Opinon on Mcmillan standard or Edge Technology for new hunting rifle!
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Only you can answer that one. To me is was/is, my rifle lost 15oz with the edge compared to my factory tupperware.
Both are the Rolls Royce of plastic hunting stocks.
The regular McMillan is stiff, the Edge seemed at least several times as stiff in a much lighter stock contour!
That impressed the hell out of me.
Though I have no way of verifying this I would suspect the extra stiffness will show up on your shoulder in recoil.
I have little use for a magnum rifle that finishes below 8 pounds so I will stay out of the weight discussion.
Good luck!
The regular McMillan is stiff, the Edge seemed at least several times as stiff in a much lighter stock contour!
That impressed the hell out of me.
Though I have no way of verifying this I would suspect the extra stiffness will show up on your shoulder in recoil.
I have little use for a magnum rifle that finishes below 8 pounds so I will stay out of the weight discussion.
Good luck!
Mine is on a Sako 75 in 7 rem mag. The rifle is still not "light" but it is less of a pig. I cant notice a difference in recoil, and if anything I like the way it balances now.
Chuck why do you dislike the factory pillars?
and more of interest is why you feel they are any different for load development?
I've had two pillars fall out. Nothing a glass or new bigger pillar won't fix. With the graphite, I've noticed less loads shoot well and loads that shot well in another stock went out the window in the EDGE stock. I see the exact opposite in the fiberglass stocks. I've talked to a couple people about it and the consensus is that the vast difference in stiffness between the shell and fill is less forgiving. That said I have more EDGE than fiberglass at the moment.
I've had two pillars fall out. Nothing a glass or new bigger pillar won't fix. With the graphite, I've noticed less loads shoot well and loads that shot well in another stock went out the window in the EDGE stock. I see the exact opposite in the fiberglass stocks. I've talked to a couple people about it and the consensus is that the vast difference in stiffness between the shell and fill is less forgiving. That said I have more EDGE than fiberglass at the moment.
That is crazy.... Sucks about your pillars falling out - I hope you mentioned it to Mcmillan. As far as accuracy goes, I guess it could be true, but the theory sounds like black magic to me.
I have several of each, as well as identical stocks in standard fiberglass and in Edge construction.
The carbon fiber stock will run 9-11 ounces lighter.
I agree that the pillars are poorly selected. They are some sort of thinwall aluminum tubing. I tore them out before they departed on their own and poured liquid devcon pillars.
Just spend the $80 and get the lighter stock if you are only going 7mm. There is no downside and you can add weight to balance the rifle, but you won;t be able to take any off.
The carbon fiber stock will run 9-11 ounces lighter.
I agree that the pillars are poorly selected. They are some sort of thinwall aluminum tubing. I tore them out before they departed on their own and poured liquid devcon pillars.
Just spend the $80 and get the lighter stock if you are only going 7mm. There is no downside and you can add weight to balance the rifle, but you won;t be able to take any off.
Mine is actually a finnlight with steel bottom metal. Warne premier series rings, and a 3.5-10X40. Weighs 8lbs 5.3oz as shown
Maybe too late to offer any input but build the rifle to balance. With a lightweight rifle I trust you are looking at a thin barrel which to me screams edge.
I have had a few of each, and at present have I think two of each with another edge incoming. In my experience RGV and Chuck are dead on with their advice.
Only if I am dealing with a heavy barrel or with heavy recoil as in my 358 Norma do I go fiberglass, otherwise it's edge all the way.
I have had a few of each, and at present have I think two of each with another edge incoming. In my experience RGV and Chuck are dead on with their advice.
Only if I am dealing with a heavy barrel or with heavy recoil as in my 358 Norma do I go fiberglass, otherwise it's edge all the way.
I've had two pillars fall out. Nothing a glass or new bigger pillar won't fix. With the graphite, I've noticed less loads shoot well and loads that shot well in another stock went out the window in the EDGE stock. I see the exact opposite in the fiberglass stocks. I've talked to a couple people about it and the consensus is that the vast difference in stiffness between the shell and fill is less forgiving. That said I have more EDGE than fiberglass at the moment.
I have a rifle that was in a McMillan with heavy Mag Fill.
I moved the barreled action into a standard fill which required the adjustment of loads as well as "lost" a bit of accuracy.
I then moved the same barreled action into and Edge and again needed to tune loads and "lost" a bit more overall accuracy..
I have come to the conclusion that the rifle weight is at issue.
Shooter trigger control and body position are much more important and much more critical than they were before.
The edge layup and bedding was originally developed for the benchrest crowd so I doubt the stock (by itself) costs accuracy.
That said the extreme rigidity of the stock may contribute to multiplying shooter error.
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Good topic. I will keep reading posts on this on as I would like to do another or two Sako m75 project rifles with a MacMillan stock. Already have the color and webbing picked out.
