To Build a Custom gun or ......
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hoginator204
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Yep there is. A Savage with a screw on pac-nor barrel.
Go to savage shooters and have some fun.
Go to savage shooters and have some fun.
ColoradoOsprey
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Here's an example of what I did.
Bought a used 111 J action Savage in 7mm-08 for $100
This is the net price after selling wood stock and old barrel.
Bought a used Bells and Carleson Stock at gun show $50
Bought a Stainless Fluted Bull barrel from Midwayusa with wrench and go/no go guages $139. Different caliber, but it just as easily could have been a 22-250.
Paint $15
TOTAL$314
Bought a used 111 J action Savage in 7mm-08 for $100
This is the net price after selling wood stock and old barrel.
Bought a used Bells and Carleson Stock at gun show $50
Bought a Stainless Fluted Bull barrel from Midwayusa with wrench and go/no go guages $139. Different caliber, but it just as easily could have been a 22-250.
Paint $15
TOTAL$314
As a gunsmith myself I first have to say that simply putting a barrel on an action and chambering it may not necessarily constitute a "custom" gun, that's just a rebarrel to me. Nevertheless, it is something to build "custom" on while you shoot it and that is not a bad idea. Unless you can do all the labor yourself the Kimber is definately the way to go. A quick look at the numbers reveals why. Just the controlled round feed action will cost very near the Kimber then you need a good barrel, trigger and stock. That's just the basics. You still wont be getting an action that is scaled to the caliber and still controlled feed, like the Kimber. Just like the Kimber 1911's, the parts alone cost more than the pistol. It is sometimes hard to flop down that kind of cash these days but price out some "built" guns and the Kimber really is a good deal. Plus the resale is important to remember when giving up that much cash...it will be alot easier to sell a Kimber as opposed to a rifle made by the local gunsmith no matter how good he is. It hurts to get in a jam and have to practically give away a rifle you had built just to sell it. Good luck.
NativeCraft
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Osprey,
Where in the world did you find a 7mm-08 for $100?
Where in the world did you find a 7mm-08 for $100?
You might have to spend slightly more than a Kimber, but I would go the semi-custom route. Rem 700 ADL with after market barrel and McMillan stock. Have trigger lightened, action bluprinted, and chambering done by your gunsmith
You can pick the barrel contour, length of barrel, twist of barrel, and if you want SS or chrome moly when going the custom barrel route.
With a McMillan you can pick your choice of colors, camo or molded in colors of your choice. You specify your length of pull on the stock to fit you best and choice of recoil pad that you want. There is a wide range of stocks availble from McM for Rem 700's so you can choose the best one for your style of shooting or hunting.
Nothing against Kimber, but when spending $1000 plus you might as well get EXACTLY what YOU want and not settle for what works best for the rest of the shooting world.
You can pick the barrel contour, length of barrel, twist of barrel, and if you want SS or chrome moly when going the custom barrel route.
With a McMillan you can pick your choice of colors, camo or molded in colors of your choice. You specify your length of pull on the stock to fit you best and choice of recoil pad that you want. There is a wide range of stocks availble from McM for Rem 700's so you can choose the best one for your style of shooting or hunting.
Nothing against Kimber, but when spending $1000 plus you might as well get EXACTLY what YOU want and not settle for what works best for the rest of the shooting world.
ColoradoOsprey
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Osprey,
Where in the world did you find a 7mm-08 for $100?
A friend didn't like the cartridge..he had bought it used for $200 at a gun show. It's not a very common cartridge here in Colorado. Most common here is Rem 7mm mag.
I bought it for $200 from him with a box of ammo....sold the barrel and a box of ammo for $75...and the factory wood stock for $25.
Voila...grand total $100 spent
BTW this is my 3rd Savage rifle that people have sold me because it wouldn't shoot well or they didn't like the bolt.
A 110 synthetic in 7mm mag I bought for $250 w/ scope wouldn't hold zero. The stock was pressing too hard into the barrel. A little dremmel later and it was a tack driver. I sold that one at the gun range to a guy who was impressed at the accuracy for $450. In additional I bought a worn out .223 in a 111 action that would shoot out bug holes and only paid $100...but it looked really rough. I changed the stock and installed a 6x45 barrel and it is a real shooter now too.
