Mannlicher stock?
 

Hi guys,

Just finished reading Hunting in the Rockies by Jack O' Connor and it brought something up that I hadn' t thought about in a long time. Obviously, the full Mannlicher stock adds to the total weight of the rifle, but, in everybody' s opinion and experience, how does it affect:
-the feel of the gun
-the accuracy
-the look. :)

...and does anybody make a factory rifle with a Mannlicher stock anymore?

Just something to be said for a classic rifle.

RE: Mannlicher stock?
 

Ruger is about the only one I know that is still making Mannlicher stocks in the USA. the make it in a model 77 ,Ruger #1 and 10-22.

RE: Mannlicher stock?
 

I have one in a Sako .. I always liked the look of them ..Bill

RE: Mannlicher stock?
 

Ruger and CZ are making them and I am sure there are others I have overlooked. Ihad the RSI in 308 and liked it and it was a handy rifle and shot pretty well under 2" . I have heard horror stories about accuracy with them and I guess it depends on how well they are built and how they attach at the foreend.

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RE: Mannlicher stock?
 

I wouldn' t see warping as a problem as all wood stocks have a tendancy to warp, yet people still buy them. ;) having a little more weight out front and to the rifle in general makes it easier to get better field accuracy.

RE: Mannlicher stock?
 

I have never been attracted to them. Good luck

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Looks much better. Has no negative effect on handling-that little extra bit of wood is infinitesimal in weight!! It CAN adversely affect accuracy, because the extra long forend can exert changing pressures on a lot more of the barrel as it expands and contracts due to changes in atmospheric moisture. This is one application in which full free-floating of the barrel is often a good idea. I have had two M/S .270 carbines in which I free-floated the barrels. Both were capable of 1.25" groups and one of them remained zeroed from the day I scoped it in 1964 until I sold it in 1988, and never changed a bit!!

RE: Mannlicher stock?
 

If the barrel channel is not touching the barrel except at the last inch or so to put upward pressure, normal stock warpage shouldn' t effect accuracy any more than any other wooden stocked rifle. If you were to take a standard sporting rifle with a wood stock that is bedded to put upward pressure on the barrel, the pressure point is farther back on the barrel than on a manlicher stock, so any warpage should/would change the pressure on the barrel more significantly than if the stock were contacting the barrel near the muzzle. If the barrel channel on a manlicher stock is touching the barrel anywhere but the very end of the stock, its not inletted properly and the barrel channel needs to be opened up a little. With mass produced rifles I take nothing for granted about the quality of the inletting and bedding. Of course freefloating will eliminate most of the problems.

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Yes, you are absolutely correct about this, Briman! I love the Mannlicher stocks!!:)

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I own a ruger 77 with the mannlicher stock. Beautiful gun, but really took some work to get it shooting well, and 1 1/2" groups are about the best I can get out of it.