I got the 223 hog hunter. I got an aluminum bedded stock of ebay from a short action dbm rilfe in max1 camo. Came with the trigger guard, bottom metal, and mag. I pulled the bottom plate off and put it on the internal mag in the hog hunter. I had my local gun smith mill out the spot for the side bolt release following the plastic casting marks. Also he milled the recoil lug to fit the accustock. Did not notice any accuracy change though. Gun shot amazing with either stock but i got a magazine now. Been thinking about doing it with a 308 hog hunter but since my experiences with the 223 i think i would look for a all polymer stock and then i could test which one seems to shoot the best on the 308 and use that one on the 308. My 223 with scope, aluminum stock, bipod, and suppressor im coming in at around 12lbs, that is not very light and would like to save the weight if there is nothing to gain.