Who sells the Viet Nam era stock to clone an M40?
TIA
Steve
Who sells the Viet Nam era stock to clone an M40?
TIA
Steve
if I am not mistaken.
"A generation which ignores history has no past and no future." - Jean Boden
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That'd be the M40A1. I saw one of those stocks on McM's web site for $1K. The M40 had a plain walnut stock like a 700 BDL Varmint Special without the checkering and decorative plastic, just sling attachments and a metal buttplate.
id bet Remington has a few replacements for the replica they offered over the last few years.
i made mine from a ADL, opened it for a BDL, and sanded off the checkering.
lots of work, but it looks good.
Fellow in PA. by the name of Michael Kokolus I believe.
Any body have an e-mail or website for him?
I just remembered something. If you've done any stock work or even craft woodwork, a lot of times you can find a take-off Remington 40XB repeater walnut stock at a gun dealer's or on the web, cheap. The barrel channel will be inletted oversize for a heavy bbl. The forend will be fat so that'll have to be taken down and shaped. It won't have any checkering or plastic, though, which is good in this instance, and it's normally a strong, dense piece of plain walnut. Shooter's Corner (I assume it's the same JB White who's a member here) sometimes has one on its web site, also the benchrest.com buy-sell is a good place to look.
If I remember correctly the 40XB stock does not have the raised cheek piece that a proper M40 stock has. So you're stuck with a MUCH sanded ADL stock or a custom stock, if you want to build an exact clone.
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