4seventy
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Reged: 07/05/03
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Loc: Queensland Australia
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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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Marrakai
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Reged: 09/01/03
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Loc: Darwin, Top End of Australia
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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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mickey
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Reged: 05/01/03
Posts: 4647
Loc: Pend Oreille Valley, Idaho
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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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400NitroExpress
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Reged: 26/11/03
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Loc: Lone Star State
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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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NitroX
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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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Bakes
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Reged: 31/01/03
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Loc: QLD
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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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4seventy
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Reged: 07/05/03
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Loc: Queensland Australia
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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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