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Howa .308 win. Used to be a lightweight with a pencil barrel, also had a Leupold 2.8-8X36 VX-3i. It was too muzzle light and it finally irritated me too much, so I put a McGowen Precision 20" Remington Sporter contour barrel on it, changed the scope to a Nightforce 3-10X42, replaced the HACT trigger with a Timney, and Pillar bedded it.

Initial impressions are that it shoots a little better, how much I don't know, but I'll keep playing with loads to see if it has a preference and what it is. With a couple loads I've tested, it's a fairly dangerous deer rifle for the deer in my area.

It sits in the hands very well now.