Bought the wrong mcmillan stock

[logangrimnar]

I was at a show today and made a pretty big mistake. One that I feel like a complete moron admitting. I was starving and there were tons of people and I got had but should have known better. Anyway, I have a 7mmbr Remington 40x that I've wanted to put in a bench rest stock just because I want to. I saw a really nice looking mcmillan stock. Uses. It was pillar bedded and glass bedded. I loved the color scheme. I asked the guy if a 40x would fit in it and he assured me it would (the part I should have known better about) it was marked Remington 600-7. Obviously meaning model 7. I let him talk me into thinking it meant 600 or 700. The stock is used but in great shape. When I got home I Obviously realized my mistake. To add injury to insult when trying to wiggle a 40x into a 600 stock. I chipped out the inside of the stock where the trigger goes. I'm certain this won't effect it structurally but irritating none the less. I paid $225 for the stock which I thought was fair based on my want of it. Sooooooo, should I
1. Sell it in ebay and hope to get me money back
2. Try to trade it for a 700 br stock seeing as 600 stocks aren't that common
3. Try to find a 600 action or preferably an xp action and start a build. I have never seen an xp action only locally nor have I seen a 600 action.
I don't have a ton of money so I don't want to buy an entire rifle of xp100 just to get the action then pay a gunsmith to put it together.
What say you?

 

[Thud]

Sell it. Get what is correct.

 

[drover]

More bad news for you - that is not a benchrest stock. That is a silhouette stock, note the vertical grip and high cheek piece for an upright head position. They were a very popular stock in the 80's and 90's, they have fallen out of favor in the last few years for some reason.

I would sell it, I expect that you can recoup your money.

drover

 

[Average joe]

That’s a silhouette stock. That’s where your market would be for resale....
Try steelchickens.com

 

[RussellJ]

I was at a show today and made a pretty big mistake. One that I feel like a complete moron admitting. I was starving and there were tons of people and I got had but should have known better. Anyway, I have a 7mmbr Remington 40x that I've wanted to put in a bench rest stock just because I want to. I saw a really nice looking mcmillan stock. Uses. It was pillar bedded and glass bedded. I loved the color scheme. I asked the guy if a 40x would fit in it and he assured me it would (the part I should have known better about) it was marked Remington 600-7. Obviously meaning model 7. I let him talk me into thinking it meant 600 or 700. The stock is used but in great shape. When I got home I Obviously realized my mistake. To add injury to insult when trying to wiggle a 40x into a 600 stock. I chipped out the inside of the stock where the trigger goes. I'm certain this won't effect it structurally but irritating none the less. I paid $225 for the stock which I thought was fair based on my want of it. Sooooooo, should I
1. Sell it in ebay and hope to get me money back
2. Try to trade it for a 700 br stock seeing as 600 stocks aren't that common
3. Try to find a 600 action or preferably an xp action and start a build. I have never seen an xp action only locally nor have I seen a 600 action.
I don't have a ton of money so I don't want to buy an entire rifle of xp100 just to get the action then pay a gunsmith to put it together.
What say you?

There was someone on this forum looking for a Benchrest stock for a XR-100(Single Shot Model 7).

 

[0.1 Aggregate]

There was someone on this forum looking for a Benchrest stock for a XR-100(Single Shot Model 7).

Except it isn’t a BR stock. I hope the OP can sell it and at least recoup some of his $$$. IMO if he’s short on cash he’d be foolish to spend more money after bad, better to just toss the stock in the garage rather than spend $1500+ just to use it.





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[RussellJ]

I was at a show today and made a pretty big mistake. One that I feel like a complete moron admitting. I was starving and there were tons of people and I got had but should have known better. Anyway, I have a 7mmbr Remington 40x that I've wanted to put in a bench rest stock just because I want to. I saw a really nice looking mcmillan stock. Uses. It was pillar bedded and glass bedded. I loved the color scheme. I asked the guy if a 40x would fit in it and he assured me it would (the part I should have known better about) it was marked Remington 600-7. Obviously meaning model 7. I let him talk me into thinking it meant 600 or 700. The stock is used but in great shape. When I got home I Obviously realized my mistake. To add injury to insult when trying to wiggle a 40x into a 600 stock. I chipped out the inside of the stock where the trigger goes. I'm certain this won't effect it structurally but irritating none the less. I paid $225 for the stock which I thought was fair based on my want of it. Sooooooo, should I
1. Sell it in ebay and hope to get me money back
2. Try to trade it for a 700 br stock seeing as 600 stocks aren't that common
3. Try to find a 600 action or preferably an xp action and start a build. I have never seen an xp action only locally nor have I seen a 600 action.
I don't have a ton of money so I don't want to buy an entire rifle of xp100 just to get the action then pay a gunsmith to put it together.
What say you?

 

[Spook]

I have a nice HS Sillywet that fits 700 that I'd trade yours for?