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Gtscotty sent me to ECCO Machine as well and Nick did an awesome job modifying three of my four AAC rifle suppressors to eliminate the ridiculous 51T and 90T QD mounting interfaces.

My "best" suppressed hunting rifle setup is a Kimber 84M with a Proof carbon fiber wrapped barrel chambered in .308 Win sitting in an AG Composites stock. I have CDI Precision bottom metal and can run either the 5 or 10-round AICS magazines. The suppressor is a SilencerCo Harvester but if necessary I can screw on a SilcencerCo Omega or AAC MK13-SD. I'm using the Hellfire adapter system from Area419 which is really slick. They offer a self timing muzzle brake and thread protector that work with the Hellfire universal adapter. The weight of the rifle with the 22" barrel shown and without scope/rings is a little under 6lb. My thought process going in was to shoot a 175gr Barnes LRX bullet and want as much velocity as I can get so I kept the barrel on the long side and will be screwing on a 24" Proof barrel soon. This set up has proven to be very accurate with 1/2 moa or better 5-shot groups being the norm on sub zero temp days. I shot a nice mule deer last November using my POF P308 with a Premier Reticles scope mounted and SANDMAN-S suppressor attached. That's a heavy piece of kit to drag around so this will be a nice rifle to use for deer/elk this fall.

I haven't figured out the finish yet but once everything is where I want it I'll probably have the whole thing dipped. I'm not sure what optic I want to run on this set up. The Zeiss HD5 shown with RZ800 reticle is a good hunting scope, but I have a NF NXS 3-15x50mm F1 and a couple of Vortex Viper PSTs to consider. I want to keep the weight down so the NF is probably out.