The rifle weighs in at 8lbs with the scope rings...the muzzle brake may not be necessary but I am trying to duplicate the performance I get from my .17 hmr....zero movement of the crosshairs when shooting with a 20x scope...and since the gun was already there I thought I would just have them out the brake on at the same time. I will shoot it with and without it and see if it was actually necessary. Either way I think it looks neat on there.
You would have to get a quote from Shawn to do the work...I have quite a bit of extra things I paid for on top of an expensive lilja barrel so not sure what a basic "conversion" would run you.
