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<blockquote data-quote="Alibiiv" data-source="post: 1974848" data-attributes="member: 69192"><p>It took me over six-months before I could decide on a cartridge, so.......please do not think that you are "over thinking" anything here. I always try to do my homework before making a large purchase, especially one that I am hoping to last for a long time and perform as I would like it to perform. I cannot afford high-priced stocks or triggers, so try to make a build with the best products/materials that I "can" afford, plus make the alterations on the existing rifle that will make it as accurate as possible using what I already have to work with. In an early reply I suggested glass bedding and floating the barrel, and pillar bedding the action screws and replacing the trigger. I have had good luck with tweaking the Remington trigger, so a trigger job with what you have might give the performance that you are looking for. From what I have read in your responses it appears that your budget is around $1500+-.</p><p></p><p>Presently I am building a 30-06 because.....I wanted a deer hunting companion-rifle to a Ruger 77 tang safety in .270 Ackley Improved that I already have. I managed to find a Ruger 77, tang safety donor rifle in 30-06 on Gun Broker for $350. It was a beater rifle, however I was more interested in the action and the stock. The stock was in "fairly" good condition, it had dings and scratches in the wood (almost like it was dragged for a couple of miles down a dirt road behind a truck) but.......the stock was salvageable. I have a gunsmith who I use in Montana, he likes/specializes in working on Ruger 77s. He will be truing/blueprinting the action, rebarreling the rifle with a 26 inch Lilja barrel that will be contoured to the existing Ruger 77s dimensions and "rebluing" the barreled action; around $700-800 before he's done. I will do the stock work so another $100 for a glass bedding kit, some aluminum pillars and a KickEez recoil pad. Total for the rifle will run around $1300+-. When the rifle is completed it is a "Classic" rifle for me that I am proud to own, and......know that it will shoot. Between my son and I we have seven of these rifles built the same way, he will have one more after Christmas, just like described above, built on a Ruger 77, tang safety in 300WinMag on a donor rifle that was chambered in 7mm RemMag. I say keep doing your homework it will be worth all of the time and effort that you are putting into your project, and......"no" you are not overthinking this rifle what you are doing is part of a great hobby of shooting and reloading. Good luck with your build no matter what way you decide to go, when it is done it will be "your" rifle.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alibiiv, post: 1974848, member: 69192"] It took me over six-months before I could decide on a cartridge, so.......please do not think that you are "over thinking" anything here. I always try to do my homework before making a large purchase, especially one that I am hoping to last for a long time and perform as I would like it to perform. I cannot afford high-priced stocks or triggers, so try to make a build with the best products/materials that I "can" afford, plus make the alterations on the existing rifle that will make it as accurate as possible using what I already have to work with. In an early reply I suggested glass bedding and floating the barrel, and pillar bedding the action screws and replacing the trigger. I have had good luck with tweaking the Remington trigger, so a trigger job with what you have might give the performance that you are looking for. From what I have read in your responses it appears that your budget is around $1500+-. Presently I am building a 30-06 because.....I wanted a deer hunting companion-rifle to a Ruger 77 tang safety in .270 Ackley Improved that I already have. I managed to find a Ruger 77, tang safety donor rifle in 30-06 on Gun Broker for $350. It was a beater rifle, however I was more interested in the action and the stock. The stock was in "fairly" good condition, it had dings and scratches in the wood (almost like it was dragged for a couple of miles down a dirt road behind a truck) but.......the stock was salvageable. I have a gunsmith who I use in Montana, he likes/specializes in working on Ruger 77s. He will be truing/blueprinting the action, rebarreling the rifle with a 26 inch Lilja barrel that will be contoured to the existing Ruger 77s dimensions and "rebluing" the barreled action; around $700-800 before he's done. I will do the stock work so another $100 for a glass bedding kit, some aluminum pillars and a KickEez recoil pad. Total for the rifle will run around $1300+-. When the rifle is completed it is a "Classic" rifle for me that I am proud to own, and......know that it will shoot. Between my son and I we have seven of these rifles built the same way, he will have one more after Christmas, just like described above, built on a Ruger 77, tang safety in 300WinMag on a donor rifle that was chambered in 7mm RemMag. I say keep doing your homework it will be worth all of the time and effort that you are putting into your project, and......"no" you are not overthinking this rifle what you are doing is part of a great hobby of shooting and reloading. Good luck with your build no matter what way you decide to go, when it is done it will be "your" rifle. [/QUOTE]
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