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Cost of a Custom Rifle with Glass
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<blockquote data-quote="DUCKMAN11" data-source="post: 2803285" data-attributes="member: 122313"><p>Len your stock price seems a little high but everything else looks about right. I absolutely refuse to spend more than $200 on a bipod because I rarely get the chance to use the cheapo's that i already own. Spending more money doesn't give you a fast pass to the top..... but it usually doesn't hurt.</p><p></p><p>I think 4k for a custom rifle is average w/o glass. </p><p>I think that if you want to spend $8k on a full custom rifle then have at it! I think that for 90% of the shooting public the nuances of a fine tuned rifle would be lost on them, much like feeding 20yo scotch to a college kid. I think that out of 50 firearm owners at the big box store gun counter 2 might be 1/4 MOA shooters with a 1/4 MOA rifle. I think that a rifle no matter the cost can only live up to the accuracy potential of the ammunition it's being fed! I've personally made cheap rifles shoot well above their price range with handloads. I've seen custom rifles from Alamo precision and the like eat garbage ammo and spit it out into tiny groups also. I've seen guys with great vision see things with cheap Bushnell spotting scopes that more experienced hunters with bad eyesight have missed with $5k spotting scopes. Guys who don't shoot over 200yds who spend more than a grand on optics are comical to me. </p><p></p><p>The most expensive component to any rifle is bullets! Not optics or powder or actions or stocks. Say your rifle has a barrel life of 2,500 rounds and those yellow box berger's cost $.75 each. It will cost you $1,875 to burn out that $800 barrel which could be set back and technically reused whereas the bullets are 1 time use. </p><p></p><p>I've seen a guy at a range in Dallas YEARS ago throw a "custom" rifle like a spear because his buddies $300 savage was shooting 1 hole groups and his rifle would barely hold half MOA. The adult temper tantrum was hilarious. The thrower also pulled up in a yellow corvette and white sunglasses just to add some context.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DUCKMAN11, post: 2803285, member: 122313"] Len your stock price seems a little high but everything else looks about right. I absolutely refuse to spend more than $200 on a bipod because I rarely get the chance to use the cheapo's that i already own. Spending more money doesn't give you a fast pass to the top..... but it usually doesn't hurt. I think 4k for a custom rifle is average w/o glass. I think that if you want to spend $8k on a full custom rifle then have at it! I think that for 90% of the shooting public the nuances of a fine tuned rifle would be lost on them, much like feeding 20yo scotch to a college kid. I think that out of 50 firearm owners at the big box store gun counter 2 might be 1/4 MOA shooters with a 1/4 MOA rifle. I think that a rifle no matter the cost can only live up to the accuracy potential of the ammunition it's being fed! I've personally made cheap rifles shoot well above their price range with handloads. I've seen custom rifles from Alamo precision and the like eat garbage ammo and spit it out into tiny groups also. I've seen guys with great vision see things with cheap Bushnell spotting scopes that more experienced hunters with bad eyesight have missed with $5k spotting scopes. Guys who don't shoot over 200yds who spend more than a grand on optics are comical to me. The most expensive component to any rifle is bullets! Not optics or powder or actions or stocks. Say your rifle has a barrel life of 2,500 rounds and those yellow box berger's cost $.75 each. It will cost you $1,875 to burn out that $800 barrel which could be set back and technically reused whereas the bullets are 1 time use. I've seen a guy at a range in Dallas YEARS ago throw a "custom" rifle like a spear because his buddies $300 savage was shooting 1 hole groups and his rifle would barely hold half MOA. The adult temper tantrum was hilarious. The thrower also pulled up in a yellow corvette and white sunglasses just to add some context. [/QUOTE]
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