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Posted on 11/27/23 at 3:23 pm to RoosterCogburn585
Easiest, and cheapest, is to build a savage. Buy a used rifle cheap, buy barrel nut wrench and go, no-go gauges. Pick a pre fit barrel, stock, and trigger if not happy with adjusting factory one. Only tool needed is a vice. I've swapped barrels on mine a few times, and there's really nothing to it. Like previous poster said look at Northland shooters supply for a barrel. Get This for an action wrench and barrel nut wrench. Northland carries upgraded barrel nuts and recoil lugs as well as go no-go gauges plus some Savage take off Accufit Accustocks among other things. Should be able to come in around 1000.00 or so minus optics and have a half MOA shooter. The Accustocks are nice. Full aluminum bedding block and spacers for comb height and length of pull.
Posted on 11/27/23 at 3:36 pm to Got Blaze
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Custom action: $1000-$1500
Prefit barrel: $750-$1000+
Stock: $275-$1400
Trigger: $125-$250
Bottom metal: $125-$275
ETA: Old Mausers are rock solid and can be found cheap. Find one with a good action and bolt, get it rebarreled and headspaced then build the rest however you'd like. There are plenty of aftermarket stocks and other parts.
This post was edited on 11/27/23 at 3:51 pm
Posted on 11/27/23 at 4:28 pm to RoosterCogburn585
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Id like to build a lightweight .308 to hunt with
The big difference from an AR you’re likely to run into is you can shop around and put together a better gun with what you want for a comparable or even lower cost to a production gun whereas with bolt guns you don’t really get a discount for putting it together yourself and a lot of what’s out there is geared towards premium builds. If you just happen to have a good donor action laying around or just want a project go for it, but manufacturing has gotten really good to the point it’s pretty easy to throw a rock and hit a lightweight 308 that’ll shoot MOA or less these days with just about any combination of features you want. Not to say you shouldn’t do it, but a lot of people building custom guns are doing it to achieve something they can’t buy, whatever that may be. From scratch, it’s pretty hard to stay under $2000, and that will buy you a really nice factory gun.
Posted on 11/27/23 at 5:01 pm to RoosterCogburn585
Yes, I hunt with a guy that makes some beautiful guns. The made one with a blonde Birds Eye maple stock that is gorgeous.
Posted on 11/27/23 at 7:35 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
My Montana is sub-5 naked. 6.8 with can and Zeiss scope. I love it.
To the OP, depending on how light you are talking, a diy is likely not your best option. You’ll want to start with a light action, like a Kimber or NULA.
To the OP, depending on how light you are talking, a diy is likely not your best option. You’ll want to start with a light action, like a Kimber or NULA.
This post was edited on 11/27/23 at 7:37 pm
Posted on 11/27/23 at 9:59 pm to TC Kidd
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The made one with a blonde Birds Eye maple stock that is gorgeous
I built this rifle around 2003, picture is of the same age ... 20+ yrs ago. Sako P94 action, Lilja select match grade barrel, Jewel 12 ozs. trigger, Stith tiger stripe maple stock, Titanium scope rings, chambered in 17 HMR. Such a blast to shoot.
Posted on 11/28/23 at 7:44 am to RoosterCogburn585
if you have the green stuff, a mcwhorter would be epic
Posted on 11/29/23 at 8:10 pm to bigbuckdj
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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
Can one do a Tikka conversion like w/ Savage, "Howage" and "Remage"? If so, who offers prefit barrels and barrel nut?
This post was edited on 11/29/23 at 8:12 pm
Posted on 11/29/23 at 8:15 pm to TigerOnThe Hill
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Can one do a Tikka conversion like w/ Savage, "Howage" and "Remage"? If so, who offers the components?
Go check out rokslide i was listening to one of the most recent podcast this morning on the way to work and they had a guy who had did a thread and article on building a tikka. He listed all rhe components he used and detailed what he did.
But yeah prefits are available.
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