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Bought a 243 sps stainless for a donor. I made the mistake of shooting it and wouldn't ya know it shoots good. Anybody drop one of these in a McMillan? Thinking of pulling the trigger on a classic with edge fill. Thoughts or suggestions on a different stock? Thanks.
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I love my Classic in regular fill with a 22" magnum contour barrel. It's a restocked LVSF that came with the SAUM contour.
With a regular sporter like yours an edge fill Classic should be great.
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My concern was the classic would be too beefy in the forend for that Sporter contour.
Couldn't pass up a 700 stainless with Talley rings for $350. My mistake was shooting it:)
Thanks for the reply mathman.
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I like the McM Hunter style far more than the Classic, particularly with 24" barrels.
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I really like the Remington standard contour in a Classic. I think I'd be standard fill for balance, but I think it's tough to top a Classic for a general purpose rifle.
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Get the stock that fits your face, and forget about whether it "looks good."
I would put that SPS in a Mickey Mtn Rifle myself, because they fit me perfectly.
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My concern was the classic would be too beefy in the forend for that Sporter contour.
Couldn't pass up a 700 stainless with Talley rings for $350. My mistake was shooting it:)
Thanks for the reply mathman. Classic Edge & a SPS work great:) And they look just like this when all together, barrel looks fine IMHO, don't think I'd like a skinnier one though. I did chop the barrel on this 7MM-08 to 22.5", balance is nice! SPS Sporter on right
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I really like the Remington standard contour in a Classic. I think I'd be standard fill for balance, but I think it's tough to top a Classic for a general purpose rifle. +1
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What's the difference between a Classic and Compact/Hunters Edge? It seems to me they are the same everywhere except the fore end is slimmed down and the checkering is different. Is that right?
Screw you! I'm voting for Trump again!
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.243 SPS cut to 22" in a Hunters Edge is about perfect to me.
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SLM! What scope is that and is the stock bedded? What does it weigh all up? Got one I cut at 21" and thinking about a similar set up.
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Yes on the bedding. It now wears a Leupold 6X36 and weighs 6# 13 oz.
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What's the difference between a Classic and Compact/Hunters Edge? It seems to me they are the same everywhere except the fore end is slimmed down and the checkering is different. Is that right? +1
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700 SPS LH 30-06. Cut to 20", put in a McMillan BDL stock.
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What's the difference between a Classic and Compact/Hunters Edge? It seems to me they are the same everywhere except the fore end is slimmed down and the checkering is different. Is that right? +1 Yes the fore end is much slimmer on the Hunters Edge and the overall length is also shorter. Classic has been my favorite but really liking the Hunters Edge lately especially on a lighter contour barrel. Here they are both side by side.
Last edited by Oregonmuley; 02/19/17.
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The McFlame s as SPS in a Mc Millan...the barrel is Benchmark, mag contour... .223AI
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Screw you! I'm voting for Trump again!
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What's the difference between a Classic and Compact/Hunters Edge? It seems to me they are the same everywhere except the fore end is slimmed down and the checkering is different. Is that right? The geometry of the pistol grip is different, the Compact style is more open, shallow radius, than the Classic.
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I put my 7mm-08 ss sps in a McMillan edge fill mtn rifle stock and love it. Shoots very small groups with 120gr bt or ttsx.
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Classic or Game Scout is the way to go.
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