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    Guns ´n´ stuff

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    21 hours ago, GODSPEED said:

    My apologies for such a slow response..

    No need to apologise, real life has to come first.

     

    21 hours ago, GODSPEED said:

    do they need to limit hunters to hunting squirrels

    Well squirrels are illegal to hunt here so we hardly know what to hunt anymore 😂

     

    21 hours ago, GODSPEED said:

    It isn't like Sweden (or any other Scandinavian country) seems to be very high in the list of dangerous places.

    To be completely fair, gun crime is trough the roof in Sweden in the largest cities (Stockholm, Malmö, Gothenburg). Criminal gangs/constellations are fighting amongs themselves for the controll of the drug trade, or revenge actions against each other. Shootings and explosions occurs more or less daily. Guns and grenades are smuggled in from mostly the Balkans. Sadly most of these crimes are committed by young guys bellow the age of 20.

    Ofcourse this is used as an argument for stricter gun control. But what do criminals care about what is legal or not? It is not like they try to aquire guns through legal means. 

    Guns has become alot more controversial in Sweden. The criminal problem briefly described above and some strange fear that Sweden will all of a sudden become a crasier USA. Also since alot fewer people goes through conscript military service (untill the early 1990's, 99% of Swedish males went through military service in some way) people are not as exposed to guns, wich makes guns scarier.

    Very sad since precision shooting used to be a large sport and marksmanship was highly regarded.

    For example in Norway, they still show national precision shooting competitions on tv.

    This attitude has seaped down into the shooting clubs aswell. Interest in guns are frowned upon and guns are seen as some necessary evil to be able to compete and practise marksmanship.

    The only clubs moving in an opposite direction are those involved in IPSC. Which are growing to the dismay to the more traditional pure marksmanship clubs.

    All of this causes hunters, traditional shoters and IPSC shooters to stand divided and weak against the politicians.

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    Guns ´n´ stuff

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    @GODSPEED

    So an update on our gun laws.

    Our Parliament finally decided to remove the requirement for permits for suppressors. From 1st of July this year, we will be able to acquire suppressors by showing our gun permit. Much in the same way we today can aquire ammunition. Earlier one could aquire a suppressor for rifles capabel of firing calibers delivering equal or above 800 joules at 100 meters with a minimum bullet weight of 3,2 grams.

    To aquire one for less powerful rifles a person had to either have a severe hearing disability (my tinnitus was not enough) or work professionally with hunting vermin.

    So great news! However... The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency has suggested/decided that they no longer want the decision making of wich guns are suitable for hunting. Instead they suggest this decision to be transferd to the police (whom today issue gun permits). And the Police has freely admited they want to see much harder and more restrictions regarding guns. They have also said they like to make sure only conventional hunting guns whitout any military background to be legal. What they mean by that? Your guess is as good as mine.

    The current government issiued a investigation of wich guns are dangerous. The investigation (one singel person without any gun knowledge) deamed that basically anything above some old bizarre .32 calibre lead bullet, are especially dangerous. AND ESPECIALLY calibers available in either penetrating or expanding bullet types, like fmj or typical hunting bullets. AND VERY ESPECIALLY military calibers are extra especially dangerous.

    So I guess in worst case they could easily deam about 95% of the guns in use today as illegal.

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    Release Date?

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    12 hours ago, Wigen said:

    "select pipeline"

    From my own experience, select pipeline are projects of which the company (bosses) has a greater interest in (especially their financial success) than other projects whit in the Concern/Business group. I would not assume that the order of appearance is necessarily the order of releases. I have experienced quite a few of these types of presentations from the companies I have work with, however, none of them were in any way related to game development.

    I have personally gone to great lengths to avoid those kind of projects in my own career. 😂

    OUTCAST 2?! NOW THAT brings back memories!

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    Release Date?

