pitted bore wrote:...snip... All three came with early Freeland Adjustable Butt Plates having only vertical adjustment...snip...
I've installed a few Morgan pads for folks over the years. It kind of reminds me of one of them.
WRT the weight. For load development, heavy is not a sin. WRT the McGowan barrels, which a local acquaintance (NSS) is very fond of, I wonder it they could make me a RemAge barrel in 450b? I have a beautiful Remington 700 Thumbhole Varminter in 6mm Remington in the safe. Boringly accurate. From back when I was amassing boringly accurate bolt rifles for that Prairie Dog hunt that's on my bucket list. Probably won't ever happen with the daughter about to start college in a major that is hard to turn into money without 12 years worth of study. Anyway, I spent a month working up loads for it, then put it away. Has a nice Timney Trigger to boot. I've been considering pulling or having pulled, the 6mm Rem barrel and converting it to some RemAge calibers for switch-barreling like I do with my Model 12s. It comes out once a year to be cleaned, lubed, fondled and then put back in the safe. Damned BRD.
Hoot