Anyone used these guys? They've been around forever, but I'm curious to hear from anyone who's worked with them.

Thanks,


Okie John

They have the pattern for the A-square Coil-Chek stocks in fiberglass, so I had them make me one for one of Ed Hubel's 585 barreled actions. They did fine with it.

30 years ago, I bought one for a left handed Savage 110 that the original wood warped on, it still works.

They make many fiber glass blanks that aren't available elsewhere. If you buy a blank don't expect a 'drop-in', these do require work. I have used a couple and speak from experience. I've seen a couple the were finished at MPI and they were nicely done.

Thanks for the replies. I've seen a thread on another site that was pretty negative, but it sounds like MPI may have changed their ways.


Okie John

Those negative reports are from those not expecting to have to do 5-20hrs work on a synthetic blank . We live in a 'drop-in' world, where everything is made on a CNC machine that only requires a minimum wage worker to sit there and put parts in and take parts out. The last MPI blank I finished out (Kimber 84M) took me a good 12hrs, including paint. You've got the price of the blank and then the cost of the labor on top of that. Working for customer/clients is one thing, doing for yourself is quite another. Just like 'custom' wood and the associated labor cost, a synthetic blank has several hours of labor involved. Brown Precision makes good blanks, too.

I've used them. Had no issue. I tended towards the light weight.

I know they have some bad press but I would buy again. BUT they are not a drop in stock. More like buying a semi inletted wood that needs finishing.

I love my Brown Precision's. They are not cheap. Of course they are lesser expensive than wood.

I have one of the fiberglass Coil Check stocks on my 416 Taylor and love it. Yes it comes as a blank and requires finishing and painting. I had MPI finish and fit it to my action and paint of for an extra fee.

They painted two fiberglass stocks for me, one I made for a TCR-87 and the other, a Brown Precision for a Ruger 77-22. I was happy with both. They also made me a target stock for a 1909 Mauser actioned 7X57. It is great for fit and shooting. I would use them again.