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thumbhole stocks

DaRoostaDaRoosta Member Posts: 270 ✭✭✭
edited January 2002 in Ask the Experts
Whats your take on a thumbhole stock...thinking about one for my model 70 classic...??
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  • DaRoostaDaRoosta Member Posts: 270 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Do thumbhole stocks reduce recoil? It seems what little general knowledge I have about physics lead me to believe it would reduce recoil because it gives a dispersion point for the recoil. Maybe it's the opposite and I'm just dumb.
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  • DaRoostaDaRoosta Member Posts: 270 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    i have a rem.700 bdl and was considering a thumbhole stock(synthetic,camo).what are the benifits to a thumbhole stock?what are the downsides ?and who makes a good one?where can i find it?
    does Bell and Carlson make a quaility stock?
    thank you
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  • idsman75idsman75 Member Posts: 13,398 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I'm no physicist but I would tend to think otherwise. Thumbhole equals less mass. Less mass means less energy absorbed by the rifle and more felt recoil in the shoulder. The recoil is going in one direction and that is the direction of your shoulder. A thumbhole means that there is less matter through which it needs to travel before it reaches your shoulder. However, the difference is probably negligible and unnoticable.
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  • Guns & GlassGuns & Glass Member Posts: 864 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Thumbholes generally reduce "felt recoil" which is the...feeling of...the guns recoil. That's not the same as "actual recoil" which is a measurable recoil force.The slight difference in mass (weight) is actually, surprisingly not much of a factor.What does help is: 1-the increased grip, 2-better grip angle, 3-the thumbholes grip angle helps to keep the elbow up thereby reducing shoulder movement both back, and downward, 4-rifles rearward movement is more in a straight line than back/up, 5-most thumbhole stocks have a higher, wider comb spreading out (reducing)cheek recoil, 6- also have a comb that is tapered low at the reciever and rises going rearward, which helps to let the stock slide away from the cheek which reduces the pulling/turning of the head.Correctly made, and fitted, it does make a difference.
    Happy Bullet Holes!
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