Nature Boy, congratulations on the new "toy"! It looks like an excellent combination that you have there with the Bartlein barrel and Mausingfield action. I'm not a big fan of Manners stocks but I'm looking forward to hearing your thoughts re the action and seeing how the rifle shoots. My apologies if I missed it but why .308 Win rather than a 6.5mm? The .308 Win is my favorite all-around cartridge for sure but in today's 6.5mm world it seems to be less common than it once was for custom builds.