Stock rigidity

[Vern]

I am trying to understand stock rigidity and role it plays.
I have a Bruno edge stock is it considered flexible, Rigid or somewhere in between

 

[Boyd Allen]

There was a time when shooters thought that the less flexible that the forend of the stock was, the better. I have had some conversations that tend to make me believe that one needs to be careful in taking this to the extreme. The reason is damping. Stocks that are made of very stiff materials can be poorly damped, acting too much like metal. I believe that this is the reason for the advent of the wood and carbon fiber stock designs. By selecting wood for its density, stiffness, and damping characteristics and combining it with a material that provides the necessary stiffness, longer forends can be used, that shift weight to the rear bag by allowing the front bag to be placed farther forward, rather than by simply adding it to the butt, (weight shifted, with little added). Getting back to your stock, I think that it is stiff enough for its length. How do you like yours? Have you experimented to see at what front bag position is most accurate? Where? I have only shot a couple of rifles that were built with that stock. I liked the design. I found it comfortable and that it seemed to track well.

 

[Vern]

Boyd so far I like it real well.
I just got a new rest so I will have to delay where it sits in the rest. It seems sitting further forward seems to help it.

What position did you find the best accuracy in your stocks or did it vary from gun to gun.
I have considered adding weight to the but for the heavy varmint format but I am not sure if I should or not.