Mannlicher stock

I've use their stock now for lots of years. Good folks. I'm comtemplating putting a mannlicher stock on my model seven also. It's the short barrel version with the 18.5 inch bbl in 308. You can get the rest of the metal, i.e. the forend tip and grip cap from Brownell's.

Only problem Iv'e ever had with Richrds was deciding what wood I want. I've put everything from Claro walnut to maple on rifles and I especially like the laminated stocks, though for a manlicher I'll probably go with one of the walnuts.
 
For a Remington they come either 98 percent inletted or 99 percent inletted. The 99 percent job is darn near a drop in. I always get them inleted 1/16 oversize so I can glassbed with the least trouble. This is an extra and cost another 16 bucks or so. So does haveing the longer mannlicher stock cut.

You do have to do your own finishing and checkering or have someone checker it after you finish it yourself.

I prefer the finish in the wood rather than an on the wood finish such as done on Brownings. Brownell's has a good article on doing the sand in finish.

If you havn't done a stock before a mannlicher stock is harder to do because of fitting the nose piece on the stock. It has to be inletted well to fit. Putting a barreled action into a stock is not hard, expecially if you glassbed it in.
 
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