I have a couple of these as well. The 14" version handles very well too. I'm very tempted to turn one into a 17 Mach 2. I actually have two of the Exemplar clones, FIE CDC 722. One is NIB. These are both 22s and I've removed the barrel for either relining to Mach 2, or having a Ruger 1022 Mach 3 barrel fit to it..

Interesting scope mount you have. For hunting, I'm thinking of a scout scope. My 14" came with a handgun scope and that's pretty easy to use.

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