Winchester is reliably schitty at stock patterning,which is suplizing...given the amount of time they've had to practice.(grin) None of their OEM handles have ever been worth a schit.
True. Agreed.
Winchester stocks generally suck.Which is surprising given the number of really good custom stocks that have been made for them. You would think SOMEONE from Winchester would be paying attention...
And McMillan has fallen face down by doing nothing more than pretty much copying Winchester designs in their M70 lineup. IMHO they still have yet to make a "perfect" stock for the FW and standard calibers (No I don't like the FW pattern;it could be higher with less drop at heel and they should ditch that perfectly ridiculous shnable forend.
The G&H pattern was sort of getting there, but the grip was too tight.
For standard weight rifles and magnums they should cut a deal with someone like Echols or Simillion to design one for them...and for the FW as well for that matter.
Back in the 80's I sent Gale McMillan a pre 64 M70/Krieger barreled action chambered for 300 Win Mag and he installed their Sako Finnlight stock on it; a friend followed suit with another 300 and a 338 Win Mag. We hunted those rifle relentlessly and I killed a lot of game with mine.The stock had a bit of "cast-off", ut a cheekpiece for weld;and it directed heavyy recoil away from the face and head,as your face slid against the cheekpiece, instead of getting whacked.It also handled pretty fast and was slender and easy to carry.I snap shot one bull elk with mine.....interesting design that worked pretty well.
The stock shown by the OP is an abortion...far too much drop at heel and the grip looks too tight from here...with a heavy kicking rifle the shooter will likely be wearing the trigger guard in his hand but maybe not.I can't tell much about the fore end but if it's squared and not oval, it likely sucks, too.
The sloping comb will cause the shooter to crawl the stock to get a cheek weld and scope/eye alignment, and with a heavy kicker he will end up with his thumb on his nose(or a scope in his face)...unless he lays his thumb in the side of the grip which is a silly way to shoot a BG rifle and maintain control of anything that recoils much.
The grip should be more open,but have sufficient downturn to give the hand a natural place to stop, yet still reach the trigger....grips that are TOO open cause the hand to swim around too much searching for a place to "stop"....they make fast rifle handling impossible.
Somebody at Winchester and McMillan should be paying more attention to Kimber stocks in their M70 line up....those guys are getting it "right".
As things currently stand from McMillan, for any magnum chambering I'd order an Echols Legend.JMHO.