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Gunsmithing Balancing/weight proportional build input

dave300

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  • Feb 27, 2013
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    Building a new 338AI and already have a Manners’s EH5 Long Action with the Elite Tactical fill (carbon Fiber).
    30” barrel, single shot or blind BDL bottom metal, suppressed and will wear a ATACR.
    I have some concerns about balancing and recoil?
    Anyone have any first hand input on how this would balance out,
    Secondly, would the recoil be of concern with the regular fill to the carbon fiber fill.
    I own one already with a McMillan A5, and I release they are a bit of a handful but didn’t know if anyone has been down the exact road I am considering?
    TIA