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I've got a complete rifle Jp upper (never been shot) with daniels lower, with the geiselle two stage trigger. Never been shot, 20" medium barrel. I'll sell you for $1025.00 shipped to your ffl. If you're looking for accuracy this will be hard to beat.

I appreciate the offer but think I will end up buying a WOA Upper. Thank you though!

John Holliger makes as good an upper as anybody. Nez Rongero built the uppers for the Presidents 100 winner and 3rd place I believe at Camp Perry this year. The Texas team also set a new record. Nez uses Shilen 8 twist 4 groove ratchet barrels. Shilen has never made a 5R barrel.

John Holliger is a first class builder and person. He recently built this for me. It's going on a venison tactical rifle. All the parts are integral.

Good to know!

I have a WOA Varmint upper and love it.
While on a coyote hunt around New Years my friend I was hunting with had just switched out his conventional upper with a side charge upper, after using his gun for a day it made a side charge a must have for me. only problem with the swap is that you wont get the barrel nut off a WOA without buying a barrel nut tool from WOA for $39 it is unlike any other barrel nut.

Have not looked at WOA nuts.. but there are strap wrenches and pipe wrenches...

I built my own using a White Oak PacNor Barrel chambered in 20 Practical. It will group 32 V-Max and Sierra 39 gr BK's in a ragged hole at 100 yards. Left Hand Stag Upper Receiver. Barrel is 22 inch's .

Nice!

Put the order in today on a WOA Upper 1x8 twist SDM Fluted Barrel with varmint upper. Now just need to pair it with a lower? Any suggestions on a good lower for this?

Sorry............wasn't thinking.

You asked about a lower & I was thinking upper.

Lower doesn't matter much; I've had good fits with Aero, PSA & Anderson.

Aero has an adjustment screw to help tighten the fit to the upper if needed.

MM

Lowers are pretty much generic IMHO. Not nearly as important as the barrel etc...

I've set some range records with an EA lower.. the cheapest there was around in the 80s IIRC.. fugly but workable

I"d spend the money on the best trigger you want. And the rest is just what floats your boat, stock type etc..

Whats printed on the side of the lower isn't goign to matter IMHO.

I have a Wilson 20" fluted varmint barrel w/1-8 twist on my coyote gun right now and it will put 10 shots at 100 yards into a 3/4" hole if I do my part correctly. I had a 24" Olympic Arms SUM barrel that would do better but carrying it in the field was a pain. I only shoot 55 grain V-Max from Freedom Munitions and have had very good luck with their product.

Going to unleash this thing on a prairie dog town! Thinking a Stag or Spikes lower and maybe do a PRS Magpul stock with a Geissle Trigger.

Or you can do a Magpul ACS stock. That is what I use so I can collapse it for easier transporting. And to not start a trigger war, you might want to look at a Timney single stage. I have the 3.5# and really like it. But there is also nothing wrong with a good two stage either.

All good suggestions that will give me options and lead to a good choice. Thank you!

It sounds like he's wanting to build a heavier precision rifle setup; the PRS makes sense for that. I wouldn't consider an ACS (or my preference, the ACS-L) an adequate substitute for the PRS in that role; they are not at all the same type of stock and don't have similar features.

Esox, have you seen the small monopods you can attach to the PRS stock, to take the place of a rear bag? They aren't cheap, but make a lot of sense for the usage you have in mind.

Yes, for a dedicated LRP type of rifle, the PRS is a great stock if you can put up with the weight & the cost............sounds like that rifle will be heavy anyway, so a little more doesn't matter much.

MM

Not planning on carrying this rifle for miles, so a couple pounds won't hurt and it will add stability for shooting. I haven't seen the monopods but will look into them. Thanks.