RFBR Stock Design

[Tony K Harper]

In my other post about RFBR stocks I told the story about the three guys that design a new style RFBR stock.

These three guys ( Luis A. A. I. P. Pereira, Ricardo R. L. D. O. Serapio, and Pedro M. S. R. Serralheiro) happen to be on the Portugal RFBR team that have owned the World championships title the last two times in a row. Ricardo R. L. D. O. Serapio Produces these stocks and as you can see the workmanship is outstanding.

I don't know that you can attribute the stock design to those accomplishments, but it certainly hasn't held them back.

The more I've studied the design the better I like it. I know the beautiful wood they used drew my attention first but the design it truly outstanding.

Take a close look at these pics and let me know what you think.

TKH

 

[Serapio]

Tony,
some details about the stock that many people don't know or simply don't notice due to the reason why it was made "This way"...

Length of the stock is 79cm, we shoot with 2 piece rests (Rear Bag and Front Rest) once we in the team and also many shooter's around Europe use Lenzi rests i decided to cut 2cm on the back and add those 2 cm in the for-end, with that it's easier to have a correct weight balance above the rests avoiding the rifle barrel to "jump" and show some vertical striking.

The oversized walls in the barrel channel give me a "stiffer" stock with near 0 bending on the recoil, they add a bit extra unnecessary weight that can be reduced cutting 2 or 3 sized holes in the barrel channel leaving a thickness of 16mm of wood in the bottom, those holes also help with wood stability once you are "cutting the wood strength" (i hope you can understand it)

The bottom surface of the stock in contact with the rear bag is 15mm width, i don't like it wider once using 2 piece rests i want to reduce friction at recoil moment to the less possible without compromise a "Straight Tracking" above the rests.

Forend height is around 25mm, with that i have the contact with the front bag on the rest in the limit from the front bag walls height. (using Lenzi rest)

The extreme low profile was one of the details that make from this model a "Success" above the rests.


Of course that in the middle of so many technical details i said to myself... It can and must be also beautiful.


There are a few more details we can talk about, as well there are some things that can be improved to make it even better... make it better will only be possible with the shooter's feed back, i hope hope you guys can now have some more ideas to talk about here and make your own analysis... so please put some questions or ideas.


Ricardo S

 

[Tony K Harper]

Tony,
some details about the stock that many people don't know or simply don't notice due to the reason why it was made "This way"...

Length of the stock is 79cm, we shoot with 2 piece rests (Rear Bag and Front Rest) once we in the team and also many shooter's around Europe use Lenzi rests i decided to cut 2cm on the back and add those 2 cm in the for-end, with that it's easier to have a correct weight balance above the rests avoiding the rifle barrel to "jump" and show some vertical striking.

The oversized walls in the barrel channel give me a "stiffer" stock with near 0 bending on the recoil, they add a bit extra unnecessary weight that can be reduced cutting 2 or 3 sized holes in the barrel channel leaving a thickness of 16mm of wood in the bottom, those holes also help with wood stability once you are "cutting the wood strength" (i hope you can understand it)

The bottom surface of the stock in contact with the rear bag is 15mm width, i don't like it wider once using 2 piece rests i want to reduce friction at recoil moment to the less possible without compromise a "Straight Tracking" above the rests.

Forend height is around 25mm, with that i have the contact with the front bag on the rest in the limit from the front bag walls height. (using Lenzi rest)

The extreme low profile was one of the details that make from this model a "Success" above the rests.


Of course that in the middle of so many technical details i said to myself... It can and must be also beautiful.


There are a few more details we can talk about, as well there are some things that can be improved to make it even better... make it better will only be possible with the shooter's feed back, i hope hope you guys can now have some more ideas to talk about here and make your own analysis... so please put some questions or ideas.


Ricardo S

Ricardo,

Thanks for the information.

I can't wait to actually shoot one of your current stocks. To know there will be still more improvements coming is exciting.

Please keep us informed of your developments and progress.

TKH