Osprey,
Where in the world did you find a 7mm-08 for $100?
A friend didn't like the cartridge..he had bought it used for $200 at a gun show. It's not a very common cartridge here in Colorado. Most common here is Rem 7mm mag.
I bought it for $200 from him with a box of ammo....sold the barrel and a box of ammo for $75...and the factory wood stock for $25.
Voila...grand total $100 spent
BTW this is my 3rd Savage rifle that people have sold me because it wouldn't shoot well or they didn't like the bolt.
A 110 synthetic in 7mm mag I bought for $250 w/ scope wouldn't hold zero. The stock was pressing too hard into the barrel. A little dremmel later and it was a tack driver. I sold that one at the gun range to a guy who was impressed at the accuracy for $450. In additional I bought a worn out .223 in a 111 action that would shoot out bug holes and only paid $100...but it looked really rough. I changed the stock and installed a 6x45 barrel and it is a real shooter now too.
I been there, did that, as they say. I have one "custom" rifle, my brother built it for me. Sentimental value and a good shooter.
Every other time I spent money on a custom I had heart ache, waiting, choosing, agonizing, finally got it, spent the same thing on ammo, scope, sling, you go thru it all. I ended up with a gun that shot a little better, little, than factory, some not as good, some of them were pretty, I could not get ANYTHING to speak of out of them $ wise. I had one custom built bolt action Remington 22lr. fat barrel, trigger, some stock, I don't remember,about $2500.00 the chamber was so tight I had to buy 10.00 per box match ammo,very accurate but no fun.
Go for what you want, Kimbers are ok, there are lots of choices. Hii country, lots. depends on what you want.
Personally I won't own a wood stock rifle, finish, bluing etc, mean nothing to me. All I care about is "feel" and if it shoots.
my experience
Carl
Every other time I spent money on a custom I had heart ache, waiting, choosing, agonizing, finally got it, spent the same thing on ammo, scope, sling, you go thru it all. I ended up with a gun that shot a little better, little, than factory, some not as good, some of them were pretty, I could not get ANYTHING to speak of out of them $ wise. I had one custom built bolt action Remington 22lr. fat barrel, trigger, some stock, I don't remember,about $2500.00 the chamber was so tight I had to buy 10.00 per box match ammo,very accurate but no fun.
Go for what you want, Kimbers are ok, there are lots of choices. Hii country, lots. depends on what you want.
Personally I won't own a wood stock rifle, finish, bluing etc, mean nothing to me. All I care about is "feel" and if it shoots.
my experience
Carl
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Coyotejunki
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What do you want this rifle to do. If you are going to sit at a bench and shoot varmints then the Cooper rifles are hard to beat. I believe they come with .5" guarantee. Then you also have good resale value.
You can build a Savage real easily as mentioned but try to sell any custom built rifle.
If you want a light weight repeater, then the Kimber would make a nice rifle IMO.
You can build a Savage real easily as mentioned but try to sell any custom built rifle.
If you want a light weight repeater, then the Kimber would make a nice rifle IMO.
I'd take a trued rem700 action with good stock and match grade barrel over a kimber or cooper any day of the week. maybe the gunsmiths I have dealt with are just a step above the norm,..but my "customs" on trued push feed actions whip the crap out of every "factory" rifle they have been up against. No substiture for a completely trued up action and a match grade barrel with min-spec chamber, all bedded in a quality stock. YMMV
coyotesmoke
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I'd take a trued rem700 action with good stock and match grade barrel over a kimber or cooper any day of the week. maybe the gunsmiths I have dealt with are just a step above the norm,..but my "customs" on trued push feed actions whip the crap out of every "factory" rifle they have been up against. No substiture for a completely trued up action and a match grade barrel with min-spec chamber, all bedded in a quality stock. YMMV
Ditto.
I'd take a trued rem700 action with good stock and match grade barrel over a kimber or cooper any day of the week. maybe the gunsmiths I have dealt with are just a step above the norm,..but my "customs" on trued push feed actions whip the crap out of every "factory" rifle they have been up against. No substiture for a completely trued up action and a match grade barrel with min-spec chamber, all bedded in a quality stock. YMMV
Ditto.