Its an excellent gun to start a custom job on, but you need to give it a good foundation in a quailty stock, bedded and then you'll have fun,
my m595 weights in at about 13lbs, and i carry it stalking only i use the bi athlete style gun sling to transfer the weight between the two shoulders,
you'll be glad you done it if you do alot of shooting, and even more so if you reload...
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