Originally Posted by
ssgross
That would have been a good price. I have bought and tried to fit 2 used stocks before. Thankfully was able to sell them and break even. You have no control over the bedding areas, or how much shrinkage in the wood over the years and these. While they looked pretty with all the right markings and would have fooled an "average" person, the rifles would not shoot to their potential in them without shimming everywhere...without shims the magazine was pressed hard all along the receiver.
If you want something to shoot and shoot well, my advise is still to fit new wood. The minelli stocks come fat enough that just about any handgaurd which isn't warped will end up matching because you will sand to bare wood to make all flush.
Nothing wrong with an old stock and shims, except you can't use it in the "games". I personally prefer to hold a perfectly fitted stock in my hands at the firing line, knowing it was me, because every time I caress my hand down the side into position, I crack a slight smile from the satisfaction that it is indeed MY rifle, and there are no others like it for me. Games are irrelevant. My satisfaction was worth the extra money for new wood. Not everyone is the same.