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Anyone have a Shrike yet?
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I do. I was just delivered to home in WA and I am currently OCONUS... Looking forward to getting it put together.
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The ARES Shrike? Like the belt-fed AR setup?
Now with even more aplomb
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The McMillan Shrike from D'Arcy Echols is what I was thinking of.
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I did mean the Echols Shrike.
Haverluck, God speed and happy trails home. A thanks to you for your OCONUS work and a Happy 4th!
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D'Arcy sent me one, pre-production run. It was alright. I prefer classic stocks so I passed on it. He assured me it would not be offered as a classic design.
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I shot and hunted with the only Shrike that existed until the first shipment from McMillan arrived last month. The prototype went on a .404 and we took it out to shoot an elk cow on a depredation tag. We hunted with it unpainted, and with a bare steel rifle. The stock has a straight comb, Echols' trademark serpentine cheekpiece, and some cast off. It was about as "American classic" as a stock gets and was, for me, a great fit. I carried the rifle further, and higher, than I'd intended to when I woke up that morning and it never felt like an albatross. It will be my "go to" for a 700 hunting stock. RL28, I'm guessing that D'Arcy sent you a Legend stock to try because this was the only Shrike in existence until very recently. ![[Linked Image]](http://i455.photobucket.com/albums/qq280/woodhits/Shrike_zps3ewhlyzh.jpg)
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D'Arcy sent me one, pre-production run. It was alright. I prefer classic stocks so I passed on it. He assured me it would not be offered as a classic design. What about the stock isn't "classic"? His Model 70 stocks are as American Classic as apple pie.
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RL28, I'm guessing that D'Arcy sent you a Legend stock to try because this was the only Shrike in existence until very recently.
Probably was, I don't rightly know. We talked about the Shrike so I assumed it was one.
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D'Arcy sent me one, pre-production run. It was alright. I prefer classic stocks so I passed on it. He assured me it would not be offered as a classic design. What about the stock isn't "classic"? His Model 70 stocks are as American Classic as apple pie. When I said Classic, I meant sans cheek piece. Don't like them. I liked it otherwise.
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