About three years ago I bought a McMillan Mauser stock off an Ebay auction for about $190.00. No one else bid on it, I think it was because of the color. McMillan called it "urban como" I always called it psychedelic cattle camo. The stock has served as a test bed for a few Mausers and has worked out great. The only problem was the color, IT'S NASTY! and further more the stock had been bedded to three different rifles since I owned it and the finish was starting to look pretty bad. I was looking at their web site (McMillan) and noticed they offer a repaint service for their stocks for $44. Well, that sounds like exactly what I needed. I re-bedded the stock into the last rifle it'll ever ware. smoothed out the rough spots and sent it off to McMillan with a note to paint it Olive. It came back yesterday. I'm very impressed! The difference is night and day, and the price is right too. Anyway, this is the only McMillan stock I've ever owned, but if I wasn't a wood man, these would be on all my rifles.

This is what it looked like when I bought it.


This is what it looks like today. The paint is very nice and has a peeble texture to it.
http://photos.imageevent.com/lucky/markxmauser/websize/P1180025.JPG

_This is what it looks like today. The paint is very nice and has a peeble texture to it.

For a synthetic, the color is fantastic

Sort of thing I am toying with building. Can you tell me how much it weighs all up and what cal/profile/length the barrel is?

I want to try to get about 8.25-8.5 balancing about the front action screw or a tad further forward with a 24" barrel much the same profile as yours and a 6x42

Just weighed it. The rifle scoped (not loaded) weighs 8lb2ozs. The balance point is about 1 inch back from the front action screw (about were the bottom metal hinges). The barrel is 24" long .590 at the muzzle and chambered for a .30-06

Hope that helps.
Terry

Thanks for the post!! I've got a McMillan on a Win that is ascetically challenged and was trying to figure out what to do. I believe I'll be sending mine back to McMillan. Thanks again

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Originally posted by TC1:
_This is what it looks like today. The paint is very nice and has a peeble texture to it.
http://photos.imageevent.com/lucky/markxmauser/websize/P1180025.JPG

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I've always liked plain ole OD. Looks great to me!

Terry-

That's very, very nice looking. What kind of Mauser is that?

Have you got your 1909 project going yet?

Hope you are doing well.

Hey Mark, Been doing great. How about yourself?

The Mauser in the picture is nothing special. It's a .30-06 BRNO Mauser. I found it at a pawn/gun shop. The owner bought about 20 of these when EAA imported them to the states about 3-4 years ago. He sold all the others and found this one behind a pile of stuff in the safe about 6 months ago. I paid $275 for it out the door. This is going to be my wet weather/loaner/truck gun since it's the only plastic stock rifle I own. When I got home with it and started to mount a scope is when I found out It was going to be a project gun. The bolt had a bent handle on it, but the only way it was going clear the scope would be to install extra high rings. I sent the bolt out to have a new handle installed. Replaced the safety with a FN unit I hoarded away many moons ago. Then, I used the 1909 bottom metal (that rifle now has a Blackburn triggerguard) and installed a Timney trigger. I had the McMillan stock sitting in the closet and decided to use it also. After selling the original bottom metal and stock on Ebay, Now I've got a little more than $500 in my $275 Mauser. It's kinda funny how a good deal can get expensive so quick. Oh well, that's how it goes.

On the 1909 Arginetine, It's at Micheal Scherz. He's doing a surface grind and sending it and another one I found to be re-hardened. After that it's going to have a set of mock square bridges installed and it's off to the stock maker.

Good to hear from ya!
Terry
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Thanks very much for the info - big help!

Nice Job !!

Nice looking. I am partial to a nice piece of wood myself, no matter what the disadvantages. Gives me an extra excuse for a miss!

That is no slouch for a loaner/truck gun!