I have Benchrest and Sporting/Varmint stock and fore ends about done. I’m going to make up a beaver tail fore end for it as well. I know I’ve got a real nice looking two piece stock blank set of wood under my bed that has two fore end pieces of wood with it. I can use one for a third fore end for this rifle, or I probably have some other nice wood around here somewhere that isn’t much good for a stock due to how the grain runs in it.
I set a stud in the Sporting fore end for shooting off Harris BiPods and, I’m experienced enough to know that a benchrest fore end really isn’t that great for chuck and prairie dog shooting. A beavertail fore end is much better off a rest in the field.
Maybe by next week I’ll have the rifle assembled and folks can take a look at how it came together and give it the thumbs up or thumbs down.