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Knocked off another 1.5 ounces so it's 27.5 down from 39. Narrowed a little more on the forearm and scalloping a bit at the rear of the floorplate area, and some more grip trimming. Scrubbed and ready to prime.

Solid orange or Flectone?

For David, the complete barreled action with floorplate, mag box, screws, follower weighs 85.5 OZ (5lbs 5.5oz) WITH the steel Burris XTR Two-piece Picatinny bases. Anyone know their weight? They're on with Loctite, for now not going anywhere and they're my only compatible Picatinny bases.

A few particularities.
I knocked out the lil'red fire indicator. I'll plug the hole before priming. On the Minis I masked them.

This shows the roughly 3/16" band of Devcon put in to fill the void show earlier. The light gray strip.

My uber flip-flop attains a compressed look from sitting with the weight of the rifle leaned against the wall. Provides for quick shouldering I guess. It's Devcon'd BTW.