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Custom Builds - How are You Building Them?
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<blockquote data-quote="comfisherman" data-source="post: 2815195" data-attributes="member: 8394"><p>My next build will be traditional, sent off to lri to be chambered and fit. I'll do my own stock fitment and magazine setup. Honestly modern manufacturing of stable carbon stocks means a skim bed at the very worst is all that's needed. Got a screaming deal in a blank and the cost from lri isn't all that much more than a full fit. </p><p></p><p>I've a collection of random reamers and custom dies from some past great ideas. Some were needed 20 years ago, but not so much anymore. Honestly aside from the really big king of 2 mile type cartridges, most calibers have cartridges standardized in 2 grain increments from mild to wild. Makes it hard to really rationalize a new reamer. </p><p></p><p>Not to say I'll not shoot a wild cat, but it will be one that's already been adopted and only needs bushing dies. Life's to short to wait for custom reamers and dies....</p><p></p><p></p><p>Looking at some old paperwork from back when I started shooting long range, my last barrel was about 15% more but reamers are just under 3x as much as they were. I shudder to think what the lead time on custom dies are now, used to be weeks to months... guessing it's years to decades now.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="comfisherman, post: 2815195, member: 8394"] My next build will be traditional, sent off to lri to be chambered and fit. I'll do my own stock fitment and magazine setup. Honestly modern manufacturing of stable carbon stocks means a skim bed at the very worst is all that's needed. Got a screaming deal in a blank and the cost from lri isn't all that much more than a full fit. I've a collection of random reamers and custom dies from some past great ideas. Some were needed 20 years ago, but not so much anymore. Honestly aside from the really big king of 2 mile type cartridges, most calibers have cartridges standardized in 2 grain increments from mild to wild. Makes it hard to really rationalize a new reamer. Not to say I'll not shoot a wild cat, but it will be one that's already been adopted and only needs bushing dies. Life's to short to wait for custom reamers and dies.... Looking at some old paperwork from back when I started shooting long range, my last barrel was about 15% more but reamers are just under 3x as much as they were. I shudder to think what the lead time on custom dies are now, used to be weeks to months... guessing it's years to decades now. [/QUOTE]
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