Can you build a hunting rifle

from scratch, yes, but that's gonna require a good bit of tooling and knowledge. However, there are plenty of people selling components like actions, barrels, stocks, etc. if you want to try you hand at piecing one together.

Easier than building an AR. I’m fixing to build a 7prc for target shooting and have a spare chassis/barrel for a lightweight hunting rifle as well. Building it on a Lone Peak Fuzion long action. Will be my 3rd Fuzion action and I love every one of them. If you really want to cut weight you can get actions without full length integral scope rails, or if you want to drop the money there are titanium actions. I rather stick with a full steel action and maybe try to cut a couple ounces somewhere else.

Zermatt Origin
Prefit barrel
Chassis
Trigger
Scope/rings

Can order it all tonight.

Get a barrel vise and the Zermatt action wrench and some basic tools.

Trick question.

I’ve built 3.

1st was a Bighorn Origin action (now Zermatt)
Criterion barrel with savage barrel nut
Triggertech trigger
Magpul stock
It shoots around a 1/3” group at 100yds.

Did 2 with Remington 700 actions that I sent off to get blue printed and timed.
Put Criterion barrels on both Remage barrel nut
Triggertech triggers
Mapgul stocks


I bought most of the components from Northland shooters Supply.
Call them and tell them what you’re wanting to do and he will help you out.

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Got Blaze

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Have you gotten hands on the MDT HNT26 chassis?

I really like the idea of it, but it's an expensive chassis.

Could also build off a tikka if you’re just trying to tinker
-stainless tikka - $750
-krg bravo - $350
-prefit barrel - $700
-sell the old stock and barrel for $200
-can get the bolt fluted and the barreled action cerakoted for pretty cheap if you want to make it fancy

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Can you build a hunting rifle Like you can with the AR15's

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You mean an AR in .308?

If you have a basic understanding of rifles and gunsmithing, it's not a hard DIY project, depending on how complicated you want it to be. It's the type of project where your can spend as much as you want to, but you can get an accurate gun w/o spending your child's college fund. I've "built" 3 myself. The first two used a Stevens Model (cheap Savage action prior to the Axis) chambered in 270 Win. I bought a barrel wrench from Midway, used the factory "tupperware" stock, rented go/no go headspace gauges ($10/week), bought a custom barrel (McGowen for the 221 Fireball and Shilen for the 20 Practical), bought "bench rest" magazine blocks, bought 223 Rem sized bolt heads and used a vice and barrel nut wrench I already had. I used the factory barrel nut and recoil lug for the 221, but used custom (Northland) barrel nut and recoil lug for the 20 Practical. I also "built" a 20 VarTarg handgun using a Howa Mini-action donor in 223 Remington. I had to get a gunsmith to remove the Howa barrel. I bought a separate chassis type stock for it from JTAC Industries. None of the guns had any gunsmith work done on the action or bedding. Accuracy wise, they all shoot 0.5-0.6" groups of three when I do my part. There are a LOT of good YouTube videos that are very helpful. What caliber are you looking for? What will be the gun's use?

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Id like to build a lightweight .308 to hunt with

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You could that with a beat up Savage (either 308 or 223 type bolt head since you can change bolt heads w/ a $30 part and 10 min of work) or Remington Model 700 (308 size bolt head). The conversion using the Savage barrel nut is not that difficult. Of course, one can also do the same thing w/ a M700 (referred to as a "Remage") or Howa ("Howage" conversion). A number of custom barrel makers offer prechambered barrels so all you have to do is screw on the barrel, screw on the barrel nut, set the headspace and tighten everything up. Easy enough to find a replacement stock if you want to. Keep us updated w/ the project. If you're going to use the gun next hunting season, start putting the parts together now.