Looking for a bolt action.

The Mannars t4a is a better stock than the McMillan and pretty much the same shape and profile as the a5. You can even get the mini chassis in it . Here is my Zermatt Tl3 in a Manners t4a with mini chassis.View attachment 8759716
Given I have little girl hands, I've always felt that the grip front strap to trigger shoe distance indicates that Manners thinks all shooters can palm a basketball lol
 
I also have small hands, I have never gotten along with Manners stocks.
I would buy one of their stocks if they just offered the option to have the front strap built up for those of us without an NBA career (LOL). I've never understood this one size fits all on trigger reach. Sort of one reason why I favor chassis, particularly ones that take an AR grip so that I can mount an MDT Vertical Grip ELITE on with its fore/aft adjustment.


I still own an OG JAE and worked with Tyler Kemp and MKM to make a printed grip that was more vertical and closer to the trigger. But, I still like the MDT on my Vision chassis best.

Next in line is a Vision Pro and they seem to have improved the grip quite a bit (at least for my hand) on the this iteration of their chassis. I've handled a friend's and thikg it will work...if not, I can just put an MDT on it.
 
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I also have small hands, I have never gotten along with Manners stocks.
I wear medium or large gloves, depending on the brand. The stocks that have a shorter trigger to grip distance that I’ve found are:

PERSONAL EXPERIENCE
  • Accuracy International (no experience with their R700 chassis, just the “real” AI)
  • KRG Bravo (better than their W3, but longer than the Accuracy International)

OTHERS HAVE SAID
  • McMillan U10 & variants (used to be called A10)
  • KMW Sentinel
  • Foundation Samson/Centurion
  • Blaser R8
  • Manners T5A
  • Vision Pro (see @Baron23 above)
  • Manners EH1? Maybe a low GTTD for a Manners, but not really compared to the above stocks (see @powdahound76 below, he says it has a shorter grip to trigger distance that is closer to the McMillans)
Btw I’ve had MKM make me a custom grip on my W3 that seriously changed the whole chassis feel to me.

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Buy used, especially a 308 - you'll get way more rifle for your $$$. Everyone and their brother has a custom 308 gathering dust in the back of the safe. Put a 'WTB custom 308' ad and you'll have lots of options.
This is because 308 is a fine choice of target cartridge 25 years ago, just like the Macmillan stocks. They are both good stuff, but technology has advanced significantly. Next we will be talking about the best fixed power SFP optics in MOA.
6.5 Creed is the cost effective easy button for messing around to 1K.
 
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Manners EH1 has a shorter grip to trigger that is closer to the mcmillans with same.
The design of the butt stock works very well for me, esp with hunting scopes installed (vx5 3-15 or LRHS 3-12) that have 42 or 44 mm objectives.

I wear a 7.5 glove and the Manners t2 and t4 are longer than I like for that desired 90 degrees at the 2nd knuckle on the booger hook, I mean trigger finger….
 
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I bought an Aero Solus 6.5 Creed in the KRG Bravo and honestly I love it. I love it so much that I bought a Solus action and got a Solus M24 contour .308 barrel and built that out with a KRG Bravo as well. Honestly, it's the easy button. Putting together a bolt rifle is so much easier than putting together an AR.

The 6.5 I put their aluminum ARCA forend on, the .308 I am just using their plastic forend. Both of them I put the spigot on and the NVG cap.
 
I bought an Aero Solus 6.5 Creed in the KRG Bravo and honestly I love it. I love it so much that I bought a Solus action and got a Solus M24 contour .308 barrel and built that out with a KRG Bravo as well. Honestly, it's the easy button. Putting together a bolt rifle is so much easier than putting together an AR.

The 6.5 I put their aluminum ARCA forend on, the .308 I am just using their plastic forend. Both of them I put the spigot on and the NVG cap.

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Manners EH1 has a shorter grip to trigger that is closer to the mcmillans with same.
The design of the butt stock works very well for me, esp with hunting scopes installed (vx5 3-15 or LRHS 3-12) that have 42 or 44 mm objectives.

I wear a 7.5 glove and the Manners t2 and t4 are longer than I like for that desired 90 degrees at the 2nd knuckle on the booger hook, I mean trigger finger….
I’ll add that to my list above.
 
Why this?

Just to cement your legend as a dufus along with Deathbeforedismount and Rob?


I personally like things more about different actions and if a guy is happy with his Solus buys, why?
Because it is inferior to your taste?
It's almost as if you know why......

If being a dufus means wanting people to get quality gear from reputable companies, then the shoe fits.
 
