Manners MCS-PH any feedback?

[Darryle]

Does the pic rail up front have a flush cup? Debating ordering one and just having flush cups on the left side or possibly just one on the bottom rear.

Debating replacing a AG Composites Alpine Hunter with the PH.

 

[6.5saum/300rum]

Does the pic rail up front have a flush cup? Debating ordering one and just having flush cups on the left side or possibly just one on the bottom rear.

Debating replacing a AG Composites Alpine Hunter with the PH.

Yes the rail has a flush cup.

I have never handled a ag alpine hunter so I'm no help with that choice.

 

[FrogFire7]

How's the cheek weld? High enough to not miss having an adjustable comb?

 

[ObiWanKannoli]

How's the cheek weld? High enough to not miss having an adjustable comb?

For me, yes. Perfect.

 

[Gacory]

For those with the mini chassis. Is it worth the upgrade? I like the idea of not having to bed it, in case I want to use it on a different action later on.
Also, anyone know of a Black Friday deal on them?

 

[brcfo_outdoors]

How's the cheek weld? High enough to not miss having an adjustable comb?

For me it is good to go as well.

For those with the mini chassis. Is it worth the upgrade? I like the idea of not having to bed it, in case I want to use it on a different action later on.
Also, anyone know of a Black Friday deal on them?

I like it, makes swapping out actions etc a breeze and the weight penalty is pretty minimal. If I am buying a Manners stock then mini chassis is a must for me. If you decide to get rid of the stock it makes reselling them a lot easier as well.

I don't know of anyone doing deals on Manners stocks, but Altus has had a steady flow of them and even Manners typically has a few on their website.

 

[brcfo_outdoors]

This is more of an observation and a FYSA for anyone reading this, but the PH rail does only accept clamping style bipods. I tried it with a MTN gear bipod and the end of the rail is oversized so nothing can slide onto it. The rear is the same way as I tried uninstalling the rail and seeing if I could put the bipod on from the back and then reinstall it but that didn't work. Probably my one critique of the PH, I know its relatively minor but I was a bit disappointed that my $400 bipod didn't fit.

 

[HuntnPack]

Does the pic rail up front have a flush cup? Debating ordering one and just having flush cups on the left side or possibly just one on the bottom rear.

Debating replacing a AG Composites Alpine Hunter with the PH.

Yes, the pic rail has a flush cup.
I added 1 flush cup on the bottom rear
I've had the AG Alpine Hunter, one of my favorites. I went to the MCS PH over the Alpine on my recent build.
Preliminary thoughts are I like it better.
The PH is lighter, ridged stock, fits me well, better integrated rails, & much better fit & finish. I really like the molded in color & texture grip panel. Nice comb height, forearm finger grooves. Nice grip size, & thumb rest is nice feature. Comfortable.

 

[whhood]

Does anyone know what the comb height is? When I called Manners to buy one I was told it's the same as the EH1.

 

[Darryle]

Yes, the pic rail has a flush cup.
I added 1 flush cup on the bottom rear
I've had the AG Alpine Hunter, one of my favorites. I went to the MCS PH over the Alpine on my recent build.
Preliminary thoughts are I like it better.
The PH is lighter, fits me well, better integrated rails, & much better fit & finish. I really like the molded in color
& texture grip panel.

That is the feedback I wanted to hear. I replaced the Alpine Hunter on my APR 280 Ackley with the LRH, so now I am going to order a PH for the 6.5 Creedmoor APR, the only possible issue is it has a Sendero Lite contour barrel.

I am going to set aside the Alpine Hunter for a build on an Aero Solus since weight won't be an issue with that rifle. Possibly going to be a switch barrel setup.

 

[ObiWanKannoli]

This is more of an observation and a FYSA for anyone reading this, but the PH rail does only accept clamping style bipods. I tried it with a MTN gear bipod and the end of the rail is oversized so nothing can slide onto it. The rear is the same way as I tried uninstalling the rail and seeing if I could put the bipod on from the back and then reinstall it but that didn't work. Probably my one critique of the PH, I know its relatively minor but I was a bit disappointed that my $400 bipod didn't fit.

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Maybe trim down the front of the pic rail? A pain for sure but I bet you can get it to work.

Here is how my rugged ridge bipod mounts:

 

[ObiWanKannoli]

Figured I would share this here. Manners I am fairly certain said that Wyatts Extended box mags won't fit in the mini chassis. Nonsense! Granted I needed my my 3 axis to get this perfect, but it can be done with a belt sander and hand files. The box does only hold 2 rounds because it's trimmed down a fair amount, but 2 in the chamber and 1 in the pipe of 300 prc should have me pretty well covered. 3.830 coal limitation is welcomed!

 

[brcfo_outdoors]

Maybe trim down the front of the pic rail? A pain for sure but I bet you can get it to work.

Here is how my rugged ridge bipod mounts:

This was back in April or something so I just ended up selling the MtnGear and ordering another Audere. I did screw up the rail trying to make it work and had to order a new one from Manners.

 

[Darryle]

This was back in April or something so I just ended up selling the MtnGear and ordering another Audere. I did screw up the rail trying to make it work and had to order a new one from Manners.

I wonder if one of the Seekins SRS rails would fit in its place?