Im more worried with things such as "pointability, and excessive muzzle blast as well as "whippiness". I have a 20 inch barreled 308 that I cant shoot well at all off hand its just to whippy off hand
I found my McMillan stocked 20.5" CZ 550 to be very pointable, mainly because the heft of the action and scope put most of the rifle's weight "between the hands" so to speak. It came up quick, pointed well, and came back from recoil quickly without the kind of "whip" I've noticed in Remington Model 7's and other short, light barreled rifles with similarly short, and light, actions.
I did not find the rifle in its factory Mannlicher stock to be as handy, though that is largely personal preference. Once it was in the McMillan--and I've had two of their stocks on the action, both the now discontinued AHR pattern and the new Sako Classic-like pattern (which is similar to CZ's Kevlar stock in its lines)--the rifle became much more lively.