I’ll add that to my list above.
Dunno, grip is more vertical and palm swell and grip diameter is smaller but the front strap still looks like it’s a long way from the trigger shoe. Yes, you can “choke up” on a stock like this but…

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And minimum LOP w .5” pad is a tad over 13” and I personally would prefer 12.5”

Cheers
 
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Dunno, grip is more vertical and palm swell and grip diameter is smaller but the front strap still looks like it’s a long way from the trigger shoe. Yes, you can “choke up” on a stock like this but…

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And minimum LOP w .5” pad is a tad over 13” and I personally would prefer 12.5”

Cheers
Yeah, the other entries on that list have more than one person stating that the grip-to-trigger (GTT) distance is short(er). The last two I put a question mark by them as I personally have only seen one person vouch.

If you know of others that agree with the GTT assessment, LMK and I’ll knock off the ? mark.
 
Integrated scope rails are like winches on mall crawlers. They're ostensibly there for a reason, but the reason keeps never happening.

I have two Origins and have had 4 TL3's(2 now), never had a rail get loose. I've had two $4000 plus scopes break, a set of rings that would cause issues with scopes, and a certain chassis that just wouldn't let an action screw stay torqued, but have never had a scope rail loosen.

I wonder what the intersection is of people who say integral scope rails are necessary but are also fine with set screw secured gas blocks?
I had it happen...Once... Never before, and never since. The scope rail screws sheared clean on my Christensen 7mm-08, and my new Kahles K318i hit the bench... Turns out it was a bad batch of rail screws, but still, shit does happen when you least expect it.

I much prefer integral rails after that, even though I'd never had any issues prior to. Still makes me a bit gun-shy, even on rifles I've never had a single issue with before. Mainly because the cheapest scopes I have are the DNT's at $600... Everything else is $1,000+, some in the $3K-$4K range. After that K318i hit the bench I was pretty pissed off.

Also, as to the gas blocks with set-screws, I prefer both set screws and pinned, but I haven't had any of my set-screws come loose, because I use a shit load of Rocksett on them.
 
I had it happen...Once... Never before, and never since. The scope rail screws sheared clean on my Christensen 7mm-08, and my new Kahles K318i hit the bench... Turns out it was a bad batch of rail screws, but still, shit does happen when you least expect it.
Especially on Christensen rifles, amirite?!!
 
I had it happen...Once... Never before, and never since. The scope rail screws sheared clean on my Christensen 7mm-08, and my new Kahles K318i hit the bench... Turns out it was a bad batch of rail screws, but still, shit does happen when you least expect it.

I much prefer integral rails after that, even though I'd never had any issues prior to. Still makes me a bit gun-shy, even on rifles I've never had a single issue with before. Mainly because the cheapest scopes I have are the DNT's at $600... Everything else is $1,000+, some in the $3K-$4K range. After that K318i hit the bench I was pretty pissed off.

Also, as to the gas blocks with set-screws, I prefer both set screws and pinned, but I haven't had any of my set-screws come loose, because I use a shit load of Rocksett on them.
If it was pinned and screwed like the Origin that would not have happened.
 
If it was pinned and screwed like the Origin that would not have happened.
This is true, but the Ridgelines aren't done that way, they're nearly true-spec 700 clone. That said, I did post about it on here, and Christensen Arms saw what happened, and they reached out via DM, and they sent me a free 20MOA base that they make that has the "legs" that fit precisely in the front & rear of the ejection port, and it holds it still front-to-back. It's a nice base, I don't know what more companies aren't making them that way to avoid having to drill & pin on factory actions.
 
 
Yeah, the other entries on that list have more than one person stating that the grip-to-trigger (GTT) distance is short(er). The last two I put a question mark by them as I personally have only seen one person vouch.

If you know of others that agree with the GTT assessment, LMK and I’ll knock off the ? mark.
IMO just look at the picture I posted from Manner's site and compare that GTT (your acronym lol) of the MKM grip on your W3 chassis.

Or compare it to this pic of the Vision Pro....which is much like your MKM W3 grip....to me, the difference is very significant

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I guess I don't really care if others agree or not...to me, the Manners picture says it all and is objective evidence vs personal opinion or preferences.
 
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IMO just look at the picture I posted from Manner's site and compare that GTT (your acronym lol) of the MKM grip on your W3 chassis.

Or compare it to this pic of the Vision Pro....which is much like your MKM W3 grip....to me, the difference is very significant

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I guess I don't really care if others agree or not...to me, the Manners picture says it all and is objective evidence vs personal opinion or preferences.
Ah, yes, the Vision Pro def has a low GTTD (added a D to the end for “distance” 😂). I should’ve mentioned a pic would help sway me as well as others chiming in.

And I agree with you about the Manner’s EH1…I took another look…maybe it has a low GTTD for a Manners, but not really compared to other low GTTD stocks. Edited my post above. Thx man!
 
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