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    9 hours ago, GODSPEED said:

    Baldur's Gate 3 Rant

    Yeah I am very divided if Larian should have used the name Baldur's Gate or not, strongly leaning to "they should have not". I agree whit you that the story was finished in the original games. As far as I understand there are connections to the earlier games (wont spoil any info but it is easily obtained if you google a little). But they could easily names it something else and still have the connections. But as we stated, names are powerful things.

    We can also argue if BG was a good name for the original games since not that much time was spent in the city itself. 😂

    What I meant in my earlier post is that I think Larian is good at communicating with their customers during EA development.

    Hey I am currently replaying BG1 aswell! 👊🏻

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    11 hours ago, Wigen said:

     

    I have a slightly different opinion on this, and I think the "Early Access" approach may also be helpful for Haemimont Games and THQ Nordic. Baldur's Gate 3 has been doing this very effectively lately, and I can hear it is doing great.

    I find early access to be a two edged sword. There pros aswell as cons. To be successful, a company applying it on a game during development has to have a very clear plan for what information they are interested in gathering and what parts of a game they are able to change thanks to the information + bug fixes ofcourse. Also this information should be shared as a feedback to the players, to make them feel included in the development.

    I do not find it very successful when used as a way to get some quick "preorders". However in todays gaming-buisness-climate, we see AAA titels "realeased" as complete messes and the developers shrugging and saying: We'll fix it later, have patience. So IMHO what is early access is kind of a grey area today. I do not blame this completely on the developers, I find it rather to be a problem from gready publishers, pushing developers to wrap up their product as fast as possible.

    Another con is negative reviews from people that does not understand what early access is. Early access is a way to play alpha or beta versions of a game. You are basically a tester, paying to test a unfinished product.

    This was also a problem "back in the day" when it was more common practice of companies letting people apply to test alpha or beta versions of a game whitout paying for it. Still they were complaints of the existence of bugs.

    I do not expect a game to be completely bug free on release, I do expect however to be able to have a solid experience not ruined by abundance of bugs, ctd, stuttering and freezing.

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    Guns ´n´ stuff

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    15 hours ago, GODSPEED said:

    Anyways, sorry if my text breaks into different topics.. I had to write between things and thinking about one thing leads to another.

    Haha I had the same problem. Hard to cover everything the mind wanders around. 

     

    15 hours ago, GODSPEED said:

    Varusteleka

    Great store, really curious about their Särmä and Särmä TST gear. I will probably look into them the next time I need new clothes (I guess 5 years from now 😂).

     

    15 hours ago, GODSPEED said:

    Now that you mention ponchos, I think back at my Airsoft years (and this is making me think of Stalker Shadow of Chernobyl...)

    Awesome game! Looking forward to see what they make out of Stalker 2.

     

    16 hours ago, GODSPEED said:

    cotton because it has horrible thermal properties and captures moisture too easy

    I couldn't agree more. 

     

    16 hours ago, GODSPEED said:

    I also went through some big brand name military clothing with the ripstop material. While it had natural resistance to rain and becoming wet, it was a stiff material, too "swoowshy" and wasn't always comfortable around the waist when in high movement.

    The jacket I use for rain and wind protection during the summer months is kind of ripstop material called Eco-Shell. According to the producer (Fjallraven) it is supposed to be breathable but I find it to be the exact opposite. It works as a backup shell layer when the weather turns, but I am not impressed with it otherwise. Luckily I got mine from a store who was selling all their products due to closing down so I got it for a fairly cheap price.

     

    16 hours ago, GODSPEED said:

    The Scandinavian region is among the areas I would like to travel to the most

    Bring mosquito protection if you are visiting during the summer! Some rural places here are insane when it comes to mosquitos. But I agree Scandinavia has a lot of shifting scenery to offer. I live close to an area called High Coast which is actually on the UNESCO world heritage list. So we regularly go there for daytrips during spring, summer and autumn. Large parts of Sweden can be fairly boring however, offering little more than miles after miles of nothing but pine forest.

