The barrel has a pretty substantial shank length for a Rem varmint contour.
Good eye. The flutes were cut in the blank with a planned barrel length of 20", when we changed that to 21.5, we retained more shank. Was no thing to open up the laminate handle a bit at the back end.
And we'll hopefully shoot it this weekend. The X-Caliber is looking pretty good with the .243 build, but we are just getting started. My father shot some cheap Federals to get it sighted in and everything was sub-MOA. We're looking at the Hornady 103 ELD-X and 105 HPBT as main bullets and I'm hoping one is going to do the trick.
