Thanks to all.

I'm not building a mountain rifle or even a rifle that will get carried a lot. The suppressor will be a quick detach type that will be shared with other rifles.

Already have a 16.5" Ruger Scout .308 and am leaning toward a 20" tube for this one.

Truth is, I'm not sure WHY I'm building one except that I CAN. Although I had been telling my wife Trump would win ever since he got the nomination, I bought the lower and upper before the election thinking if Hillary won the prices would skyrocket. Now that I have the parts, I can't seem to just leave them in the safe...

Guess the main goal is to have FUN. It will likely be a range gun 99% of the time. I say its not intended to be a match gun but my favorite at the range is banging steel and clays at 500 and 600 yards.

Coyote Hunter - NRA Patriot Life, NRA Whittington Center Life, GOA, DAD - and I VOTE!

No, I'm not a Ruger bigot - just an unabashed fan of their revolvers, M77's and #1's.

A good .30-06 is a 99% solution.