Reason I ask is that McMillan don't have an inletting programme for the ZG. They do have a generic 98 action but bottom metal and barrel not.

Smiths over here in the UK will charge as much as the price of the stock again for inletting and pillar bedding. I just wondered if anyone was going to get theirs done so I could sort of piggy back onto. It would assume that BRNO made no dimensional changes.

Long shot but thought I'd try.

1894, I know this is not the answer you are looking for, and maybe you'll be inundated with offers to share your new inletting program. I will add this, though: it seems to be quite common for US smiths to do their own inletting - even of synthetic stocks. I know this is far out, but at least money wise it might well be cheaper for you to send your barreled action to a good smith in the States, and have him inlet, bed and paint your stock. Naturally, I know you were intending to have this job done at home in the UK, but even with the shipping to and from the US, you might well find a US job cheaper - and given the right smith, probably in no way of lesser quality.

Mike Bryant (just to name one smith) has inletted two synthetic stocks for me - a McMillan and a Brown Precision.

Just a thought.

- mike

putting a mcmillan on a ZG 47 is like a cowboy with spandex biker shorts on. Jmho of course

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Originally posted by cummins cowboy:
putting a mcmillan on a ZG 47 is like a cowboy with spandex biker shorts on.

There are some, present company excluded, that would find that very appealing!

Holy thread resurrection....

The McMillan got inlet by a local smith. Sadly MHO passed (I think of him often when I reach for my 7-08 as he sourced the Jewell in the US for me)

The resulting ZG takes all that I learned from AR - I suspect some would rather I'd stayed ignorant but it's my favourite and it's been dynamite on moose.

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That looks very nice. What caliber, and how does it shoot for you.

Beauty is as beauty does.

God's own - 30-06

These three 180gr ABs at 250yards

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Which translated to this at 200yards. One week, one shot opportunity.

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Thats a nice, functional looking rifle.

I wish Mcmillan would do one!

That (Sako Classic) stock however, has a to small grip for my liking.

Here's a bit of good news. McMillan is now making the Sako Hunter style stock with inletting compatible for the Interarms Mark X. Any good stock man with an inletting program for the ZG47 can get the job done.
The beauty of that stock is that it lends itself well to both scope, and iron sight, work.
It has a larger grip, with a wundhammer swell on the grip.

nice rifle, and the stock has me chuffed

Those Mark X/Mauser stocks also have a decent sized grip with a Wundhammer sell on the strong side of the pistol group. Can be had left, or right, handed.

The Mark X stock, is the same as the Sako Classic.

I can`t get a grip on it.. my pinky does not fit the handle. Either I have large hands or the grip is to small.

If the Sako Hunter feels like the older L579/L61R Sako stocks.. its gold!

It does. It also haves a swelling on the right side of the grip. I have meathooks for hands, and the stock just fits, and lines the rifle up straight. I am starting to outfit most of my rifles in that style of stock.

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Holy thread resurrection....

The McMillan got inlet by a local smith. Sadly MHO passed (I think of him often when I reach for my 7-08 as he sourced the Jewell in the US for me)

The resulting ZG takes all that I learned from AR - I suspect some would rather I'd stayed ignorant but it's my favourite and it's been dynamite on moose.

I'm sorry mho passed. We corresponded a time or two.
What color mix did you specify for your stock, if you can recall?