Shankedit

It could have been from when they laid up the stock. It may have a void that you can't see or it may just be that your action mates...

Fill the cracks and get it bedded. Unless they will give you a new stock and if they do bed it to your action, problem solved

I special ordered the stock directly from McMillan and those marks definitely weren't there when I got it or I would've sent it back...

Thanks for calling that out. I took another look at it with a bright flashlight and took another photo and it definitely looks like a...

It's hard to tell by the pic, but to me it looks like there is a crack to the left of the rear pillar and along the rear edge of the...

Yeah the pillar is like that because that’s a product of how it needed to be inletted to fit the action. It’s also one of the reasons...

Those marks are called "Fretting Marks" in some disciplines. Can happen when the fit isn't great, even if the fastening method is to...

Clean it well with acetone. Then paint away. I have done a bunch. What type of paint? Rattle can? Airbrush? Sponge? This was my...

Assuming you have not been elk hunting, I would borrow the 7 mag go shoot it with the ammo you will hunt with…wring it out so to speak...

I wanted to ask brighter bulbs than me about the wear marks that have appeared in the inlet of my McMillan Hunter stock at the rear...

Well….now that we have covered all of your options, here’s my .02c worth. My head is reeling after all these cartridge...

I'd follow Lance's advice but go 6.5 or 7 (heh heh). Not saying you don't, but a lot of people really have no clue how terminal...

300 SAUM seems like a decent choice. So would a 300WSM in my opinion but I’m a little biased toward the 300WSM since I have two. I...

I came across this old thread looking for something else and didn't know if you found a stock. Earlier this year I got the McMillan XIT...

Just got back from Eastern Oregon last night. My son and I drew cow tags hoping for his first elk. We drove 10 hours from our hometown...