Gun Guru's help needed / lightweight stocks

[ICEMAN]

Oh wise Guru's, I am in search of your wisdom!

I have an older Remington 721 in .270 caliber that I would love to place a new lightweight stock onto. I really like the new camo plastics out there... My goal is to lighten up my existing .270 and sort of dress it up into a 'mountain rifle' type setup.

This rifle was handed down to me from my dad, and I have hunted with it every year since 1979. Over the years I have refinished the stock a few times, including hand sanding the barrel for a month in front of the tv to remove all milling marks from Remington and had the gun professionally re-blued. The sanding and re-bluing were all done with love and turned out really nice. Mistakenly as a youth (and listen up kids!) I inlaid a brass plate into the floor of the stock, converted the gun with a Quik Clip...and some other trashy "upgrades". The existing stock is not so pretty anymore. I wish I had not altered anything on the stock. Live and learn.

Anyway, do any of you Guru's have pointers or advice on the purchase of a lightweight camo stock for this beloved rifle?   

[Gobble]

My dad hunted with that exact gun and caliber for 30 years before the barrel was finaly shot out inthe early 90's and he cut it up a trashed it so no one could resell it. He loved it but the parts for it became hard to find because remington quit making the gun I beleive in the early 60's(replaced by the model 700). He would have rebarreled it if he could have found a new one but he couldn't. I beleive some model 700 parts are interchangable but I'm not sure about the stocks. I would imagine you could customize one if it was close   

[Gobble]

Iceman-
Found this New laminated stock for $83, not a bad price

http://www.boydsgunstocks.com/SearchResults.asp?Search=721&Search.x=9&Search.y=7

[Intruder]

3 suggestions:

- Free float the barrel
- Make sure it's bedded well
- Don't scrimp on the stock quality.... you get what you pay for.  Cheaper stocks will likely: not fit you or the action well, recoil worse, compromise accuracy, and not be as durable.

There was a post earlier in Guns and Ammo talking about stocks....     

[KillBilly]

Here's a synthetic mossy oak camo for $115
3 27002 M-700 BDL / CDL  /SPS / M-725 / M-721 Long action 270 / 30-06 
Mossy Oak Camo
 New $115.95

at http://www.ramlinestocks.com/ramstocks.html

[jdb]

 would recommend Mcmillion or bell carlson JB

[Slenk]

Here's a synthetic mossy oak camo for $115
3 27002 M-700 BDL / CDL  /SPS / M-725 / M-721 Long action 270 / 30-06 
Mossy Oak Camo
 New $115.95

at http://www.ramlinestocks.com/ramstocks.html

I have a ramline stock on a savage .338-06 rifle looks real good nice and light . They come with a good recoil pad and sling swivels.
I would buy another one .
Slenk

[Intruder]

No experience w/ Ramline. 
I can vouch for McMillion. 
I have heard decent things about HS as well as Bell & C. 

[ICEMAN]

I knew I could count on you guys, thanks a ton. Saved everything to my favorites to drool  over again    and again  , and again  later. How cool is a mossyoak stock!?

I also saw that carbon fiber stock.....coooooool.....

Here is the problem.....If I do the stock, I should probably upgrade the trigger and maybe a crown job.....this is going to get expensive.....

[Sagedawg]

B&C are good, but my vote goes for the Mcmil. Ice just be sure to tell your wife your doing what you can to make the gun safer, that way she wont throw a fit about the other upgrades........

  Sagel

[FOsteology]

McMillan Remington Classic would be the route I'd take.

[MountainWalk]

drill out the magazine well. that would lighten it.