    May I recommend this fellow? A Brit who is into busch craft and camping who moved to Sweden. https://www.youtube.com/c/MCQBushcraft If you go to his playlists he has one for Scandinavia and one for Sweden. I live a bit farther south than his videos but the landscape is fairly similar many times especially were I grew up. 

    I would say that Norway offers the most dramatic landscape with it's deep fjords etc. It is sometimes surreal.

     

    Guns ´n´ stuff

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    So finally got the time to elaborate my thoughts on your latest post. Sorry, this will be a long answer so brace yourself. I made a read through before posting and I really hope you do not get the impression that I am some know-all. I find it hard to express myself in a good way when writing in English, so please keep that in mind. 

    An explanation of my experience. To give you a picture of were I come from when it comes to my decisions.

    Born 1983, I grew up in a small "town" in rural northern Sweden and still live fairly close to it. Hunting, fishing, hiking, picking berries and mushrooms etc. is close to a religion for a lot of people around here. So large parts of my childhood activities with friends and family revolved around this. Hunting and fishing back then was a cheap way of putting food on the table. We were not poor but money was not abundant either so vacations could not be costly. Renting a cabin somewhere for a week and go fishing was usually the big vacation trip of the year.

    After high school (I studied to become an electrician working in industries) it was time for my military service up farther north in Sweden (it was cold). I have never in any way been in real combat nor do I in any way believe I know what it would be like. I was just a regular conscript grunt who most of the time was assigned to carry the squad's support weapon (a FN MAG). I do not in any way see myself as an ex-soldier who served.  

    After military service I had a few different jobs (the industries had no demands for electricians back then) and I decided to go to university were I studied to become an Marine engineer.

    After graduation I spent about a year working on merchant ships but after the economic crisis in 2009, demand for recently graduated Swedish Marine Engineers was very low. So I was at last lucky to land a job for a consultant company and work as a electrical designer for equipment for industry plants, hydro power plants and the railroad. Today I work as a reviewer of electrical design.

    So were am I getting at? I consider myself fairly handy and kind of a jack-of-all-trades. I know a bit of most things but in no way am I an expert at anything. I like to tell people that I know enough to know how little I know. 🙂 Just like you I like to fiddle around with things, fix them and keep them maintained. However I hate fixing cars for some reason. 

    I am used to be outdoors and do find I enjoy it no matter if it is raining, snowing, sunshine, +25 or -25 degrees Celsius. Although I find the range +20 to -10 degrees to be pleasurable if I am being honest. Spending time in the outdoors no matter if it is hunting, fishing, foraging, hiking, skiing or just a stroll is something that I always appreciate. Since I turned 30 I have become more comfortable however, old sports injuries and a sleeping disorder due to stress has made me a very light sleeper. Sleeping in a tent for 5 nights is not a fun experience for me anymore, it becomes rather painful after 2 nights and I don't get enough sleep. Also a part of that is that my sleeping pads sucks. So I don't stay outdoors for longer stints anymore. Today it narrows down to day trips and 1 or a maximum of 2 night tenting, 1 - 2 times a year. Longer trips we tend to stay at cabins. Another reason is my wife, she suffers from migraine if she does not get enough sleep after a few nights. Hiking with a migraine infused raging Italian woman for a day back to the car is a blast! 😂

    So that's enough about me.

     

    On 1/8/2022 at 5:48 PM, GODSPEED said:

    toque

    Toque? Never seen/heard that word before. Google gave me pictures of caps and beanies?

