MtnMike

Looks just like my old Browning Hi-Power that has been sitting neglected in the safe for too long. Have to wonder if the FN triggers will work with the old Brownings. Only complaint I ever had with that pistol was a mushy, crunchy trigger. Damn accurate and would eat any ammo I ever fed it. Sorry to hear about the issues with the adult children. I've been blessed with two grown, happily married daughters that were a helluva lot less trouble than their dear old dad. My only 2 cents comes from my own personal experience as a FU in my younger days - I learned less when someone bailed me out and cleaned up my mess, than when I had to learn to sit in it.

What is VOD? I do spend visit Old Fort from time to time for work reasons and wouldn't be opposed to working in some shooting time!

Thanks you all for the welcome. I hear you on the stock concerns. I'm not rushing to do anything until I've spent some time and get the feel of the rifle. I'm using a lightweight non-illuminated Leupold scope to start with, so the total weight (without magazine and freedom pills) should still be under 9#. Which I'm guessing is within a 1/2# of the .270 Rem 700 BDL set up I currently use for hunting with no complaints. I saw the Minimalist stock on a POF Revolution that I considered. The POFs are about the lightest weight AR308's I ran across that were fully assembled and available. Really liked the engineering of the POFs, but their company's founder and chief engineer passed in 2020 and I ran into a lot of posts where folks had had issues with the guns and were none too pleased with POF's.

Wondered how the build was going and what your total final weight came to.

New to the forum. I m just west (and a good right) of Asheville proper. Found the forum when looking for info on a couple different AR308 rifles I was considering. Ended up purchasing a Windham Weaponry R16SFST-308. Seemed like a good choice for my goals of (1) something light enough I could use for deer/pig hunting & (2) upping my capabilities in the event of a zombie apocalypse or other poop hitting the fan scenario. Only modification I'm planning out of the gate is replacing the A2 with a Precision Armament’s M4-72 Severe-Duty Compensator. Less than 1 oz difference in weight with reportedly a significant kick reduction. Still waiting on both. Delivery moving at the speed of COVID. Thinking about replacing the stock with an MFT Battlelink Minimalist stock at 6 oz and maybe replacing the trigger. But I want to shoot it for a bit first to see how it feels and performs.

Asheville area. Candler/Biltmore Lake area to be more precise. Always open to meeting new folks.