Crowe,
I have been following your original thread before you purchased the LRP. Criterion does offer both the Varmint and the Lite Varmint Barrels as you have already mentioned. The Lite Varmint may be just a little too small with the Bull Barrel channel on the H-S stock. The Varmint Barrel will give you a smaller but not 100% out of place barrel option. Here are some additional options:
1. Fluting - should save around 3 - 4 oz.
2. 24" finished length - will save around 1/3 lb. (5.3 oz.) This will still offer good velocities for hunting or tactical situations. The 24" barrel will be just a touch more rigid. The 24" barrel will appear heavier and may look better suited for filling the larger barrel channel.
3. I have a few of the McMillan Black Matte Stippled DBM Stocks. These will have the Varmint/Tactical barrel channel. With one of these you can now go to the CBI Lite Varmint contour and not have the "Too large Barrel Channel" issue to deal with. I weighed both the H-S and the McMillan stocks. The McMillan weighs about 1/2 lb. more but you can save a full pound going with the Lite Varmint CBI Barrel.
Total package savings - 3.5 oz., 5.3 oz. and 8 oz. Your total weight savings should be around 1 + lb.
Jim Briggs
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