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Mmmm I wouldn’t say the LA action stainless featherweights are a “rare bird”. The rare birds are the SA stainless featherweights..

ha ha. I'm just messing with df. Hopefully he knows that..

Yes, but you know they only made them both for a very short time.. I searched for a long time to find my 30-06. You recently bought a 270 as well. They seem to be getting harder to find too..

How did I ever get by with a Leupold and no floor plate?

How would I go about ordering/purchasing a McMillan Edge stock for my M70 Classic stainless in 308.....see on the site the Pricing Guide for a flat black is $363. Then it looks like would have either order Basic inlet which includes action outline & barrel channel $416.....or Full inlet which includes action, floorplate, & barrel channel $519. Need some help on this one. Have no idea what I need...just know I have the original synthetic stock with floorplate that came with the gun when I bought it new in 1993 or 94.

Call and ask for Josh, he’ll go over the entire check list. Then he’ll email it to you to confirm.

Example list, I probably missed something.

McMillan Hunters Edge for a Model 70 Post ‘64.
Short action (308 win)
Right or Left hand bolt.
Standard or Featherweight barrel channel.
Sounds like you have the factory 2pc bottom metal.
Length of pull (13.5” is standard).
Sling studs (stainless or blue) or flush cup attachment.
1/2” or 1” Decelerator pad.
Paint color or colors. Lots to choose from.
It’ll already have aluminum pillars installed.

This one is black with gray speckles and is probably my favorite with stainless. Last time I ordered a stock I was told no more red pads and that sucks..

gunnut308,thanks for the help. My stock does not have aluminum pillars. I saw that color like yours....great. What type of pad is yours? Yes, 2 pc bottom metal. Guess will call and ask for Josh.

It’s a Decelerator pad. I believe they are made by Pachmeyer. McMillan only offers black Decelerator pads now. If you like red you could order it without a pad and have a gun smith install a red one.
Some folks don’t care for the red.

McMillan also has several nice paint camo patterns. Snoop around on the site for a bit. Lots to look at.

Something to keep in mind. The Classics came with 2 piece steel bottom metal. At least all I've seen did and I've owned 3 of them. I've heard that some had one piece bottom metal, but I haven't seen one. You might want to consider buying a stock designed for the newer 1 piece bottom metal and change it out at the same time. I did that and used aluminum PTG bottom metal. That saves several ounces. Not showing any in stock at the moment.

https://pacifictoolandgauge.com/1623-bdl

I've bought a total of 4 Edge stocks used in the Classifieds here at a substantial discount over ordering new. I didn't get to choose the color, or options, but I like them just fine. If you're patient and keep an eye on the classifieds you may find one too. It takes several months to get a stock from McMillan and it might well be faster to buy a used one.

McMillan has sped it up a bit lately. My last order was for two stocks and they were on my porch in less than 7 weeks.

Rifle looks great. I'm a sucker for those red recoil pads. I'm in agreement with JMR on buying used mcmillans. However, I have not seen any used ones here for a long time. It may turn into a long waiting game. The last ones I bought used were damn good deals though. I think I bought 2 from Oregon45 here. They were both hunters compacts. One of my favorite stocks to throw a model 70 action into:




The majority of those were around $350.00 used, but in like new condition.

However, I'm one that doesn't mind the factory tupperware. I just glass bed them and paint them and I'm pretty happy:






I understand the weight factor, but you really aren't going to lose a bunch of weight by going to a Micky from a short action factory tupperware. The hunters edge is going to weigh in around 22-24 oz's, the short action tupperware is going to be around 27-29 oz's. So you lose around a 1/4 pound. Sometimes there's a reason to pull a stock and replace it with a mcmillan edge or even a micky with standard fill. That is actually my preference, as I do not like the graphite edge stocks. And sometimes it makes more sense to just upgrade the factory stock. One thing that can be said about the Mcmillan is it's going to be a lot stronger and more rigid, where the tupperware stocks are kind of soft. That in no way means it will shoot better in the Mcmillan, because it won't. The tupperware done up right is hell for utilitarian, but can also look and feel pretty good. IMHO...

Gotta join the club!!

Winchester Red Pad Club


Weight for giggles.

Weight

That's a beauty. I like the brown stock with red pad. One of my favorites.. I have a few..



Even the factory wood stocks with red pad looks good..

Beautiful BSA!!

Perhaps even a bit more than 1/4 pound.

Tupperware from the 22-250 posted earlier. 32 oz.

Figure roughly $100/oz weight reduction for the stock going to a hunters edge.

The big weight savings is the edge combined with a change to one piece pt&g aluminum bottom metal since it is an option for inlet on the Mickey.

I'm surprised the short action stocks weigh the same as the long action. That's what my long action tupperwares weighed..

They are the exact same stock with the exception of the action size and material around the fw barrel profile. Even the ejection cutouts are the same.

Man, no red pads!!!! WTF is going on!

I was okay with all of the other changes, but no red pads.... What the heck is the world coming to

I have not read the whole post so this may be redundant .
I have an early model 70 stainless Tupperware sn 174000 in 3006. I could not get it to shoot consistently. The Tupperware was very flexible and bent one way on the heat and a different way on the cold..I decided to replace the stock. This was before the “edge” stocks and I am too cheap to pay that price for a slight weight reduction I used a Winchester featherweight stock from a 3006 and had Craig Douglas a Saskatchewan gunsmith who is a perfectionist glass bed the action and open the barrel channel. It now shoots one inch 5 shot groups. The Tupperware weighs one 1 lb 15 1/2 oz. the complete rifle bare weighs 7 lbs 2 oz.