So... I've got a Savage Target Action RBLP that has been T&T'd, fitted w/ an Evo trigger, and a 24" Rock Creek 5R #6HV 1:17tw barrel chambered in .30 BR by Gold Creek Rifles. The rifle seems to be shooting well, bedded in a factory F-Class stock... but it's considerably over even the 13.5 lb HV/VFS limit with that stock accounting for over 4 lbs of it. I'm not sure if its possible to hog off enough material to drop that thing about a pound and a half, which is what it'd need to make weight. Right now I'm already running a fairly light scope (Weaver T24) and that caused me some grief not being able to see the bullet holes clearly @ 300.
I'm looking for something considerably lighter... like a McMillan Edge, for example. Actually, there are some super-light 'Montana' cedar / carbon-fiber stocks that some guys around here are using, but those are out of production. One guy is using a Stockade Benchrest stock on another Target action with a similar setup so that is another viable option... but I have no idea what the weight is on that stock or any other options out there. Any other ideas or suggestions?
TIA,
Monte
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