     

    On 1/8/2022 at 5:48 PM, GODSPEED said:

    I always figured hunting gear was "civilian/urban" gear that has fancy camouflage

    Well some of it definitely is. The sets I have are made out of membrane fabrics, they are soft shell, a little bit stretchy and the fabric is a little bit brushed to be quiet. I would not buy a set of hunting clothes unless I can take a good look at them first hand or look at at least 2 or 3 fairly in depth reviews of them. And I do listen to what the reviewer say because what they see as a negative may not be negative for me, and vice versa. I check the qualities of the material. Does the fabric breathe and how much? I consider 10000 g/m2/24hours to be good for me since I get very warm when moving + I want the set to be supplied with zipper openings under the arms and the side of the pants for better ventilation when moving. How water resistant is it? I would not buy a shell layer jacket or pants unless they at least resists 10000 millimeters of water column. For me this works for some rain, wet underbush etc. My snow camo set is an exception since I don't want to forget about ventilation zippers when I go prone in the snow and start to crawl. Instead the set moves air at 20000 g/m2/24hours.

    Durability wise, my experience is that few things beats military gear. It is usually built to last during a long time of neglected usage. The gear works decent or even fine. You can get the job done with them. I mean I do own some military gear that fits my needs. But in my experience they seldom perform great. I do like to take care of my gear and I used it in a careful way. Therefore I find that I get better results out of gear which is not built first hand for durability but quality of usage. Also it is a question of cost. Military gear is often VERY cost effective. I would estimate you most likely have to pay double amount of money for civilian gear that is better enough to make a difference compared to military gear, and still it will probably be less durable. The three hunting sets I own I paid between 275 - 330 US dollar for. A quick check on surplus web stores I can find a replica/copy sets of Swedish M90 clothing for 110 - 165 USD.

    I would like to point out that when I write about military gear I talk about the Swedish stuff I used in 2002/2003 and whatever little gear I have seen or used myself since.

    Overall I enjoy nice things/good tools and I don't mind paying for them if I do need them. I have learned that I do not need everything and I do not need the most expensive things however. Gear that does not perform well I simply don't use and I can do whit out. I rather buy 1 expensive thing that performs well and lasts, than 2 or 3 things that's kind of ok but breaks or wears out. I do believe that in the long run it is the cheaper way.

    You said that you played airsoft. I have never played it myself nor paintball for that matter. It looks fun and I would probably enjoy playing it. I have seen a few youtube videos on it and I get the feeling that it is everything from "hardcore-milsim" to "twitch-shooter" and everything in between? A few of the videos reminds me of the blank fire exercises we had with MILES equipment (google it). Basically it's military laser tag, yupp it is just as fun as it sounds! Anyway, for such use I would probably go for military gear. Why? Simply because of durability. Pushing through dense bush. Crawling on concrete etc. tends to wear on your clothes. Sure I go through and even sometimes crawl trough dense forest areas in my hunting gear but I move careful and quiet  (well try to atleast) so the wear on the clothes is not that rough.

     

    My choice for clothing is always based on what I believe is the coldest I need to endure for the day/trip and what activity, all the while still being comfortable to wear. Often I don't wear all layers of clothing when moving around. Instead I add layers when I am going to be still at a place for a longer time. I like to wear clothes with zippers so I can open up or close if the temperature shifts.

    As a base layer I use a set of either merino wool or a bamboo. I can complement the bamboo base layer with a merino wool t-shirt if I feel the need for something in between. 

    As a second layer I usually wear either a flanell shirt, polyester sweater or wool sweater depending on temperature. For extra insulation I keep a thin wool vest in my backpack.

    Sometimes as a "two and a half" layer I wear a vest in waxed G1000 material. 

    The third layer would then be one of my hunting sets. Most often the Seeland Hawker one. If it is really cold and I need to be very still at a place for hours I have a insulated jacket and pants I can use. The snow camo set I only use for winter hunting, cross-country skiing and snowshoeing.

    I usually carry a long rain poncho in PU material in my backpack. 100% waterproof and great against wind as well.

    Course during the summer months all of this is overkill. I normally wear a thin set of outdoor pants or shorts. T-shirt and maybe a flanell shirt depending on the weather. I Also have a thin and light hard shell jacket I can store in my backpack incase there's wind or rain.

