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<blockquote data-quote="Matt Regalia" data-source="post: 21224" data-attributes="member: 202"><p>I want to build a 308 for hunting deer and shooting out to 800yds or so. Currently I have $700-$800 to spend on the gun. But that pot is growing every two weeks by alittle <img src="http://images/icons/smile.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> My dilema is I don't know where to start. I have never build or had some one build a custom gun. I want to use a Remington 700 action with a aftermarket barrel. But you all have lost me when you talk about barrel contours and how you determine what twist the barrel should have. I am also looking at a Shilen trigger or something in the 2 pond range that breaks over really cleanly. Then there is the stock. I like the feel of the McMillen hunter style with the palm swell. But how do you order the stock and have it fit with the heavy barrel. Sorry if I am asking very basic questions. But at 26 years old, most of you have been shooting longer than I have been alive. I mean that in a good way <img src="http://images/icons/smile.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> In that I value your experience and what your input.</p><p></p><p>Or should I look for a used 308 or 243 and use that as a starting point. Have it rebarreled and the action trued up. Then do the trigger and have a new stock put on? </p><p></p><p>What do recommed for a scope? I have a 6.5 X 20 by 50mm Leupold with the 30mm tube. But it is currently on my Lapua. And I do not want to separate the two.</p><p></p><p>Thanks,</p><p></p><p>Matt Regalia</p><p></p><p>[ 11-20-2001: Message edited by: Matt Regalia ]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Matt Regalia, post: 21224, member: 202"] I want to build a 308 for hunting deer and shooting out to 800yds or so. Currently I have $700-$800 to spend on the gun. But that pot is growing every two weeks by alittle [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img] My dilema is I don't know where to start. I have never build or had some one build a custom gun. I want to use a Remington 700 action with a aftermarket barrel. But you all have lost me when you talk about barrel contours and how you determine what twist the barrel should have. I am also looking at a Shilen trigger or something in the 2 pond range that breaks over really cleanly. Then there is the stock. I like the feel of the McMillen hunter style with the palm swell. But how do you order the stock and have it fit with the heavy barrel. Sorry if I am asking very basic questions. But at 26 years old, most of you have been shooting longer than I have been alive. I mean that in a good way [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img] In that I value your experience and what your input. Or should I look for a used 308 or 243 and use that as a starting point. Have it rebarreled and the action trued up. Then do the trigger and have a new stock put on? What do recommed for a scope? I have a 6.5 X 20 by 50mm Leupold with the 30mm tube. But it is currently on my Lapua. And I do not want to separate the two. Thanks, Matt Regalia [ 11-20-2001: Message edited by: Matt Regalia ] [/QUOTE]
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