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<blockquote data-quote="Full Curl" data-source="post: 1153325" data-attributes="member: 47602"><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Thank you very much to everybody for the great responses. </span><span style="font-size: 12px">I'm very glad to hear from others who have been down the same road.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px">I never really considered buying all the parts before and then having someone build it for me. </span><span style="font-size: 12px">I don't know much about how to pick the best parts (brand, maker, etc.) if I were to go this route but it does sound doable with some research and information from this site.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">My goal is to get one rifle and one load that I can shoot/hunt with exclusively and keep for a very longtime… at least until I'm too wore out to climb the hills and mountains anymore.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">I do not need or want the latest and greatest "cool" tactical name stuff.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">I do not have a donor 700 action I'm willing to part with, whatever way I go, I will be needing a new action.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Maybe I should talk with some custom builders and some gun smiths to learn more about the different options they offer? </span><span style="font-size: 12px">Can you guys recommend some good, small operation and very personal, custom builders (not the big guys with all the ads)?</span><span style="font-size: 12px"> </span><span style="font-size: 12px">Can you also recommend some good, small operation and very personal, gun smiths?</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Finally, how about recommendations for the following: </span><span style="font-size: 12px">Maybe good, better, best type recommendations to give me an idea.</span><span style="font-size: 12px"> </span><span style="font-size: 12px">And what are the most important parts to maybe go with the better option over the others?</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Barrel</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Action</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Stock</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Trigger</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">Base/Rings</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri'">As you can see, I'm very new to this but thank you all for the feedback.</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Full Curl, post: 1153325, member: 47602"] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]Thank you very much to everybody for the great responses. [/SIZE][SIZE=3]I’m very glad to hear from others who have been down the same road.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]I never really considered buying all the parts before and then having someone build it for me. [/SIZE][SIZE=3]I don’t know much about how to pick the best parts (brand, maker, etc.) if I were to go this route but it does sound doable with some research and information from this site.[/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri]My goal is to get one rifle and one load that I can shoot/hunt with exclusively and keep for a very longtime… at least until I’m too wore out to climb the hills and mountains anymore.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri]I do not need or want the latest and greatest “cool” tactical name stuff.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri]I do not have a donor 700 action I’m willing to part with, whatever way I go, I will be needing a new action.[/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]Maybe I should talk with some custom builders and some gun smiths to learn more about the different options they offer? [/SIZE][SIZE=3]Can you guys recommend some good, small operation and very personal, custom builders (not the big guys with all the ads)?[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]Can you also recommend some good, small operation and very personal, gun smiths?[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]Finally, how about recommendations for the following: [/SIZE][SIZE=3]Maybe good, better, best type recommendations to give me an idea.[/SIZE][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][SIZE=3]And what are the most important parts to maybe go with the better option over the others?[/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri]Barrel[/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT][SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri]Action[/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT][SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri]Stock[/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT][SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri]Trigger[/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT][SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri]Base/Rings[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Calibri]As you can see, I’m very new to this but thank you all for the feedback.[/FONT][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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