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Thinking about it, the fit of the bottom metal/recoil lug acts as a pillar on the front. Steel pillars for the rear are about $6 and I've installed them myself on wood stocks...I understand the advantages of the factory installed pillars on Remingtons and Savages, just wondering if it's worth it on a Mauser or if I should just save $22 and put a steel one in myself?
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Is this some type of Edge fill?
Otherwise, adding pillars to a McMillan does nothing. You cannot crush the epoxy used at action torque, pillars are done for the sake of technique on a standard fill.
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Thanks, all I needed to hear. It is a standard fill stock.
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Is this some type of Edge fill?
Otherwise, adding pillars to a McMillan does nothing. You cannot crush the epoxy used at action torque, pillars are done for the sake of technique on a standard fill. I will disagree with this. A steel pillar is much more resistant to compression than the fill used in a McMillan stock. With a steel pillar, tight is tight. I can reassemble a rifle that has been broken down with only a hex wrench or screwdriver and it will still be dead nuts on. I can't get this repeat-ability with the typical fill only.
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I've not witnessed an advantage for using pillars in a standard/magnum fill McMillan.
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Well I went ahead and ordered without pillars, I can always epoxy steel ones in, done that in several wood stocks can't see why it wouldn't work on glass.
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That's what I did. So far so good.
Which McMillan did you order?
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Mauser stock, 50% Black, 25% Olive, 25% Med Grey...it's listed on the site as Interarms Mark X. Same pattern as this one:
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Well. Mausers were originally built with a rear pillar. So....
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Mauser stock, 50% Black, 25% Olive, 25% Med Grey...it's listed on the site as Interarms Mark X. Same pattern as this one: It's a nice stock. The last M98 McMillan I ordered was on a Sako Compact pattern. It's basically the same pattern but it has a shorter forend and no cheek piece. IMO it works a little better for light contoured barrels.
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Well. Mausers were originally built with a rear pillar. So.... I've got 4 or 5 of them rolling around in my spare parts box, I'll be fitting the pillars myself. Not really even a big job, just press fitting should be fine. Shouldn't even need epoxy for this one.
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I would never assume a commercially produced stock would be a stress free platform unless it was built and bedded around my barreled action. Could be one's barreled action is out of kilter, the stock does not mesh perfectly, or both.
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Echols puts 3 pillars in his M70 Legend builds, regardless of Std. or Edge.
With the M98 yes you already have a pillar in the front, so why not also a matching in the rear? especially since M98 tangs are so narrow and have relatively little stock bearing space, all the more reason to have a rear pillar. - Its the last place I would try and skimp on money or time.
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Well. Mausers were originally built with a rear pillar. So.... But Mausers weren't originally equipped with McMillan stocks...
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Echols puts 3 pillars in his M70 Legend builds, regardless of Std. or Edge.
With the M98 yes you already have a pillar in the front, so why not also a matching in the rear? especially since M98 tangs are so narrow and have relatively little stock bearing space, all the more reason to have a rear pillar. - Its the last place I would try and skimp on money or time. I wasn't talking about skipping the rear pillar, I was asking if there is any reason why I couldn't just put a steel one in myself instead of getting aluminum. I will be putting steel in myself.
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