| JTOMLINSON |
| (.300 member) |
| 09/06/08 05:06 AM |
Re: Drop Box magazine issues please help!!!!!!
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Stock is still an issue but I believe that getting a custom laminate may be the way to go to keep weight up a little bit.Quote:
As for laminate being light, those I have seen have all made for heavy rifles.
Actually, I think he's getting laminate so it will be heavy.
My fault I misread the quote and thought i read it as light, mea culpa!
I do not know the cost of gun work in Australia and what price a stock can be had in laminate made by a stocker down under, it may be that with waiting time and shipping cost/taxes that would accompany a McMillan that it may be cheaper in the long run to have a stock cutsom made at home. that way you would get the fit around the chosen metalwork.
Here in the UK labour costs for stock work are high indeed, with a reasonable piece of walnut you would get little change for a stocking job with a reputable maker of below £1,500 and from a London maker a minimum of two times that figure and possibly more, and thats for starters, select walnut can cost £1000 or more just for the blank