Since the platinum layup is done with action and barrel in place does that remove the need to skim bed the stock? If not what is the advantage of the platinum layup?
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Sounds like a question for Manners.
The layed up receiver inlet isnt going to match your receiver any better than a machined inlet. Like always, you arent required to bed, but you should.
The advantage of the layup is it makes the stock stiffer. That is the way Brown Precision has made their stocks since they invented the fiberglass stock.
I haven't seen a Manners version but the Brown stocks don't normally fit as well as a machined stock. You can machine them to any dimension you can write a program for. They aren't going to have a mold for every possible combination.
I haven't seen a Manners version but the Brown stocks don't normally fit as well as a machined stock. You can machine them to any dimension you can write a program for. They aren't going to have a mold for every possible combination.
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How is the layup different?
http://mannersstocks.com/new-for-2017
[h=2]PLATINUM SERIES SHELL[/h] [h=3]True molded-in action and barrel channel area. Extremely stiff and strong, also reduces weight.[/h] One of our most important goals at MCS is to keep developing improved methods for making composite stocks lighter and stronger. We are very proud to introduce a new layup process for 2017 called the Platinum Series. The first stocks available using this process are the new MCS-PRS1 and PRS2. The major difference between the Elite and Platinum Series is that the Platinum Series has a true molded-in action and barrel channel area, which makes the stock very stiff and strong, but also reduces weight. The first production stocks coming out are actually 2 to 3 ounces lighter than the Elite series, but twice as stiff and strong.
With the Platinum Series process, MCS stocks will be, hands down, the lightest, stiffest, strongest composite stocks on the market.
[h=4]*Available now for the Gap #6 or 1.30" Straight barrel contours[/h]
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We have been making stocks with a "True molded-in action" since we bought Six Enterprises in 1998. Six started doing this in the 70's. What this does, is allow full sheets of fiberglass and graphite to be laid directly under the barrel and receiver and allow the cloth to mold around the barreled action shape. This increases the rigidity and strength of the stock tremendously. Our BR stocks weigh in at 24 ozs, and I've seen 300 pound men stand on the stock in between centers and it just flexes. It is the most complete and rigid way to make a stock.
