Bell and Carlson vs McMillan

What does a WIldcat stock that has been fully inletted and finished, ready to drop in and go shooting- with sling attachments cost?

I had Bob Galloway do everything but the pad install. I was somewhere between $800 and $900 all in, stock, paint, bedding, inletting and swivel studs.
 
I’d be more likely to give wildcat a try if they had checkering and a few more patterns. I have mostly M70s and I can’t learn to love their featherweight pattern. May give one a try once they get the brown precision pattern going. Nice to try and support a canadian manufacturer but so far mcmillan gets my money because they make lots of damn nice stocks.
 
I’d be more likely to give wildcat a try if they had checkering and a few more patterns. I have mostly M70s and I can’t learn to love their featherweight pattern. May give one a try once they get the brown precision pattern going. Nice to try and support a canadian manufacturer but so far mcmillan gets my money because they make lots of damn nice stocks.

Exactly.
 
What does a WIldcat stock that has been fully inletted and finished, ready to drop in and go shooting- with sling attachments cost?

I have one K&S did, including bedding, and customising (made it shorter) 800$. If you talk to wildcat he will do custom work, even told me he would do a custom one for a Brand not listed on his site, for about the same price.
 
I’d be more likely to give wildcat a try if they had checkering and a few more patterns. I have mostly M70s and I can’t learn to love their featherweight pattern. May give one a try once they get the brown precision pattern going. Nice to try and support a canadian manufacturer but so far mcmillan gets my money because they make lots of damn nice stocks.

The black paint used on mine is on par with checkering, imho. I have used it in rain and snow and its quite grippy, its a flat-semi paint, not like any other stock i have used. Didnt ask what it was, but better than the old b&c checkering.
 
The black paint used on mine is on par with checkering, imho. I have used it in rain and snow and its quite grippy, its a flat-semi paint, not like any other stock i have used. Didnt ask what it was, but better than the old b&c checkering.

I’m sure your paint is grippy, but I’m speaking of aesthetics.
 
I’m sure your paint is grippy, but I’m speaking of aesthetics.

I have the same tastes, I really like checkering for cosmetics just as much as functionality

does mcmillan mold the checkering or laser cut it? I'm guessing the resins used in these stocks are too hard to cut out like with wood checkering?
 
The checkering on pretty much all synthetics looks poor from an aesthetic perspective. Nice checkering = real wood.

Yea, it looks horrible. Interestingly enough, I held the wood stock, complete with checkering that became the base for the mould for this stock.

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