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Beautiful rifle and one that will have special meaning, going forward. It's like you're taking your dad and grandad hunting with you. Excellent. I'm impressed with the work the stockmaker did. When I'm ready to do a wood stock, I'll be reaching out to them.

That is a beautiful rifle but you really made it special by using the piece of walnut your grandfather cut and saved.

Very cool and well done project! Congrats!

I've heard they do nice work but haven't seen detailed pics. They did a great job. Thanks for sharing

prm,
Great provenance on that walnut stock. Congrats on creating a family heirloom!

It shows early signs that it will shoot just fine!

I did not finish the 147 ELDs, but it looks like I need to play with searing depth. Just over an inch now. Velocity was at 2700 with RL26.

I am going to shoot it with the Nightforce next.

That is nice!

Ready for more shooting. Can’t leave a good Nightforce sitting around.

Very nice rifle and story. I believe it's a shooter too...ha. Glad that all turned out so well for you.

Would be curious on your thoughts of the weight difference between scopes when it's all said and done.

Very Nice Rifle.

This should go in the "Fence Post Picture" thread................or did I miss it?

Shot some today with the Nightforce and some different loads. Very promising. Really happy with the 147 ELDs. Certainly a good start. Although heavier than I’d prefer, the Nightforce is staying on.

I really like that bedding system. Congrats on a fantastic rifle.

[quote=blairvt]What kind of $ we talking about for them to do the stock for you?

They allow you to price a stock on their website. That was accurate for me.

https://www.aigunstocks.com/design-your-gunstock/

The Nightforce is just under 22oz while the Vortex was 13.4oz. I prefer the feel of the lighter scope, but it’s not as much of a difference as I anticipated. Both point and hold well. I just prefer less overall weight.

Very nice!

Beautiful!

Nice looking setup, that really hits all the boxes wow!!! Nightforce scope, beautiful stock, awesome barter fieldcraft action.

I was asked about a comparison to the Kimber Montana.

I love the Barrett so far. Now, understand I never fired it with the factory stock. I felt the factory stock had a longer than desired LOP for me, but it has a nice grip, not unlike a Bansner. My preference is for relatively closed grips. It’s been very easy to load for so far. I did a tiny bit of work to get the lugs engaging more evenly, otherwise haven’t done a thing. Pretty sure I’ll be able to get every bullet I’ve tried to roughly .5” or better 3-shot groups. Hard to argue with that. Mag box is a legitimate 3”. My 147 ELDs are loaded to 2.925 (-.020) and run smoothly.
Comparing to the Montana, I prefer the location of the safety, the grip, and the mag box on the Fieldcraft. Both point exceptionally well. I don’t find the 3-position safety a big deal in my normal use so the 2-position on the Barrett is fine. I like the idea of controlled round feed of the 84M, but I haven’t found it to actually function any better. I’ll be loading up some dummy rounds and dry firing a lot cycling the bolt and feeding rounds. We’ll see how it goes. Both are great rifles. Overall the feel of the 84M is maybe a tiny bit better, almost entirely due to LOP. For handloading the Fieldcraft wins hands down. With my custom stock the Fieldcraft fits like a glove. Substantially better fit and feel than 84M or factory Fieldcraft.