I have a 700 LTR with the factory stock. I have glass bedded it, machined the bottom and added the Badger M4 bottom metal, and reduced the trigger pull to about 3#s. The rifle shoots nicely to about ~>1/2 MOA with handloads. However, I hate the stock, the fact that I don't have a detachable magazine, and would like a bit more muzzle velocity from a longer barrel. I would also like to put a can on it.
I considered getting a McBros A5, adding a Badger M5 and threading the barrel for a can. Alternatively I could put the action in an AICS 1.5 or 2.0. When I added all this cost up my wife said that I should just by another rifle with what I wanted (good wife!). I would like to get an AI AW in 308 or a GAP or a McBros, but am a bit averse to the cost.
I shoot the occasional precision rifle match and do a lot of long range shooting. Given all this, what do you guys think?
1) Leave the LTR alone and shoot it, get used to the stock.
2) Put the action in an AICS and call it good.
3) Sell a kidney and "go large" with an entirely new system.
4) ??
DVC
I considered getting a McBros A5, adding a Badger M5 and threading the barrel for a can. Alternatively I could put the action in an AICS 1.5 or 2.0. When I added all this cost up my wife said that I should just by another rifle with what I wanted (good wife!). I would like to get an AI AW in 308 or a GAP or a McBros, but am a bit averse to the cost.
I shoot the occasional precision rifle match and do a lot of long range shooting. Given all this, what do you guys think?
1) Leave the LTR alone and shoot it, get used to the stock.
2) Put the action in an AICS and call it good.
3) Sell a kidney and "go large" with an entirely new system.
4) ??
DVC