Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Custom Rifles & Wildcats McMillan A3 vs. A5

If you like that Micky in the pic above you should really check out Thomas Manners Stocks, The Mcs t series are really nice and Toms customer service is top of top notch. I own four MCST all in 90 percent carbon, his lead times and service are spot on as well as the stocks.

Manners are A+ Blue Chip stocks for sure.

I ordered and received a MCS-T but found the grip area WAY to small for my average hands. Try as I may I could just not get used to it. That grip was made for tiny hands.

A-3 on the way to me for my latest build.
I just like the ergonomics better.

The A1-3 is a good mix. A3 forend with HTG grip and the cheek/stock line raised as high as possible (higher than standard HTG). Good mix for a tactical hunter. I'm liking it.

JCM

Su35 , pm me the specs on that Mcst, I may have a use for it.

Thank you for posting the pics! I have been wondering the same and had never held either stock before.

Reading back, I guess I never posted my thoughts on the A3 vs. the A5. I know some people will disagree with me on this, but I love the A3. So much so that I've been selling off all my A5s and moving to A3s. It's not that I don't like the A5, I just like the A3 better. I never was a fan of the butthook as it just never worked for me, or at least I never used it. I also like the fact that the A3 butt rides better on the rear bag without the butthook. I know some people say the A5 rides better on the bags, and that may be true, but I hardly ever shoot from bags. I'm either shooting off a front rest or a bipod.

I think they both handle recoil equally well, and both are far better than the HTG that one of my A3s replaced. The latest stock I ordered, which should be here any day now, is an A3 with flushcups installed instead of swivels. I figure that will offer me the best compromise of bipod/front rest shooting.

How do you plan on attaching a bipod to a flushcup?

One option...

http://www.operationparts.com/KAC_KNIGHTS_ARMAMENT_HK_HOOK_BALLLOCK_SLING_SWIVEL_p/21317.htm

Interesting - I wasn't aware of those. Please post up a report once you have tested it.

Will do. I'm also told McMillan might have something, as well as Millett, but I couldn't find anything on Millett's website.

I've used both and the A3 wins it without challenge.

McMillan does have them, and a hell of alot cheaper. I just bought some, but the price isn't broke down per piece with the loops and flush cups bought at the same time. They're called flush mount cup sling stud adapters.

Thanks aalf. I sent Ryan (Shoot to Win) a PM last night asking about them. I'll order from them. When my stock arrives, I'll post pictures of the setup.

-Dan

Bringing this back up, girl friend might buy me stock for X-Mas.

Thinking about something for a Varmint Barreled SA Remington (McSwirly) of some flavor.

Toss up between an A3 or an A5 or the A3-5?

Is getting it set up for the Loggerhead cheek piece an option through Rick here?

What fill weight should I get, I'd probably slip a 22-250 in it for now but would like to do a build with the varmint contoured barrel sometime along the road.

Rifle will essentially be a mid-longer range pasture rock buster using a bi-pod. Standard or Sniper fill?

Any further in-put on what style for the above description.

The Rem 700 Varmint contour and A3 are a perfect match IMO......

Heavier contours get A5s......

A Remington varmint contour is to an A3 what peanut butter is to jelly.

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