it a weaver?

Croppy Boy

No pad on end, that's the finished item. The idea is to shoot free recoil, the only thing touching the gun is your finger and thumb. The less contact you have, the less things can go wrong. (At least that's the theory)

And yes, it's a weaver T36 scope with target dot reticle.

baal

i have seen a few stocks to come of out Pat Sludds and they have all been pretty damn good
he certainly seems to know what he is at

Milsey

Do ypu mind if I ask how much the stock cost please. Thanks. lookig to get a F/Tr one made by someone

Croppy Boy

€350 seems to be his standard price, for this you get a custom made stock, made to measure.