Crazy Canuck
Member
Hi Long Range Hunters!
I've been reading this fascinating forum for a little while now and loving it. I think i've finally made up my mind to jump into this game and have a gun built for me for big game hunting, and looking for opinions/thoughts on what i should aim for in a build?
I have access to a great builder who loves rem actions as a basis so i don't think i'll take anything else to him to start the build....from there i'm wide open and would love to hear your thoughts on calibers, stocks, optics, bases/rings?....i guess i'd like to hear what you'd build for me based on my requirements/hunting style...see below for that.
I'm getting good and hooked on backpack hunting so that would be requirement number 1....i need to pack this rifle around the mountains so weight/dimension is an issue....needs to be a sleek sporter build...or at least as sleek as possible?
2nd...i don't chase elk yet(sheep for now) but i figure at some point i'll get the bug for elk...so this rig should be strong enough for elk....and i'll practice and have the gun learned to 1000 yrds.
3rd...probably don't need to go too 'wildcat' with this rig, would like to stick to something pretty easy to find brass for etc. and not too hard on barrels? And not too hard on shoulder either...i plan on having a muzzle brake forsure.
That should do it for requirements. So how do you think my build should look then?
Crazy Canuck
I've been reading this fascinating forum for a little while now and loving it. I think i've finally made up my mind to jump into this game and have a gun built for me for big game hunting, and looking for opinions/thoughts on what i should aim for in a build?
I have access to a great builder who loves rem actions as a basis so i don't think i'll take anything else to him to start the build....from there i'm wide open and would love to hear your thoughts on calibers, stocks, optics, bases/rings?....i guess i'd like to hear what you'd build for me based on my requirements/hunting style...see below for that.
I'm getting good and hooked on backpack hunting so that would be requirement number 1....i need to pack this rifle around the mountains so weight/dimension is an issue....needs to be a sleek sporter build...or at least as sleek as possible?
2nd...i don't chase elk yet(sheep for now) but i figure at some point i'll get the bug for elk...so this rig should be strong enough for elk....and i'll practice and have the gun learned to 1000 yrds.
3rd...probably don't need to go too 'wildcat' with this rig, would like to stick to something pretty easy to find brass for etc. and not too hard on barrels? And not too hard on shoulder either...i plan on having a muzzle brake forsure.
That should do it for requirements. So how do you think my build should look then?
Crazy Canuck