If you're going to use this in prone shooting with a sling then there are a couple of things to look for. First, make sure you like the way it fits you and can be adjusted to your likes. Second, get a stock with a rounded forearm. If you look at your support hand it isn't square when you hold the rifle, it's rounded, so pick a stock that has a rounded forearm. These will almost always be a stock made for prone shooting such as the smallbore prone stocks or Eliseo tube gun stocks. The square, flat bottom forearms are good for bench shooting but not for prone. They will "cripple" your support hand during a long string. These things will limit your selections but will make your investment easier to live with down the road. My Esprit Carabine stock wasn't cheap but I have "V" blocks to swap out Barnard, Remington, Walther, and RPA actions and it always feels like the I'm shooting the same rifle whether I'm competing with the Barnard or practicing with the .22LR Walther. Wish I had done this in the beginning, but......
