Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Rifles McMillan isn't half as good as the Stockade stock!

Get rid of those cheap Rem 700s and spend the money to get a Winchester M70. Then you will have a rifle worth putting a McMillan on.


INCOMING!!!

LMAO! That is sooooooooo money.

You're preaching to the choir...

A pre-64 custom 6.5-284 is my main deer rifle. An Ed Brown Damara in .300 Win Mag is my other "go to" rifle. My 700's have custom barrels in varmint calibers.

Hope ole Swampy doesn't see what you just said about 700's...

Swampy may favor Remingtons, but he knows the truth when he sees it. He just likes Remingtons because he's "frugal".

I guess that's one of the kinder things I've heard spoken over Swampy...

He's a very intelligent man; he just understands that others are intimidated by his knowledge so he tries to not start controversial exchanges. Very modest.

WOW you have absolutely no idea of what you are talking about

Sounds like your buddy ran into a real genius behind the gun counter.

Or an ingenious ammo salesman.....

Bulletbutt,

That's a good one...!

Been using synthetics for 30 years now. I've owned most all of them. I've got a pretty good idea what works and what don't. I've never said anything was junk, but for my uses I don't want an aftermarket stock unless it reduces the weight of the rifle. Every stock I've ever weighed with an aluminum block in it weighed as much, or more than wood. Often much more. I can't see the logic of spending $200-$300 on a stock that offers me no advantages over the stock that came on my rifle. Stocks such as Brown Precision, High-Tech and McMillan sure ain't cheap, but they have all reduced the weight of the rifles they are on by as much as a full pound with no loss of performance.

Whats' a "Stockade"?

If you want accuracy build a 700 if you want a hunting rifle build a Model 70

They are the name of a synthetic stock made by Kevin Rayhill primarily for Savage rifles.

http://www.stockadegunstocks.com/stocks.html

My hunting weight pre-64 Model 70 in 6.5-284 has shot three shot groups in the teens. Now, I can't always pull it off, but the gun is able. Now, it's wearing a Krieger SS match grade bbl., action blueprinted with Borden's Bumps. It's pillared, torqued, glassed and free floated. But, it's still a M-70, with a few "modifications".

Just messing with you. I know what you're saying. The round bodied 700 is the most popular action for multiple custom applications. And, I have a few of those, too.

I like the M-70 safety. One can retrofit a 700 with the three piece, striker restraining safety. Never heard of a M-70 being fitted with a 700 safety and never heard of a M-70 "trigger lawsuit". So, +1 for the M-70 for a hunting rifle. Although I've never personally seen the 700 clip extractor fail, the controlled feed, large extractor on the M-70 is a confidence builder. It just looks better to me if I'm gunning for something that may want to eat me or stomp me in the ground...

I've dealt with Kevin several times in the past. And the he is pretty much as described. You can be on the phone for HOURS.

I've had 2 of his stocks I think? They were OK to Good. But it seemed they were much different than a McMillan.

As a lefty, it's hard to get lefty stuff. The Stockade was available in all models in a lefty.

Honestly, I would like to see McMillan get some competition. Only half the Manners stocks are available in LH.

Having gone the Savage route with multiple rifles, I just can't warm up to them any longer.

bea/nsaquam: Thanks....never heard of them.

What IS that odd looking bench gun they have pictured on their website? ([b][color:#000099]Stockade Stocks[/color][/b]) It looks to have an externally adjustable scope that sits about a foot above the bore. In fact, it looks rather odd, and I wonder what the application of that rifle might be...?