Thread: McMillan stocks

Originally Posted by Friwi

The fore end is longer and wider than what others offer. The volume of the stock would be a bit closer to a McMillan a3. How heavy is an a3 in carbon?

The A3 Carbon is 870-930 grams which is really where you want it for a big cartridge long range hunting stock,

The factory T3 tikka stock is 790 grams, so not that far from those weights

The general hunting style like the hunter edge stock wants to be around 600 grams

The problem is, the lighter the rifle is the harder it is to easily shoot it accurately so ultimately its a compromise.

Originally Posted by Kiwi Greg

The problem is, the lighter the rifle is the harder it is to easily shoot it accurately so ultimately its a compromise.

That's absolutely true. Too light and it's difficult to shoot off hand accurately. I like a bit of barrel weight for that purpose in my hunting rifles, mine are either #4 or #5 profile. I think we can get too hung up on "weight"