Much to my surprise, UPS dropped off my new stick from G.A. Precision. I surely figured that since today was a holiday, that I wouldn't see it until tomorrow or the next day.
Here's the rundown:
-Remington short action
-22" Schneider 5P barrel chambered in .308
-Badger recoil lug
-Badger/AICS floormetal
-Badger bolt knob
-Threaded w/ thread protector for the eventual suppressor
-McMillan A5 in G.A. Camo-Edge weight
I did this in the spirit of the M40A3 "Lite" that George built a while back, but to my specs. The barrel has the deep fluting, the floormetal is aluminum, the base is aluminum, the rings are steel-but just for the time being. I mounted a USO SN3 on it, which is a big honking scope, but my total weight right now is 12# 13oz. I'm thinking a can get the weight sqeeked down a little more with aluminum rings, but I may just leave it as is.
I opted for a non-adjustable A5 for 2 reasons, the most important being that I've had the adjustable cheekpiece before and just didn't need it as bad as I thought plus, I didn't need things coming loose at a bad time. The other reason was George had this in stock and ready to go-so no wait. I'm using the Eagle stock pack and it provides just the right amount of height.
Total time to build and ship-4 weeks. Thats not bad at all, the first chance I'll get to shoot it is on practice day of 1000yd match this weekend, so I'll see how she shoots then.
A quick question for those that may know. I have the flush cups in this stock. However, I can only find 1" flush cup swivels. Does anybody know where I can pick up a set of 1 1/4" swivels so I can use my TIS sling?