thanks guys, its a .223, shooting hornady 55gr. vmax factory loads and has a bushnell elite 4-12x 40. however i bought this gun used and someone had free floated or attempted to free float it, i know from the factory remingtion bedded these rifles at the front of the barrel on both sides sort of like a v-block, and i belive the previous owner may have just trashed this stock making mods himself, and yes the stocks on these rifles are very flimsy