I appreciate the replys gents. I would hope to hot have to walk too far with that rifle as it weighs about 16.5lbs with scope. Dale, the stock is a Manners T4
www.mannersstocks.com . I've tried a few McMillans, and wanted to give a Manners a try this time. I like the foreend being level with the barrel for target shooting off of bags/bipod (the main reason I loved my McM A4). For a hunting stock I'd probably go with something that had some taper to it in order to be able to have a bit more "immediate" adjustment when shooting from various supported positions.
Swampman, I really enjoyed my rifle when it was a 5R. The barrel cleaned pretty easily compared to most factory barrels, and the rifle was a very solid .5MOA performer at 100 and 200yds, sometimes even pushing into the .3 and .4 range but usually around .5 given weather conditions. I someday might add another 5R to the safe, next time though it might be a .300WM or a .223. Probably just a pipe dream though. I did find that the H-S stocks didn't fit my shooting hand too well, but with a skim bedding job consitancy from one H-S stock to the next (I had two different ones on there) was but a quarter-minute apart at 100yds.
Nice rifle eastbank, nothing like blending the old with the new sometimes. Plus its always nice to have something different from every other guy on the line.
