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cbm
Optics Journeyman Joined: January/11/2008 Location: SC Status: Offline Points: 580 |
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I keep playing around with numbers to possibly do a built like yours. Yeh a B&C medalist is a fine stock for the cash, a older rem.700 triggers can be tuned just fine for hunting, and rebarreling your action/and trueing it up should get you a pretty awesome set up. But everytime I add it all up..............a Cooper Phoenix or Excalibur will give you the same or more for less money.
I have an Excalibur .30-06 and while mine's been an odd ball and had a little trouble it will now shoot factory ammo under 1/2" at 100 yrds. Which the Excalibur comes in only .30-06 family cartridges.....................the Phoenix comes in a fair amount of different cartridges. I am kind of leaning toward the odd ball 6.5-06 that is not offered in a standard rifle............but common sense keeps telling me to go with a Phoenix in 6.5-284 at $1400 !Pretty cheap compared to building a custom rifle unless you can get a dirt cheap gunsmith. To get a guy to assemble, bed,go over everything,and true the action.............cheapest I've found is $1000+ just for smithing !! Edited by cbm - March/01/2010 at 20:26 |
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jonoMT
Optics Master Extraordinaire Joined: November/13/2008 Location: Montana Status: Offline Points: 4853 |
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I looked into getting a custom rifle built and decided that 1) a Rem. 700 SS (or my LTR) were just about as good for a lot less and 2) I could then blow the wad I saved on great optics, rings and a mount, as well as Harris bipod. Sure, I'd love to have a BAT action with a high-end barrel, but chose to balance out the whole rig...and still spent enough with SWFA to finance the repairs on CF II's truck.
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Reaction time is a factor...
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supertool73
Optics God Superstool Joined: January/03/2008 Status: Offline Points: 11814 |
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Don't think you have to use one of the big name expensive smiths either to get a good shooting rifle. There are plenty of guys out there that know how to build a good rifle. The local smith I used built me a super accurate rifle, I have shot many groups less than 1/2 MOA out to 600 yards with it.
It only cost me about $400 to have may Lilja barrel installed, my stock bedded, trigger done, and a bolt knob installed. I would have spent 3 times that at a fancy smith and ended up with a rifle that couldn't shoot any better than the one he built for me. |
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Lifetime warranty and excellent customer service don't mean a thing when your gun fails during a zombie attack.
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neilbilly
Optics Master Joined: February/07/2010 Location: Sweeny TX Status: Offline Points: 999 |
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Ummm, don't ban me, but If I was looking to spend about a grand, this is what I would get.
http://www.snipercentral.com/entrypackage.htm They have other packages as well. |
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If God didn't want me to play with it, he'd of made my arms shorter.
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rjtfroggy
Optics Journeyman Joined: August/24/2009 Location: WTBY. CT. Status: Offline Points: 381 |
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I just finished this yesterday; Model 12 stainless action(savage) $365,26" stainless fluted varmint barrel(savage) $205, laminate thumbhole stock(numrich) $125, egw rail mount$40,heavier recoil lug$27,=$757.
Optics still up in the air it will be something from SWFA just not sure yet.
I now have the option of changing out barrels anytime I want for a variety of calibers.
Savage is the way to go and build your own,then the options are endless.
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froggy
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2 Samuel 22
Optics Apprentice Joined: January/08/2010 Location: USA Status: Offline Points: 59 |
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This would be my recommendation as well. They start off with a Rem700 or Howa1500 action and put them into a B&C Tactical/Varmint Medalist stock. The price is fair too considering all you get with it. |
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Semper Paratus - Semper Fidelis - Semper Vigilans
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mlv2k5
Optics Journeyman Joined: September/18/2008 Status: Offline Points: 313 |
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Forgive my ignorance, but I am fairly unfamiliar with new Savage Centerfires...what is this I keep hearing about being able to change calibers at will via switching barrels? Am I misunderstanding people or does savage now have a system similar to the way you can switch barrel/caliber with a T/C Encore???
Someone please enlighten me
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Roy Finn
MODERATOR Steiner Junkie Joined: April/05/2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 4856 |
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It's not quite as easy as it sounds. Savage attach's their barrels to the action via a threaded barrel "nut". It can be changed by the owner, but you will need a special wrench to remove the nut and when the new barrel is attached, it still needs to be properly headspaced with a gauge. Naturally, you can only use calibers from the same family of cartridges ie. 30/06, 280, 270, 25/06.....308, 7-08, 260, 243......
