Let's see some birds eye view pictures of the fore-end and different contour barrels. Just trying to get an idea of how they look.

Brux barrel cut to Remington Sporter contour in the Classic

Thx toad!!

Is the Remington Sporter contour about like a #2?

yea, i think so. #2 varies by maker though.

I don't have any good pics like the one Toad posted all mine are from the side only, but IMHO the Classic and a #3 contour go well together. I have a #3 Brux and a #3 Lilja in a Classic Edge and they work great, my favorite combo actually.

What have you decided on Herschel...build specs?

#3 Bartlien(same as #4 most Mfr's)/Classic. Not much stock material left for anything larger.

I think I am going to go with a #5 Brux fluted and chambered for 300WM. This is going to be my heavy rifle.

Sounds like a good fit to a Rem Hunter. That's if you like the Sako design.

A sporter would gobble that up nicely.