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I would like some feedback. I have a Savage Accustock on my 6.5 Creedmoor looking to replace the stock. Is the Choate Tactical Custom stock good or should I save my money for a McMillion or Manners.
Now I know why everyone laughs at me.Choate is 90s junk...
Avoid it if you want to be taken seriously on any level
Now I know why everyone laughs at me.
I bought mine years ago.Ya, showing up anywhere with aChoate is a non-starter for a lot of guys
To be fair I though the Choat was a LOT nicer and easier to shoot than the factory stock.I comprehended very well actually. I didn’t say he shouldn’t buy a stock. I also didn’t say he should buy a Choate. I was merely trying to induce critical thinking. Give us a little more info to help us help him kind of thing.
He hasn’t stated anything about shooting matches. He hasn’t said anything about that kind of shooting he does or if he is having a hard time getting comfortable behind the stock or if it shoot great or terrible.
Did you break any hearts?I used a Choate in a few matches a while back and it was alright. Heavy, bulky, and a retarded bipod attachment system, but other than that it was alright. Rifle shot pretty well with it. Better than a magpul hunter, not as good as a KRG Bravo.
I bought one of the Choate "Ultimate Sniper" stocks for a Remington .223 Varmint Special heavy barrel oh... around early 1990's. It was designed by John Plaster, apparently. And is not very snipery, nor is it Ultimate. It is ungodly heavy. Ergonomically... interesting. And they have become something of a joke in the precision marksman community.
That said... my varmint special was an utter tack driver of a rifle. On the morning I sighted it in. Then the humidity would get into the wood stock and the POI would shift by lunch. And the next day. And the next day. It got tiresome. The wood factory stock was just a joke.
When I put the Varmint Special it in the Choate stock, the rifle was transformed. I sighted it in more than 25 years ago. And it still hits POI with the handloads (that I still have not run out of!). The Choate is, functionally, a good stock that really took a good rifle and helped it stay on target when the original stock was appalling. And IIRC, it was not very expensive. Though money was tighter in the 1990's!
Would I buy another? No. There are WAY better platforms/chassis out there. I'd start with KRG, in fact. Kinetic Research and @Massoud are first rate and great citizens here on SH. And their options are fantastic, if your rifle fits one of their chassis/platforms. Manners or McMillan are also fine stocks. But I like what KRG has done over the years. A lot of 'Hide feedback has gone into their products.
Is the Choate the worst stock in the world? Well.. no. Not the 'worst.' But there are a lot of better options today vs. the 1990's!
Cheres,
Sirhr
Only those of the guys I beat using it! Which wasn’t very many...Did you break any hearts?
Nice. Sleeper rifles are the best.Only those of the guys I beat using it! Which wasn’t very many...
Yoga mat=sleeper shooting mat
Thermarest=tactacool yoga mat.Yoga mat=sleeper shooting mat
rock star!I shot a match and a guy I was squad with was one shot out of tying for first with a Rem 700, choate tac, 223 Ackley, and a swfa 10x.
Who was it???? He must have been a badass.I shot a match and a guy I was squad with was one shot out of tying for first with a Rem 700, choate tac, 223 Ackley, and a swfa 10x.
I was waiting on you to show up. How's that "sleeper" been?Who was it???? He must have been a badass.
It's sitting in a MPA still sleeping until called upon. The MPA didn't make it shoot any better.I was waiting on you to show up. How's that "sleeper" been?
If he showed up with a choate to shoot with me, I'd tell him to come on, hammer down, and have fun.Choate is 90s junk...
Avoid it if you want to be taken seriously on any level
If he showed up with a choate to shoot with me, I'd tell him to come on, hammer down, and have fun.
Like I said, I'm a MPA BA user. I'd buy a MPA over anything else, assuming I wanted to spend more than $500.so given the choices today, on a new purchase you’d consider buying a Choate vs everything else?
She’s a wonderful gal!Heavy and ugly but it’ll work. Kinda like that girl after 2:00 am
I bought one of the Choate "Ultimate Sniper" stocks for a Remington .223 Varmint Special heavy barrel oh... around early 1990's. It was designed by John Plaster, apparently. And is not very snipery, nor is it Ultimate. It is ungodly heavy. Ergonomically... interesting. And they have become something of a joke in the precision marksman community.
That said... my varmint special was an utter tack driver of a rifle. On the morning I sighted it in. Then the humidity would get into the wood stock and the POI would shift by lunch. And the next day. And the next day. It got tiresome. The wood factory stock was just a joke.
When I put the Varmint Special it in the Choate stock, the rifle was transformed. I sighted it in more than 25 years ago. And it still hits POI with the handloads (that I still have not run out of!). The Choate is, functionally, a good stock that really took a good rifle and helped it stay on target when the original stock was appalling. And IIRC, it was not very expensive. Though money was tighter in the 1990's!
Would I buy another? No. There are WAY better platforms/chassis out there. I'd start with KRG, in fact. Kinetic Research and @Massoud are first rate and great citizens here on SH. And their options are fantastic, if your rifle fits one of their chassis/platforms. Manners or McMillan are also fine stocks. But I like what KRG has done over the years. A lot of 'Hide feedback has gone into their products.
Is the Choate the worst stock in the world? Well.. no. Not the 'worst.' But there are a lot of better options today vs. the 1990's!
Cheres,
Sirhr
Plaster Man was SOG. Started his own company. Has sold a lot of stocks over the years. Having seen the results of practical inexpensive stocks he just expanded on that idea. We call air strikes on people with inexpensive stocks. Playing Army with expensive gear is a completely different "game" and Choate was never designed for that not do they give a shit. You want to play militia for the Zombie War and Savage Choate is running good somebody is going to take a shit on you staying in place. And that is all I got to say about that. -- Forrest
Im not sure about that mat.lol!
I was proud of that rifle, beside the barrels it didn’t change for years.
That rifle now.
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