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Who makes this riser hardware?

Looks like the ones McMillan uses… those are to hold the stock comb on the assembly.

Unless I’m looking at it upside right ;)

Good luck.
 
After further review, that’s the piece that gets epoxied into the stock…I don’t know what those are. You have it sitting upside down.
 
Josh probably knows.
Thanks, but I hadn’t a clue! I’m trying to figure out the engineering for that piece. The pillars are awfully long for fitting in the cheek piece.
Wait…wait…! I get it!!! Flip the top piece around. The screws can be “set” for the preferred height where they contact the base. Unlike most set ups, The knob is in the cheek piece……"or I’m crazy! Been out working in the Texas sun. Just sat down.
 
I am pretty sure the knob goes in the stock... and the machine screws get buried/glued in stock to set the height / help get it flush for glue in. Maybe?

Someone with a McMillan stock could grace us with better information. :)
 
Going off memory here , sometimes a little dangerous. The 2 holes in the cheekpiece are thru drilled allowing the cap screws to be loosened from the top to facilitate some adjustment in the cheekpiece alignment. The 2 pillars are installed in the cheekpiece. The rectangular pc with the 2 rods gets surface mounted to the underside of the cheekpiece. The piece with the thumb screw gets in inletted into the stock knob can go on either side depending on your political affiliation. The block has to be set deep enough to allow the top piece to set into the stock and the cheekpiece to mate to the stock. Some clearance here wont hurt at all. Mine do not have cap screws on the bottom part, they are secured with a "phillips head screw ( like a deck screw). No reason that you cant cement a couple pillars in the stock and use the cap screws just a bit more work. Clear as mud right? Can post pics if you want but it will be after work
 
Going off memory here , sometimes a little dangerous. The 2 holes in the cheekpiece are thru drilled allowing the cap screws to be loosened from the top to facilitate some adjustment in the cheekpiece alignment. The 2 pillars are installed in the cheekpiece. The rectangular pc with the 2 rods gets surface mounted to the underside of the cheekpiece. The piece with the thumb screw gets in inletted into the stock knob can go on either side depending on your political affiliation. The block has to be set deep enough to allow the top piece to set into the stock and the cheekpiece to mate to the stock. Some clearance here wont hurt at all. Mine do not have cap screws on the bottom part, they are secured with a "phillips head screw ( like a deck screw). No reason that you cant cement a couple pillars in the stock and use the cap screws just a bit more work. Clear as mud right? Can post pics if you want but it will be after work
Pics would be nice. No rush.
 
Pics would be nice. No rush.
Sure I will post em later. My set up is a little different than yours The 2 holes in the block with the knob are through drilled and countersunk on the topside so it gets inletted and then secured into the stock from the top. Not sure why that has blind threaded screw holes unless it was designed to be secured from the bottom up?
 
The way I see it is if you take the part with the locking wheel off. As you are looking at it, rotate it clockwise or counter clock wise 180 degrees. The socket screws now can be used as stops for the cheek piece.

In other words, the lock mechanism is upside down as you have it posted.

Maybe I don't understand the question but that is what I would try.

Jim
 
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Here you go gentlemen.

IMG_0751.jpegIMG_0752.jpegThe one that is in the original post is a little different that the three that I have. The cap screws in the butt stock hardware are not present in the current ones. I suspect that those are there to aid in installation. It also doesn’t seem to have two square nuts like mine. The left square nut is threaded, the right is there for the thumb screw to rest against. As you can see, I opted to eliminate the thumb screw in favor of a stainless cap screw. The thumb screw is very difficult to get tight enough with thumb/finger pressure alone. I found the comb piece loose more than once and I knew that eventually it would fall out and get damaged. I don’t need to remove or lower the comb to clean the rifle with the 50mm objective and .885 rings so it rarely ever gets loosened. This is the HTG pattern stock.
 
Interesting. I would have imagined both pieces flush with their respective part of the stock. On the cheek piece - are there through holes so you can adjust the fitment of the hardware?
 
2 cap screws through the top of the comb insert. Loosen, slide it where you want it, and tighten. It all works pretty well with the exception of that thumb screw. I was not going to live with that thing. It's ugly as a wart on a girls nose, and it looks like it doesn't belong there. I have never regretted replacing it with a socket head cap screw.IMG_0754.jpeg
 
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Interesting. I would have imagined both pieces flush with their respective part of the stock. On the cheek piece - are there through holes so you can adjust the fitment of the hardware?
Not if i get ahold of it.
The through holes are unsightly, I delete the button and fill hole in butt as well.
Stupid button anyway....20241006_161613.jpg20241006_145533.jpgoh yeah...
McMillan hardware
 
Yeah... I'm thinking that route. Put some inserts in the cheek piece and manage the bolts from the bottom of it instead of unsightly through holes.
 

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