So… I’m keen to order this new stock. Been Eyeing off the GRS Hybrid Left Hand, black inlet to be insetted for Howa RH short action with a fat arsed cannon barrel on it.
Then I check GRS site… In the time I have been “saving” for the Hybrid, GRS have changed their line up and now have a Sporter which is available in left hand and is $265 cheaper! WooHoo!!!
Then, a new club member hears me saying I’m waiting for my new stock before I start shooting for the season and offers me a Master copied Anshutts 1913 stock… what to do!?!
Its not a bad looking stock but for what you need you would have to make a few modifications, which are not that hard to do.
You really need a stock that has a flat underside of the but. It needs to sit in a rear bag and slide (recoil) backwards without changing your elevation. So the bottom of the butt must be flat (not sloped) and parallel with the barrel line.
Also the forearm of the stock under the barrel also needs to be flat not sloped like in the GRS Sporter. As it also need to recoil back in the front rest without changing your elevation.
Also, I want some adjustment for comb height and butt plate height and cast/cant. By the time I do all that, finish the stock and bed it, I will be up for quite a bit and it will take quite a while with everything I need to do. Hardware for comb adjustment and butt stock adjustment aren’t exactly cheap and I would want them fit nicely. No something I have to patience or motivation to screw with right now to get the finish I want. I want a finished looking rifle… and I just like the GRS ergonomics principles…
GRS also have a new composite stock, the Bi-frost. Looks great and available in left hand but not for Howa actions…
So the left handed stocks are only available as blanks in Australia and it doesn’t seem like anyone wants to go the extra distance to order one from Norway. This means I’d have to buy the stock and then get it inletted. Doable but a bit of a worry… what if the inletting is buggered up!?!
I can order one from a shop in Norway but it is a special order and will take a month or two from factory to shop and then shipping to Australia.
Do i wait the time and get a factory inletted job that is guaranteed to be right or bite the bullet and take the (small) chance that my new stock may get a slightly off inlet???
Arghhhh!!! I wish i didn’t have to shoot left handed!!!
Just the shipping which is about the same as postage and inletting cost. I was planning to send it to a member on another forum who has a stock copying machine to copy the inlet.
