The sooper dooper pig 300wsm project thread

[dannyb]

After all this i chucked it on the scales to see where it was at....
I was a little surprised it was a gnats dick over 4kg.....slightly heavier thsn i had hoped for.



I spent a bit of time looking at it and the more i looked at it the more i wasn't completely happy with a few things, the povo looking cheek rest i built up out of foam matt, duct tape and an old sock also the chasm of a gap between the objective lense and the barrel which was caused by the fact i couldn't mount the scope any lower due to the rail.
I contemplated buying some Talleys but having tested positive for the Spicy flu i couldn't go in to Gunworks where Amanda and Ronelle have always been kind enough to let me test fit Talleys to make sure i had a good match for my objective clearance.
Then it hit me take the rail off re fit the factory weaver mounts and see where that sat the scope before taking an educated guess and plunging more $$$$ into a set of Talleys.
So i did that and surprisingly the scope sat with what i consider to be pretty much perfect objective to barrel clearance (sweet fuck all but not touching) this also negated the need for my povo cheek rest mod as the ocular end of the scope was in a much better place for a natural cheek weld.
Pics below of contessa rings on factory weaver mounts.







Then i decided after shedding the weight of the rail and my povo cheek rest i should weigh it again....
Ideal under 4kg even with the bipod factored into the equation.

Without bipod


With bipod