I recently have come into a Model 7 in 308 blued with a wooden stock ad a 20 inch barrel. Its a gift from my father who bought it in the mid 90s and is not able to hunt. He left it with my cousin in my hometown prior to moving to California and I will retrieve it when I get up there for a deer hunt this year. I think he hunted with about three times. My cousin reports its in great shape , no rust in or out. I would like to keep it and use it as a general purpose lighter weight deer and hog woods rifle.
I will put a VX3 2.5-8x36 mounted on talley LWs for a optics upgrade. I am looking for options for a drop in stock. Mc millian is my first choice but I am wondering if there is second lower cost option I should be looking at.
I have plenty of 8-9 lb rifles so I am looking to make this one lighter for carrying around in hilly or swampy country.
