The result is a beautiful effect that is unique to your stock. Marbled colors offer the best choice for creating a finished look with a molded-in color.Ī marble finish is created by swirling two or three different colors into the surface of the stock. Solid colors, especially darker ones, produce the greatest challenge, whereas the camouflage patterns tend to look better because the various colors and shapes hide imperfections. However, we are limited in what can be accomplished with molded-in colors. We do our best to make your particular finish as attractive as possible. This is particularly attractive with marble patterns.Ī molded-in stock will weigh several ounces more than a painted stock due to the additional resin material that is used. After receiving your stock, some customers take it upon themselves to further wetblock sand and buff the surface to achieve a polished, warm luster finish. Molded-in stocks are provided with a matte finish to minimize light reflection. Mold lines, sanding marks, fiberglass cloth and small imperfections may be visible. All of the molded-in finishes below should be considered utility-grade. With a molded finish, the color is impregnated into the gelcoat, or exterior surface layer of the stock. Molded in colors are the most durable finish we offer. Molded-In Colors to Create a Unique Marble Pattern. We can repaint any McMillan stock for our customers at a nominal charge. It is impervious to most gun cleaning solvents, but harsh solvents should be wiped off immediately. However, any painted finish will scratch when dragged over rocks, limbs and other hard surfaces. This polyurethane paint is the most durable we can find and is suitable for conditions found from the Arctic to the tropics. The paint we use is an industrial grade, non-slip pebble finish similar to that found on power tools, office machines and industrial equipment. This is the finish most manufacturers specify for the McMillan stocks that are sold with their custom shop rifles. When you order any paint finish, the underlying stock is hand-sanded, primed, and painted to eliminate all surface imperfections. Choose any solid base coat color and specify either one or two speckletone paint highlights to create an attractive custom finish. Six solid paint colors are available.Ī new speckletone granite finish is also available. On target has my appreciation and thanks for making my boys first gun shop experience a superb one, they were on a high the rest of the day.For the finest presentation-grade surface, we suggest a painted finish. I know there are bigger shops around, but talk about a gem of a local, I was very impressed. I’m sold and won’t bother going anywhere else. I’d given him a budget and he could have stretched me out a bit as most shops do, but no, his recommendations and advice were honest, very believable and he couldn’t have spent more time and effort with us, from running thorugh the best options, taking us outside with a few scopes for the boys to try, right down to doing a bit of a discount on a quote. Glenn actually talked us down a bit on rifles, and up a bit on scopes, and it made total sense. Talk about a fantsatic, low pressure, informative experience. We wandered int he shop on a Saturday arvo, met Glenn, and the best part was he shook my boys hands and talked to THEM as much as me.
I had only got my license and filled out two PTA’s the day before, so I wasn’t able to buy anything as yet. I’m a brand new licenced shooter, and wanted my boys to get good advice and take the time to let them make their own decisions. I wanted to find a shop that would take the time to help my two teenage sons through their first 22.