Yeah I ended up with that rifle in my collection. Nice gun too.

The Choate stock is the first and only stock that I have shot of that type, so as far as comparison I don’t have anything to compare it to.

It is a comfortable stock for me, and seems to be very well built. I don’t see it falling apart anytime soon.

As far as removing weight? I guess I don’t understand what you are after there.

I am sure that stock weights more than the factory wood stock. And with the weight of that rifle you don’t feel a whole lot of recoil. I would say the felt recoil is somewhere around the same as the AR, pretty much nothing there for felt recoil.

Overall I like it and am happy with it.