Here is what the EH4 looks like with a 16" barrel (yes, the scope rail is on backwards - on purpose).

bare

and with the barrel before it was cut

It was pillar bedded by Manners, as I didn't plan on bedding it right away. You can see that with a bipod, there is not a lot of room on the forearm.

I only have a sample of one, but my experience with Tom Manners and his crew was fantastic. And the stock is amazing.
The mini-chassis is a metal insert for their compsite stocks. It adds the rigidity of a chassis system to their light weight composite stocks.

Quote Originally Posted by rc109a View Post
I was thinking about getting a Manners stock. I am looking at the MCS-EH4 and it is pretty nice. Do theses stocks need anything else to be done to them (piller/bedding/etc) like you do with stocks like a Boyds? Not sure what a mini-chassis is and what part it plays in the stock (no idea what it does). I guess you can see I am very green in this department. Thanks...