FBT stocks. Any experience.

[neil the plumber]

Morning folks, whilst surfing the net I came across this Austrian manufacturer.
They produce some lovely looking stocks, all be it very expensive.
Just wondered if anyone has used/seen/handled etc, any of their stuff.
Quite like the look of the two piece stock for my Merkel K5.

 

[hobbit]

I have an FBT for my Blaser R8 (idea was running deer etc) but will confess to never having actually shot it so I accept my point of view is limited.
What I can say:
1, I looked closely into options vs the Blaser OEM carbon stock and the FBT was lighter and still a bit cheaper despite being hand made.
2, I think they have upped production now so the stocks may be cheaper - mine came with the full Blaser rails, an upgraded Atzl trigger and housing for the Spartan bipod - which is also carbon and very light. Was about £4500 so a fair bit cheaper than the Blaser one and had a better trigger. Expensive but I don’t think they are “brand gouging” or anything like that.
3, the aesthetic is German F1 engineering not Mercedes - so light and sporty - the inside is raw carbon and the bipod mount is epoxied in - you can’t see it with barrel in place but it is a utilitarian approach albeit high end and high tech.

Will try to find a photo

 

[hobbit]

Not a great photo - in running boar set up … but with bipod

 

[hobbit]

Other angles

 

[JoeChM]

Not personally, but someone who's opinion I trust implicitly was not a fan - they are apparently uncomfortable in the hand and slippery.

Tactac stocks look amazing...