Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Custom Rifles & Wildcats My new McMillan...

I like it just like it is...great looking swirly pattern.

I agree josh, doesn't look even close to 50/50 . But...it's really a crap shoot if you'll get the percentages you picture in your mind...or order.

superseal's stock is one in a million. It turned out georgeous. We've all lusted over those colors for years. Heck, a few guys (yourself included) have even tried to duplicate it. But, it's never been done.

Some guys have suggested that you send a pic in with your order, if you're trying to duplicate another stock. I'm gonna do that with my next one. I think that stock will grow on ya.

Josh,

Did you order it black/orange or orange/black? I read here once that the first color listed in a 50/50 order will be the "primary" color.

Looks awesome regardless.


Travis

Now you want me to read after you done gave me the idea of gettin all hoooched up????? Its my off day anyhow!! Ordered it with black first in the order.

Thanks...the color pattern was really the least of my worries. The gray glazie look was not so bitchin..

I'll just keep my steel wool and water handy for my KS McWoody thats on order...I just got the "McMillan virginity" knocked outta me today...tas all

Josh, looks good.. I know what your saying on the colors, but it still looks good..

That is planning that everyone can appreciate.

It'll make your caliber bigger....

the McM cost about twice as much, but then again it is twice the stock the Win Medalist is. i do like the B&C Remington Ti stocks though. just not quite as much as the McMillans.

That looks purty good to me.

You're gonna have to get fuggin' HAMMERED if you plan on polishing your Woody with steel wool...


Travis

I have a Medalist on a .338 Win Mag. The grip shape buts the bolt right on my trigger finger. The recoil puts a big knot on my finger and peels a layer of hide off after about 15 shots. Anybody else have this happen? I have never had a Model 700 do that to me before, so I like to think it is the shape and style of the pistol grip portion of the stock.

mine is on a M70 in .358 WSM. it doesn't bonk my trigger finger, but i have big paws and wrap my pinky around the bottom of the grip, which probably pulls my hand away from the bolt handle.

josh, i think that stock is a beaut. seriously, i'd be happy as a clam with it.

Ya'll missed my point, swirley blinded by the shimmering McShurley colors. For the price paid, there should be no wet sanding or polishing required and the base material, resin or cloth, should not show through the color.

I can see it now, your eyes glaze over with the first glimpse of the long awaited stock, and, after paying a [bleep] of money the defects or poor workmanship are deemed acceptable and you call it a diamond.

If you paid 500.00 for a AAA Walnut stock, would you accept some scratches or sand them down and re-finish it?

Would you accept overruns in the checkering?

McM clearly states on their website that a swirly finish is a utility grade finish and says there will be imperfections.

Their painted stocks are both lighter and more finely finished than a swirly.

I'll take a perfectly fitting stock, precisely inletted with finish imperfections over a club with an aluminum crutch like the B&C every day all day.

If you paid $500 for a wood stock I can assure you it wouldn't be close to AAA grade. Much closer to utility grade, if that.

RDW, have you owned or even held a McMillan stock?

I like that as well. You'll do well with it.

I polished one, didn't like it, and roughed it right back up with sandpaper.