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Roy Finn
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If you want a chuckle, go to Mark Bansners web site and checkout the prices on his Alpine series. I believe that is the name he uses for a Howa 1500 stocked "custom" that he makes some cosmetic changes to, adds a High Tech fiberglass stock to and a metal finish that goes for over 2 grand. Edited by Roy Finn - March/02/2010 at 14:08 |
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rjtfroggy
Optics Journeyman Joined: August/24/2009 Location: WTBY. CT. Status: Offline Points: 381 |
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Actually there are 3 different bolt heads(maybe 4) and they can be had for about $20 each and the barrel nut wrench is $25 from a few different places(northlander shooters supply or sharpshooters supply) and maybe a action wrench$60 from Midway.
The actions and barrels from Savage or Stevens are interchangable and the more expierienced guys doing it claim they can swap out barrels without removing the stock in around 15 minutes. Most say about half an hour. I did mine for the first time and it took me a little over an hour but I kept playing with the head space because of uncertainty on my part.
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froggy
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neilbilly
Optics Master Joined: February/07/2010 Location: Sweeny TX Status: Offline Points: 999 |
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LOL Roy
Man profit is not a dirty word, but Mr Bansner has got to be making a killing on each sale. "all 3 a year or so" Appreciate the heads-up on him. I've bought from Sniper Central in the past, and they pointed me in the direction of SWFA when I asked them about fixed power optics. Good guys to deal with. Defensive Edge makes some nice package rifles, but I'd risk spousal abuse were I to plunk down 2-3k on a rifle with no optics. I hunt with a guy that does have one of the ram country models with a Shepherd scope and it's a fine rifle/ rig. |
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If God didn't want me to play with it, he'd of made my arms shorter.
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Roy Finn
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Mark Bansner's prices went through the roof after he started getting some recognition in the various gun magazines. Don't get me wrong, he builds a very good rifle, however, prior to this recognition (pimping) he was just another good ol boy from central Pennsylvania building accurate modified 700's for less than 2 grand a pop. Same thing happened with Jarrett, Sisk, D'Arcy Echols and a hoist of others. Really can't blame them for getting what folks are willing to pay for their product. Not everyone can turn 2000 bucks worth of parts into a 7-15 thousand dollars "working man's rifle".
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pyro6999
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if its more than $1000 it aint a workin man's rifle anymore. its a dream
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They call me "Boots"
375H&H Mag: Yeah, it kills stuff "extra dead" 343 we will never forget God Bless Chris Ledoux "good ride cowboy" |
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neilbilly
Optics Master Joined: February/07/2010 Location: Sweeny TX Status: Offline Points: 999 |
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Can't really fault a guy too much for making a buck, but I agree, there does seem to be a lot of mark-up on his rifles. The work looks good and I'm sure they shoot nice, but damn, that's a heap a squid for one of his.
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If God didn't want me to play with it, he'd of made my arms shorter.
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Roy Finn
MODERATOR Steiner Junkie Joined: April/05/2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 4856 |
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I put that quote in there from an article that was in Rifle magazine that highlighted an Echols Legend. Maybe that was a misprint on the editors part. Perhaps he/they meant "working rifle". There must be an awful lot of trust fund babies out there cause I seriously doubt the average working man can part with that much coin for a synthetic stocked rifle. |
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pyro6999
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i know i cant for sure, i wish i could.
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They call me "Boots"
375H&H Mag: Yeah, it kills stuff "extra dead" 343 we will never forget God Bless Chris Ledoux "good ride cowboy" |
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SamC
Optics Professional Joined: October/01/2007 Location: USA Status: Offline Points: 902 |
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The whole issue for me is that I got this 223 Remington 700 laying around, I don't know why I bought it but I did and now that I have it I would really like to get her up to speed for woodchuck and coyote hunting. When I look around at some rifle smithing sites I have to laugh, like I mentioned earlier, when you see their price sheets you'd think they are building space shuttles. That's why I asked if anyone knows of a smith who offers consumers good work at good value.
Sam
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Tip69
Optics Master Extraordinaire Tip Stick Joined: September/27/2005 Location: Nebraska Status: Offline Points: 4155 |
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how does it shoot now? What version? I bet a local smith could true it up and maybe either bed it or get it into a new stock at a decent price..... have you talked to any local smith's?
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take em!
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SamC
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Sam
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Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery. Winston Churchill |
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SVT_Tactical
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It should be good to go out the box really. |
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