Mcmillan thumbhole and Lazzeroni stock issues

[Jazz]

For some reason I keep having problems with these two stocks on rem 700 actions. For whatever reasons they're not being inletted right. These stocks were all pillared by Mcmillan. When I torque them down the barrel is always touching near the end of the forend and lightly in other areas as well. This has happened three times and I'm getting . The first was a Mcmillan Thumbhole with a krieger #3 barrel contour. That didnt work so I ended up using it on a factory gun with a magnum profile barrel (plenty of clearance now). The Lazzeroni stock was inletted for a #3 krieger barrel as well and didn't work (not free floated touches towards the end of the stock). I sent that back on my dime and asked for it to be reinletted to a #3B Bartlein barrel. I picked up my gun from the smith yesterday who put the new barrel on. The lazzeroni stock doesn't fit good and doesn't free float either. (My smith doesn't do stock work). Anyways, any ideas or ideas to fix this. I put some layers of masking tape over the front pillar and that raised it from touching the stock. Another issue is when you look down the stock there's less clearance on the right side vs the left side of the stock between the barrel and the stock. Appears to look like its angling to the right. You also need to have longer rear screws and shorter front screws for both of these stocks. Wish Mcmillan would put that in their description of a drop in fit.

 

[Dusty Stevens]

Mcmillan cant possibly inlet for a drop in fit. If your barrel cyl is .030 shorter than they inlet for nothing fits. In other words you must have the stock properly bedded and inletted for your action. The stocker will take care of all those issues in one move. Every mcmillan is exactly as you describe.

 

[Jazz]

Well, I have a few of their stocks that were a drop in fit, including a couple htg's and a lazzeroni thumbhole on a stiller predator action (minus the action screws fitting). Maybe I got lucky with those? I guess I'll be sending it to a stocker. There goes another couple hundred dollars.

 

[shortgrass]

"Drop-In" has done nothing but creat anger and frustration for both customers and gunsmiths. It just don't work! If the barreled action whould have been measured up correctly, before the order for the stock was placed, you'd have had a better out come. Find yourself a gusmith who does stock work. It shouldn't take much. And, who said the shooting sports were a 'cheap' hobby to participate in?

 

[Dusty Stevens]

fully inletted means its ready for bedding. Its the only way most gunsmiths will even take em in. You can get a flat top or barrel channel inlet too. With the substrate material in a mcmillan you have to bed it anyway. That is their fill and its not a surface meant for the action to ride on.

 

[shortgrass]

fully inletted means its ready for bedding. Its the only way most gunsmiths will even take em in. You can get a flat top or barrel channel inlet too. With the substrate material in a mcmillan you have to bed it anyway. That is their fill and its not a surface meant for the action to ride on.

Agreed, McMillan stocks need to be epoxy bedded, even if they come with pillars. A 'gunsmith' who doesn't do stockwork??

 

[Jazz]

I used the word gunsmith he doesn't. If a machinist makes you feel better...how bout that. In regards to that, I've seen a lot of guys proclaim to be gunsmiths that don't do any machine or stock work. All they do is repair, clean, or add parts to firearms. So that's not odd to me.

 

[msalm]

Put a few wraps of tape around the barrel at the for end tip so everything is centered, bed the action stress-free, and that's it, done deal. Look up Richard Franklin custom rifles, he sells a few different videos, one is about pillar bedding and well worth the 25-35 bucks he charges. Do it yourself and you'll save $150 and be able to do the rest of your McMillan stocked rifles too...