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Krieger MTU contour cut to 26" chambered in tight necked 6x47 Lapua.

Liking the chambering, eh?

I am.

Don't read anything more into it though, as I just had three new Dashers chambered up too....

Very nice Al.

Thanks Stoney.

It's a shootin' sum beech too.....

Nice looking rig there Al...

How's the new lightweight 6mm shooting?

I'm liking it! How does it shoot?

What contour on urban camo dasher gun there Al ., thanks Isaac

F'ing scary. I've got some pics to post one of these days....

Mighty fine.

I'll take some pics tomorrow and post 'em.

It's been to 1200 already....

Don't hold out on us man....

Al,

What stock is that?

Good lookin' rig!

-Dan

Actually, it's not urban camo. The fading light gives it a little blue hue. It's really a black, medium gray, and dark gray camo.

The barrel's a 26" Krieger eight twist MTU contour weighing in at 6 pounds, 9 1/2 ounces finished.

Thanks....

The stock's a McM Winchester Marksman pattern. My favorite for a plinkin' playin', prairie dog killin' stock.

I happen to have more than one......

Hold your horses man......

Gotcha. Almost looks like a Classic and an A5 made a baby.

Kinda....fat baby maybe.....

The A-5 stole the forend design off the Marksman, and the butt is quite a bit larger as well. The height is the same but the Markman's width is 1.910" compared to the 1.625" of the A-5, and the grip is larger too, 1.625" vs 1.325". Being a fuller stock through the butt, it handles recoil quite well.

I don't care for the square edges of the A-5 either, as they start digging in my hand where I hold under the magazine, and the edge for cheek weld isn't as nice to me as the rounded butt of the Marksman.

If I build another heavy rig someday I might try one. My stock of choice for heavier rigs has been the A3.

I like things about the A5, but I'm not a fan of the butthook.

Also, this ain't your run-of-the-mill 700....

The action is from an original 40-XB KS Custom Varmint Rifle 22-250 I ordered new back in the 80's. It's a single shot with the original Remington 2 ounce trigger. It's had several stocks, and a handful of barrels since new, but hopefully, this should be the last stock. But just in case, I ordered it cut for a magazine and a BDL inlet, with sniper fill, as weight was not a concern, and pillars.

The action was trued and lapped several years ago by Dan Dowling, I had the bolt nose bushed, the firing pin turned to match, the bolt knob installed, and the bolt handle screwed, all done by Gre-Tan. The action was Ceracoated by Eddie, and the bolt fluted by Karl.

The scope base is a 40 MOA from Nightforce, as is the 5.5-22x50 NXS. I'm exactly 20 MOA off the bottom of my scope, leaving me the better part of 80 on the topside.