I found the design to be really solid for aluminum, and the materials used for the cross slots are high-quality and also machined the full width of the mount and gauged to MIL-STD 1913 specs maintaining tolerances of +/-.002″. For the installation, EGW recommends using 20″ pounds of ...
The rest of the rifle is pretty much standard Remington 700. The action is as smooth as all Remington 700s, it has the same two position safety, the bolt release is in the same place, and it has the same extractor etc. So all the positives about a Remington 700 and all the negatives...
Good ‘dummy’ max COAL’s for chamber cutting include: the Hornady 154 or 162 grain Interlock seated to touch the rifle lands at 87mm or 154-162 grain InterBond or SST seated to touch at 89mm. A freebore cut to either of the above specs (both equate to the same COAL) works well ...