Photos Homemade McMillan Saddle Cheek Piece Spacers

[kft101]

After looking around and not finding any more suitable spacer system out there, I decided to create my own for the McMillan saddle cheek pieces.

So I just took a 1/8" sheet of industrial plastic and with a leatherman and a little bit of elbow grease, made myself a spacer system for the McMillan saddle cheek piece.

Worked out well too! Used five of them, with the bottom one beveled out a bit for a custom fit to the indentation where the saddle clamp bar receiver is, to get a perfect cheek weld (for me anyway).

Now I can take the saddle off and put it back on at the exact height again instantaneously. Plus no more worries about the saddle dropping if the screws come loose.

 

[BOL556]

Re: Homemade McMillan Saddle Cheek Piece Spacers

Pretty cool. I might have to do that myself. if I am correct that is the A3G. Curious if you had problems of the check piece coming unsecure when shooting. Mine has a line on in with metal shavings from the piece moving on me. but I fixed that problem with blue loc tight. Just wondering if anyone else came across the same thing yet.

 

[kft101]

Re: Homemade McMillan Saddle Cheek Piece Spacers

Didn't really have a problem with the saddle screws loosening when shooting, but then again, where I am, don't have the opportunity to get to the range that often.

I just got tired of trying to get the saddle back to the correct height whenever I took it off for cleaning the bore and whatnot.

Where was the metal shaving off, the aluminum saddle clamp bar?

And you loctited it secure? So the saddle is permanently attached now?

 

[earthquake]

Re: Homemade McMillan Saddle Cheek Piece Spacers

That's pretty cool. Mine constantly comes loose after only two shots. I've stripped the damn threads on it once already because the screws are steel and the female threads are in aluminum. I'm surprised McMillan hasn't addressed this and come up with a solution...or have they?

 

[kft101]

Re: Homemade McMillan Saddle Cheek Piece Spacers

COfox, check this old thread out:
http://www.snipershide.com/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=2994692

Dick Davis from McMillan explains how the old two-screw saddle system was set up (about halfway down the page), with using steel heli-coils installed into the aluminum receiver block in the stock.

Have you tried what he suggested, using 10-32x5/8 set screws on the opposite side of the screw knobs? That way, there's constant pressure on the saddle clamp bar from both sides, and should be more solid and stable overall vice just the thumbscrews pushing on one side.

 

[BOL556]

Re: Homemade McMillan Saddle Cheek Piece Spacers

The shavings were from the aluminum saddle clamp bar. Sorry couldnt think of what it was called when written the other post. The blue loctite came off no problem. The rifle is getting some work done to it now. When I get it back I will have to post pics of what happened and what it looks like now. I am going to call McMillan to see if I can get a replacement for it and what they recommend to prevent it from happening again.

 

[regatoni5]

Re: Homemade McMillan Saddle Cheek Piece Spacers

try using kydex. should work swell

 

[Northland]

Re: Homemade McMillan Saddle Cheek Piece Spacers

I like it, my A4 could use that for sure

 

[CNOTES]

Re: Homemade McMillan Saddle Cheek Piece Spacers

Pretty cool looking. You did a nice job

 

[texasredneck]

Re: Homemade McMillan Saddle Cheek Piece Spacers

Well, to make sure I get mine back in the right spot, I just used a sharpie to trace a line at the bottom of the cheek piece on the side of the stock where I want it. The spacers would solve the screw loose problem some are having, though. Thanks for sharing.