I now this won't help at all but to me the #3 Lilja is quite a bit. Now I love the #2 and I would go with it, and with the Edge fill and I feel you'll get the balance you like. Though it might be a bit more weight forward?
I do love them weight forward though.
Dober
Dober,
The last rifle I built (.270 Win. - recently sold to NSAQAM) was with a Hunters EDGE and #2 Lilja at 24" weighed right at 6 1/2lbs. Balance was nice, but a SMIDGE more barrel weighted than I would like. Maybe the same setup with barrel at 23" or 22.5" would be snazzy.
Just was thinking that if I went #3 Lilja, the standard fill McM might balance out the barrel weight.
Thoughts?
