What is a "Medium" Action?

[Bc'z]

@bballer2314 has McMillan stocks available regularly in the classifieds for great prices.
Reach out and see what he has

 

[mikecockcroft]

Check Longrange Hunting forum sales posts

 

[WSnyder]

I wonder what their lead time is for backorders.

Email and ask. They are very good about responding. They typically fill the back orders on their Stocky’s branded stocks pretty quick. Have you looked at their own VG stock? It has attributes you are looking for. You can also ask if they offer 2nd’s in a particular Stocky’s model. 2nd’s are a bit of a misnomer as they are just out of the mold, not fully finished but do have the recoil pad installed. Many use them as is. They don’t take much at all to finish out.

 

[Infrequent Shooter]

Did my best I promise!

I'm confused as well. I have never owned or even used anything rem 700 based. At the time I found the stock, I had never heard of 'medium actions' Just Rem 700 S/A and L/A. So far, this 'Medium' stock was the best I had found with the features I was looking for and also being available to purchase without a special order.

So I emailed the guy at Unknown munitions and asked him if a Kauger CRS Short action with extended mag cut + M5 Oberndorf bottom metal + His medium action Nimrod stock would all be compatible. He said yes. He also said the type of internal box would depend on the cartridge I was using.

Based on that answer, I assumed 1) the information would be accurate 2) a medium action design was basically a short action with modifications for ejecting/feeding a bit longer cartridges.

So I ordered the stock and M5 medium Oberndorf bottom metal.

Then I started researching internal mag boxes. Which led to more information about 'medium actions' and I started to get a funny feeling something was off. And I posted here.

good luck, I hope it works out. Let us know what you end up doing.

 

[Dimner]

I ended up going with a Stocky's NextGen UltraLite Carbon Fiber VG2. As far as I can tell, everything looks great. Light, rigid, and well finished. It's over at Pierce Engineering with all the pieces parts of my build, I did not drop it off until end of July because I thought I would be getting a chambered 6BR from a different smith. That got delayed, so I found a great deal on a Bartelien 6.5 rem varmint profile with free fluting. So I'm going to build it as a 6.5x47L for now. Should be done in a couple of weeks. Pierce said it would only take a month since I had all my parts ready for them.

I should also add that the guys at Pierce examined the stock and were impressed with how far Stocky's has come with their fit and finish. So I'm hoping the stock performs well.

 

[jxb]

I backordered one of those Stocky's NextGen UltraLite Carbon Fiber VG2 in SA lefty M5 just over a week ago and was surprised to see it ship 3 days later. It's for a future project and should be a good fit.

Let us know how your project worked out and maybe a pic too.