Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Custom Rifles & Wildcats Gonna be a McMillan sale?

True with regards to Manners delivery times. Unfortunately they don't do a McWoody

My McWoody took 8 months. Kind of at a loss as to why a synthetic stock takes 6 to 8 months. Will be looking at Manners for my next project. Sorely miss Lone Wolf.

I am sure the molds arent cheap, but you would think they could make it up with increased production.

What is not tangible, is how much business they lose because of the long wait times.

I tried the Manners route. Called and spoke with Tom. Super nice dude. Very, very helpful. Got my stock pretty quickly. But when all was said and done, I went back to McMillan. Their Remington Classics, Mountain Rifle and Remington Hunter patterns are just too much to my liking. I've not tried the EH or SL stuff from Manners.

That said...McMillan sucks with their garbage communication of wait times. Either tell the truth about being slow or manufacture in the stated time.

The last two stocks I cancelled orders on because I found what I was looking for used while waiting.

I'll try a Manners next just to try them. The SL looks pretty sweet.

So - will there be a sale this year? I want another Remington Classic

Same here, anyone as Rick?

No. Prices gone up, no margin for profit to speak of.

I spoke with him a month or so ago with same question.

Wait time aside, there hasn't been a sale now for a couple of years correct? I think two years ago prior to the price increase was the last sale?

I believe someone else bought out McMillan, or under new management? Seem to have read something along that line.

Usually Manners does a buy on the hide each X-Mas, or has done so the last couple of years.

I thought that purchase deal died?

Bansner.

High tech specialties. 6 weeks.

I may go the Bansner route. Not familiar with them at all but need a new stock for my Model 70 308.

How much are the bansners?

Go to their website or Brownells and you will see. They are no where near drop-ins though. I do prefer them to the rest.

I don't order McMillan stocks through a middleman. Some errors and slowness have occurred that way.

Want a McMillan? Call McMillan

I have always ordered thru the Fire and have never had a problem but the best way is to call the source.

they are availble at a few different finish levels, but not available painted. I just got one for a remington 600, inletted for an adl trigger gaurd, with studs and pad at 13 1/4" for 350. don't know how much they are with pillars etc, I just as soon do the pillars as part of the bedding rather than independent of it. I've used one for the howa, and one for a 722 before and they were great, yes, they are unfinished, but they dont require a ton of fitting in my experience,mainly just filling and fairing pinholes to prep for paint. both of mine are finished in ultraflat krylon, but this one will be bedded and painted by joe collier when he builds the rest- so I will have his opinion of the stock here in a few months.

Good Afternoon to all, hope you all had a very happy holiday feast. Concerning McMillans current lead times there is quite a bit of B.S in this thread. There is exactly one order left here with a June date which would be going on six months this month, and it will be ready to ship by Friday. All other orders have July or later dates. There are 7 with July dates which are right now at 5 months or less, and will all probably ship in the next 2 or 3 weeks or so.
Our incoming order volume has dropped down to about normal and we are rapidly catching on the huge order volume from the first of the year. We hope to be able to go to the SHOT SHOW in January and truthfully tell folks that we have about a 3 to 4 month lead time, or maybe less. Perhaps by then we will be down to our old normal 8 to 12 weeks.
Regards, Dick at McMillans

Greetings, Dick. Hope everything is going well and love your products.

However, my order from here on the Campfire, dates back to January. It's Order #3285 (ORDERED WITH MCMILLAN) / Order Date: Tuesday 07 January, 2014.

Lost in the shuffle, perhaps? Anyway you can check on it? Thanks.

I am waiting on one I ordered through this site on 3/29. I learned a month ago when Mcmillian called me on a stock I ordered direct from them that the one I ordered through the campfire is done and waiting to be released. I'am going to wait and see if the stock I ordered direct in July gets here before the one I ordered through the campfire on 3/29