M1a - am I missing something?

[General Disarray]

I think I've been convinced I was definitely missing something; thanks everyone.

 

[ripcurlksm]

That's a nice setup; you're not saving for anyone's college tuition, are you? I estimate about $5K sitting on that bipod, right? Oh, and I assume another $2k for the Les Baer? Don't mind me, I'm just exceedingly jealous. This puts my $1500 investment into an interesting perspective.

This is kind of the crux of my issue with these; I don't have piles of cash and these M1a's seem to have gotten astronomically expensive these days. Then to have to drop it into a $500-$1K stock to trick it out just shorts my circuits. I'm thinking if I had something like an M1 Garand I wouldn't be so hung up about the price and could maybe enjoy it more?

So what about the BSZ and grouping questions I asked previously; any advice?

Yes I put a lot of work into it, but for the record, it started as a scout and still shot sub moa with match ammo off a rest. you dont have to trick it out. I have an LRB M25 receiver on order, I plan to drop it into a walnut stock and keep it traditional. Also thats a Kimber Warrior II

Put a good mount on it and a decent scope and see what you can shoot