    So all of this I mix depending on weather.

    Scandinavians have a saying: There is no bad weather, only bad clothes. 🙂

     

    I think that's enough for a post/rambling. Hope you don't mind.

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    Guns ´n´ stuff

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    32 minutes ago, GODSPEED said:

    In any case, I appreciate your time sharing in these conversations... not like this is the type of thing I will ever talk about with most ppl!

    Thank you and the same goes back to you. I always find it interesting how other people view things and make their decisions around.

    Will get back to you with my thoughts on your latest post, but sadly not untill monday.

    If you are interested I mainly use a hunting set (jacket and pants) from a company called Seeland, the specific product/model is called Hawker.

    During the winter I use a set from a company called Alaska. Apex APS Blindetech Snow II for model.

    I dont know if you are able to find them in Canada.

    As I said I will get back to you, in the meantime I hope you have a nice weekend!

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    Guns ´n´ stuff

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    Clarification: When it comes to pure durability, most often military gear (of better quality) beats hunting/outdoor gear.

    I should have said that I find hunting/outdoor gear to provide a better quality of performance during usage.

    For instance I do own a pair of swedish army "M90" field pants. Only difference is that mine are made from better and thicker fabric and they are green with black details instead of camouflage. Nothing really wrong with them but just like the ones I had during training I find them unnecessary baggy (I am not a thin guy), they make "swishing" sounds when walking. So I find myself becoming a bit clumsy when using them. But they'll will probably last for a decade of continuous usage.

    But if I am going hiking, cross-country skiing or something like that, I much prefear my hunting clothes, wich fits me better, are lighter, more comfortable to wear, better pockets and better rain protection. But sure after 4 years of fairly heavy usage they do show some wear and tear. Nothing I so far havent been able to fix though.

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    Guns ´n´ stuff

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    I absolutly see your point and I agree that you would like to relieve yourself of as much tension as possible. How you achieve that and what suits a person is up to each individual.

    For me personally since I put the rifle so close to the center, I dont really bend my head much, its more like relaxing my head on the cheek rest. Also if you look at the pictures of my Tikka and Sauer, the very end of the butstocks on both rifles has been lowered as much as possible. This raises the rifle closer to my cheek, again so I dont have to bend my neck. Works well for me and I am fairly tall guy (185cm).

    But, put enough training in and I figure you can learn to shoot well with anything.

    As for ergonomic and military equipment. My own experience is that someone with enough experience told the decision makers what was needed, tryouts were held and the cheapest contestant to pass the test won the contract. But hey, this was back in 2002 and 2003 when I trained as a conscript. We did not have anything as fancy as red dot sights, foregrips, plastic mags and adjustable stocks on our AK5s. About 1/3 trough my training we were supplied with new vests to carry gear instead of the old webbing gear and that was a large difference.

    I personally mostly prefear hunting and outdoor gear/clothes compared to military stuff. I find them to have better quality and more comfort.

    I dont really find it "fair" to compare military gear to "civilian" gear. I mean, military gear is made for war, and still being made for a (relatively) cheap price.

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    Guns ´n´ stuff

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    22 hours ago, GODSPEED said:

    but this kind of makes me think of some soviet rifles that slightly offset the scopes. I've always figured that this would be a little more comfortable and help keep your head a little straighter. But I've never tested this or even handled a rifle with an offset scope, so this is just a theory I made up.

    Interesting idea. Never tried one myself, but giving it some thought, for me personally I do not believe I would find it more comfortable. Simply because I place the buttstock of a rifle far closer to the center of my body rather at the end of the shoulder. Also I really like to press my cheek down into the cheek rest of a rifle.

    But hey I might be completely wrong! 😂

    The way I understood, as far as my very limited knowledge of offset scopes goes, the main reason for them were that the some rifles by could not be fitted with a on top scope mount without inflicting on the repeating action and or reloading etc.

    Release Date?

