Here's the latest. Mr. Barlow's McMillan G30 Long Action fitted up with a Bartlein chambered in 6.5-06.
We fitted up the tomater stake yesterday afternoon. This morning's venture is getting the stock inletted and prepped for bedding later this afternoon. The Mcmillan action is a pretty clever pieces with some noteworthy features that put it outside the box of the typical Remington Clone.
1. Claw style extractor very similar in spirit to the hallowed P64 Winchester. Only difference is this one rotates with the lug. Doesn't offer the breech block like the P64 does but it DOES give a ton of case purchase and keeps the ejection angle low so that scope turrets aren't getting the snot beat out of them like they do with an M16 style.
2. Mechanical ejection. Always a neat feature for those on the bench who don't want to chase brass all over the country side.
3. Large ejection port. Double clutches on the bolt should be easily cleared.
4. Fit and finish is quite nice. Cursory inspection didn't show ANY tool marks, chatter, or other machining blems. No evidence of the action being run through a chemical mass finisher either.
5. Bolt handle attachment is unique. It's dovetailed like a 1911 sight and soldered. Kinda cool.
6. 3 position safety on the bolt. Always nice as it offers a firing pin block to prevent accidental discharges.
7. Remington 2 pin style trigger. Opens the door wide open for options. In this case we went with a Jewel.
8. Pinned recoil lug. Makes assembly nice. No special tools required to clam up a barrel.
All in all, I say a 9.5/10
So, onto the stock work. First we'll map this bugger out so that I have a working CAD model.
Stock is a carbon McMillan:
We fitted up the tomater stake yesterday afternoon. This morning's venture is getting the stock inletted and prepped for bedding later this afternoon. The Mcmillan action is a pretty clever pieces with some noteworthy features that put it outside the box of the typical Remington Clone.
1. Claw style extractor very similar in spirit to the hallowed P64 Winchester. Only difference is this one rotates with the lug. Doesn't offer the breech block like the P64 does but it DOES give a ton of case purchase and keeps the ejection angle low so that scope turrets aren't getting the snot beat out of them like they do with an M16 style.
2. Mechanical ejection. Always a neat feature for those on the bench who don't want to chase brass all over the country side.
3. Large ejection port. Double clutches on the bolt should be easily cleared.
4. Fit and finish is quite nice. Cursory inspection didn't show ANY tool marks, chatter, or other machining blems. No evidence of the action being run through a chemical mass finisher either.
5. Bolt handle attachment is unique. It's dovetailed like a 1911 sight and soldered. Kinda cool.
6. 3 position safety on the bolt. Always nice as it offers a firing pin block to prevent accidental discharges.
7. Remington 2 pin style trigger. Opens the door wide open for options. In this case we went with a Jewel.
8. Pinned recoil lug. Makes assembly nice. No special tools required to clam up a barrel.
All in all, I say a 9.5/10
So, onto the stock work. First we'll map this bugger out so that I have a working CAD model.
Stock is a carbon McMillan:
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