Time for an update. Not exactly what I originally had planned but now I'm pretty excited about it....
The best I was getting out of this gun was about 1.5" groups.
Point blank, I'm not happy with the accuracy I'm getting out of it soooooooo, I'm doing what I should have done in the first place. I'm ordering a bartlein 3b and a Wyatts extended mag box for it today. Going to have my smith blueprint the action and work his magic. Hunting is about confidence and I just was not satisfied with what I was getting. Sure it was shooting "Minute of Moose" but that wasn't good enough.
I was a little worried about turnaround time but he said he could whip it out fast for me once I get him the parts.