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    21 hours ago, GODSPEED said:

    Then an official forum... and no one working on the game around the forums. Miscommunication between publisher/developer/marketing team?

    Yeah I do find that a bit strange. Since they chose to show a bit of gameplay in the trailer, I would have thought the publisher/developer/marketing were ready to participate in discussions and get inputs through pools etc. here at the forum.

    But just like you I prefer them taking their time and get things right, rather than shipping an unfinished product. Especially when this time there is a big publisher behind the developers, and the developers themselves are an established studio.

    Guns ´n´ stuff

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    On 12/22/2021 at 11:53 PM, GODSPEED said:

    I was never a fan of the way you hold hunting rifles, I do prefer a pistol grip or something slim I can wrap most of my average size hand around.

    Yeah I find that "normal" hunting stocks puts a kind of strain/stress on the wrist making it harder to pull of a relaxed shot. Both my Tikka and Sauer has very straight grips. The grip on the GRS stock for the Sauer is also "severely" angled to the right (tried to get a decent picture of it). Again this takes some stress out of your hand and wrist. Especially when shooting from a prone position.

    Sauer grepp.jpg

    Release Date?

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    On 1/2/2022 at 12:30 AM, GODSPEED said:

    I would really hope so.. it is a little bit too bad that community here has really almost "died" away.. Hopefully 2022 can rectify this and bring us a little more news!

    I guess (at least some) people will come back once there is more information about the game. It has been kind of hard to discuss the game since we know so little about it and no new information has been dropped since the game was revealed.

    Memorable moment's (earlier JA games).

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    Please share your memorable moment's from your earlier JA games.

    Specifically nasty battles. That plan that unfolded exactly as you planed it. Tragic losses. Humorous shootouts. What is your tale?

     

    I can start by sharing this:

    A 1.13 version 47xx, playtrough.

    Day 1 in Omerta. Approx 07:03.

    I had hired Scully as a sort of team leader to balance out the otherwise week members of my team.

    I was clearing the sector of hostiles and had reach the final 1-2 enemies left in the southern parts, when they received reinforcements from the south.

    Scully is on a rooftop prone, finguring he can snipe the enemies whit his aksu74. Overall things are going well and about 4 enemies remains.

    An enemy from the reinforcements races up and from a long distance unleashes a large volley of suppressing fire from his CG M45 smg, loaded with glaser rounds (later looting revealed his equipment).

    Not one but three of the rounds hits the prone Scully in the head bypassing his armour and causing over 200 in damage, instantly killing him.

    So.... Day 1, first sector, loosing my main merc...

    From there it definitely became a struggle!

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    Guns ´n´ stuff

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    9 hours ago, GODSPEED said:

    What caliber...

    Mine is a 6.5x55 SWE. It is the most common caliber for the STR. I belive the caliber is very close to .270. They are available in .308W aswell.

    And there are "training" systems purchable in .22lr.

    Ofcourse there are people modifying their guns to other calibers aswell.

    Guns ´n´ stuff

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    Yeah, the STR (Scandinavian Target Rifle) is purpose built for competition shooting with diopter sights from prone position.

    So in it's original form it is not really a good hunting rifle because of the bulkyness and the weight. Sad since the original feels amazing. But I love the 2 stage trigger, the smoothness of the bolt action 6-lug locking and the all steel sturdyness. So I still prefer the system to a more conventional hunting rifle. I was looking for a Sauer 202 Wolverine before I decided to buy the STR instead.

    So with a thinner and shorter barrel it should all come together nicely and become my version of the perfect stalking rifle, if still a bit on the heavy side. My aim is to get the rifle down to about 5.2 kilos.

    I was looking at different wooden stocks for the rifle aswell. I decided against it partly because I did not want to make a plastic/pillar bedding for the stock since I lack the tools for it at the moment. And partly because the aftermarket wooden stocks weighted the same or more as the GRS Bifrost.

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