Originally Posted by BKinSD
Great looking rifle there. I have a grey McM that would work but I have my .264 in it presently. I suppose I should round up another...the aluminum buttplate on the 308 seems to be working well. I'm taking the .308 along this fall to Montana to back up the .270FW.

I have some 223CFE but never opened it up to try. I will sometime but so far the Match is doing everything I need it to do.

I'd leave it in the original stock, if it has the aluminum butt plate. One of my favorite's has the original stock and aluminum butt plate. It's a 30-06 and really is not that bad to shoot, even off the bench. I don't notice any difference between shooting my classic stainless in walnut with hard red pad vs shooting that pre 64. Sometimes I think the classic may even kick harder. I don't know why because the pre 64 is lighter:
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I'd leave it in the original stock and hunt it, unless you are worried about hurting it in the field. The reason my buddy wanted me to change out his stock is because the low comb sucked big time when trying to get behind the scope.
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The drop at the comb was horrible^^^

He complained about it quite a bit to me and I thought he was crazy until I looked through it myself!! He was right, so he ordered that Hunters compact Mcmillan and it's his favorite rifle now. He's funny because he's tried messing with other new rifles and always comes back to his '53 fwt 308 in the Mcmillan.

Originally Posted by raybass
I try to stick with the basics, they do so well. Nothing fancy mind you, just plain jane will get it done with style.
Originally Posted by Pharmseller
You want to see an animal drop right now? Shoot him in the ear hole.

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