Manners tcs stock paint

[LongRange888]

Anyone else notice that a lot of the off the shelf tcs stocks have almost no paint on them anymore. I have been noticing this and was just about to order one but had them send me pictures first. I would not have been happy with the stock. Is this the new style?

 

[J_D]

I like seeing the raw carbon fiber personally.

 

[LongRange888]

I like seeing the raw carbon fiber personally.

I don’t totally dislike it it’s just not what I want. I always loved the manners paint jobs with a hint of carbon. I see you have a few you want to sell one. I need one

 

[J_D]

There are 2 in the Exchange right now for sale

 

[LongRange888]

This is what I’m referring to if people don’t know what I mean. First image is the normal second seems to be the new stuff. Same camo pattern colors.

 

[Aye-Are-10]

Covid did it.

But I am also in the “less paint more carbon” camp. The TCS I just picked up is slick as hell.

 

[Emmaandhaley]

I just went through this same problem. Ordered a couple stocks, and they came in with very limited paint. Even after I asked for 90% paint.

I had to send them back. They will give you 2 options 1:They will add paint it or 2: Remake it

Even after the remake it still wasn’t as much paint as I wanted. So instead of waiting on another remake I told them just to add paint to it.

Grate customer service I just wish the painter would read the freaking work order.

 

[rybwv]

I have also noticed this. I have two on order that I should have soon, and ordered both with 90% paint. Hopefully they come out close.

 

[BigPrince]

 

[Kleinotter]

Has anyone ever tried removing the paint from a manners stock? Got one in back in black but I'd like it to be all carbon.

 

[LongRange888]

I just went through this same problem. Ordered a couple stocks, and they came in with very limited paint. Even after I asked for 90% paint.

I had to send them back. They will give you 2 options 1:They will add paint it or 2: Remake it

Even after the remake it still wasn’t as much paint as I wanted. So instead of waiting on another remake I told them just to add paint to it.

Grate customer service I just wish the painter would read the freaking work order.

I was wondering the same thing really since they are hard to come by if I could just buy one online and send it in for paint

 

[LongRange888]

Has anyone ever tried removing the paint from a manners stock? Got one in back in black but I'd like it to be all carbon.

I’d be looking to add paint based on the new style but I would assume either option would be hard there has to be some sort of matte clear finish after paint to protect it but I could be wrong

 

[LongRange888]

I have also noticed this. I have two on order that I should have soon, and ordered both with 90% paint. Hopefully they come out close.

I hope so for your sake especially after how long it takes to get one. Maybe there’s people more on the up and up than be but seems like a drastic change without any warning that I personally don’t want. I saw very small hints of the possibility so called the online vendor and had them send me pictures and sure enough it was what I thought almost no paint. Picture posted above. Seems a few people have posted about paint option but must only be on a build work order that I still don’t even see if you go to stock builder.

 

[flatland1]

What you're referring to as paint is actually pigment that's put into the mold when the stock's shell is laid up. It's not a simple matter of putting more "paint" on the stock after it's finished. If you look at the selection of colors & patterns of camo finishes offered on Manner's website, you'll only get a picture of a very small area of a stock - better to look at their online gallery to get a good idea of what a finished stock in a given camo pattern will look like. The Elite camo finishes do generally have quite a lot less pigment than their standard molded-in camo patters, and this is easy to see if you look at the colors & patterns area of their website.
Several years ago, I ordered a T4A Elite stock for my converted Rem 40XB repeater, and expected it to come with the Elite GAP camo pattern, which shows quite a bit of the carbon fiber fabric weave ( I wanted it to be obvious that this stock had the Elite carbon fiber shell, like all the cool kids were shooting). But when it arrived, it had the standard molded-in GAP camo with no carbon fiber visible - and I was disappointed, so I called to ask about it. What they told me then was that they had more people at that period of time that didn't like the carbon fiber showing, and I should've specified the Elite GAP if I'd wanted some carbon fiber showing. I wasn't about to send it back and wait another 10 months or more to get a stock with the Elite GAP camo...still have it, but like the Elite GAP shell of the PRS1T that I ordered for my 1st Vudoo V22 repeater more than the non-Elite GAP camo finish. To each their own - but if you want a solid camo pattern finish w/o any carbon fiber showing, you have to specify that when you place the order for your stock with Manners.

 

[LongRange888]

What you're referring to as paint is actually pigment that's put into the mold when the stock's shell is laid up. It's not a simple matter of putting more "paint" on the stock after it's finished. If you look at the selection of colors & patterns of camo finishes offered on Manner's website, you'll only get a picture of a very small area of a stock - better to look at their online gallery to get a good idea of what a finished stock in a given camo pattern will look like. The Elite camo finishes do generally have quite a lot less pigment than their standard molded-in camo patters, and this is easy to see if you look at the colors & patterns area of their website.
Several years ago, I ordered a T4A Elite stock for my converted Rem 40XB repeater, and expected it to come with the Elite GAP camo pattern, which shows quite a bit of the carbon fiber fabric weave ( I wanted it to be obvious that this stock had the Elite carbon fiber shell, like all the cool kids were shooting). But when it arrived, it had the standard molded-in GAP camo with no carbon fiber visible - and I was disappointed, so I called to ask about it. What they told me then was that they had more people at that period of time that didn't like the carbon fiber showing, and I should've specified the Elite GAP if I'd wanted some carbon fiber showing. I wasn't about to send it back and wait another 10 months or more to get a stock with the Elite GAP camo...still have it, but like the Elite GAP shell of the PRS1T that I ordered for my 1st Vudoo V22 repeater more than the non-Elite GAP camo finish. To each their own - but if you want a solid camo pattern finish w/o any carbon fiber showing, you have to specify that when you place the order for your stock with Manners.

Thanks for the info. Makes sense that a stock of that caliber would have a more involved finish on it. I am defiantly not looking for a no carbon showing stock just prefer like my post 5 above the pictures on the left not the right. Basically wanting how all the prs1 and 2 came out. Large sponge paint I guess you would call it with a carbon background. I guess the thing that is frustrating is that if and when you find one available online to purchase from a vendor you don’t know what your getting now that there seems to be different percentages of “paint” options since they do not post actual pictures of that exact stock. I would say any generic photo of a tcs on an online website is perfect in what I want they just don’t seem to look like that anymore.

 

[flatland1]

Yeah, I get what you're talking about - I used to look through the stocks listed in the inventory lists on both McMillan's & Manners' websites to see if I could find a stock that was something I could accept before giving up and placing an order and then waiting several months before it would arrive. Many times I found something that was 'close enough' to what I wanted, and was more than willing to accept minor differences in exchange for faster delivery. The most recent 'in inventory' stock I bought from Manners was a PRS1T stock for a Vudoo 360 action in Tac Swamp camo. I don't know how it was originally spec'd when it was built, but I got a molded-in finish with black pigment in the areas that would normally be black carbon fiber, so there's no fiber showing. Not what I was expecting, but by that time, I had other PRS1T stocks in Elite GAP & scorched earth with plenty of fiber showing, and since I was in a hurry to get the 360 action up & running so I could compare it to the several Gen 1 V22s I already had, I didn't worry about it.