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4seventy
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Cheekpieces, Do We Really Need Them?
#6452 - 04/01/04 12:08 AM

A cheekpiece on a big game rifle can sure look nice, but do they really perform a necessary function?

If you went through you rifles and picked out the one which fits you best and that you shoot the best, does this rifle have cheekpiece?

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Re: Cheekpieces, Do We Really Need Them? [Re: 4seventy]
#6456 - 04/01/04 01:26 AM

For me, its a Jeffery .400 BLE WITHOUT a cheekpiece, but I sure wish it had one. I love 'em!

Better qualify that: I love shadow-line pancake cheek-pieces. Personal hates: saddle-bag style cheek-pieces, and those which taper into the comb at the front. Yeetch!

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Re: Cheekpieces, Do We Really Need Them? [Re: Marrakai]
#6462 - 04/01/04 03:40 AM

I'm with Marrakai. An English style pancake with a shadowline is for me. I think that a well designed cheekpiece makes the fit better as it tilts the head a bit to help line up the sights.

I hate those big rollover types. I don't know if they work because I refuse to touch one as I am afraid I will be infected by Elephantaitis like they are.

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Re: Cheekpieces, Do We Really Need Them? [Re: 4seventy]
#6471 - 04/01/04 05:18 AM

The one that fits me the best is my .400 and it has a pancake beaded cheekpiece. I like the function and the appearance. The American Classic style, which tapers into the comb, gives me the vapors.
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Re: Cheekpieces, Do We Really Need Them? [Re: 4seventy]
#6502 - 04/01/04 01:35 PM

I have the lot of them though on bolts

My Parker Hale is a full Monte Carlo monstrosity. Monte Carlo comb, rollover, "saddle bags" the lot. I liked it at the time.

My Whitworth is the classic Americanised English stock with pancake, sfhadow line etc.

My Remington is a plain jane with no cheek piece. Same for the BLR.

The Jeffrey is a plane jane without.

The Jeffrey is the best fitting by far but I still like a thin cheekpice with shadowline for looks.

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Re: Cheekpieces, Do We Really Need Them? [Re: NitroX]
#6508 - 04/01/04 03:02 PM

I like them, they may not be necessary but they dress up a stock I think. I have an Anshutz .222 with a roll over comb, I quite like that as well.

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Re: Cheekpieces, Do We Really Need Them? [Re: Bakes]
#6547 - 05/01/04 11:41 PM

Yes, I definately like shadowline cheekpieces and they do look right especially on big bore rifles.
That said, the only rifle I own that fits me "perfectly" does not have a cheekpiece and I sure don't intend to change that!

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