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yeah, I was about to take the saw to it, and I figured why not! That slot I cut out was about 1.5 additional ounces, and more importantly, I have no doubts about the barrel touching the stock anymore, hooray!Holy shit, did you JUST decide to do that after that other guy posted pics of the kifaru rifle earlier today? That’s awesome, just send it right?
Thanks,^ that is a nice color
Five years on, it's great to see how far this has gone putting the Hunters on a diet.Here's the finished (stock) product, thanks again OP for the specs!
17.1 oz total. (Approximately .9oz less than an $1100 MPI with swivel studs and .91" microcell, and about 3/4" longer LOP)
-Stock 15oz
-Paint .3oz
-1 Grocery sack in butt .2oz (might add spray foam if branches slapping the stock make too much noise). Still fairly hollow sounding.
-Microcell 1.4oz
-Screws .2oz (Had to trim 1/4" off do to thinner recoil pad).
-i gave away the grip cap, which saved an entire 1/10th of an ounce!
And a couple of views. I was too lazy to file all the saw marks out, but it's not visible unless you're looking for it. They didn't have any other color that was close to avacado or whatever, but I like how this Deep Forest color turned out. I meant to have the stone affect splatter paint with the dark flecks, but the can is misleading, and the Bleached Stone color ended up decent. 2 coats green, 1 coat spatter, 2 coats clear coat...
A couple views for your enjoyment, and an extra shot without the flash gave a much better color representation.
Excellent choice on the scope. I have the same one on my hunter .308View attachment 524384My Hunter 280Ackley showed up yesterday, got right to pulling the gel out of the stock and a little paint touch up. Removing the gel from the rear of the stock only (still have gel in the grip) took out 8oz. Added Krylon black marbleizing spray paint and matte clear coat. Just over 6.5lbs with Vortex Viper PST 2.5-10. Would’ve never even known about lightening this gun without this thread. View attachment 524385
I was a little worried that 10x wasn’t going to be enough for the ranges I wanted to shoot, hunting primarily in NC and WV I rarely need to shoot past 100yd so something with a 7 or 8x top end has always been more than enough.Excellent choice on the scope. I have the same one on my hunter .308
Is that free floated?
It's like, free, free free free, floatedIs that free floated?
Another opinion:For those people who took the gel out:
1) how did affect recoil?
2) does it sound hollow without the gel?
3) is it reversible?
1- I never shot the gun with the gel in the stock, but in 280Ackley with no gel the recoil is stiff from a bench, not too bad in field positions IMO. If you’re very recoil sensitive it should be a consideration.For those people who took the gel out:
1) how did affect recoil?
2) does it sound hollow without the gel?
3) is it reversible?