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Looks rather striking with the walnut and stainless. Hope it shoots well for you as re-contouring a factory barrel is rarely a good move due to the internal stresses in buttoned barrels. Some enlarge when re-cut if not properly stress relieved.

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I've only had it to the range a couple of times so far but it seems to be shooting fine. Mostly around 1.0-1.5 inch groups at 100 yards with Hornady and Nosler 250 gr bullets. (And I don't claim to be the best rifle shot in the world.)

Your comments about re-contouring a factory barrel are interesting. I freely admit I don't know squat about gunsmithing and/or machining. I will say that Todd (my gunsmith) said he used hand draw files (is that the proper term?) to slightly reduce the barrel diameter. So, it wasn't cut on a lathe if that makes any difference. I'll have to ask him about it.

-Bob F.

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