this barrel is ridiculous. damn, its heavy and 24" long.

for a .243 its wayyyy too heavy and cumbersome. so its getting chopped back 2", fluted, and a smalled recoil pad added, since this huge thick one makes the length of pull too much for me, and i am a big guy...can't imagine short guys with short arms tryin this thing.

also, the crown...have seen better ones on BB guns. so having that redone when the barrel gets chopped...recessed target crown.

i THINK, with that stuff done, it will be perfect.

as it is, for a factory rifle, its great. just needs tweaked into perfection.