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Starting a semi-custom on a remington action....thoughts
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<blockquote data-quote="WildRose" data-source="post: 1275897" data-attributes="member: 30902"><p>There are at least half a dozen barrel makers who can give you what you are looking for.</p><p></p><p>At the top of that list for me would be Benchmark and Krieger.</p><p></p><p>I would certainly have the action trued which can be done by some of the barrel companies including Benchmark at a very reasonable cost and do the work of fitting the barrel to the action at the same time which again is the way I'd go.</p><p></p><p>Contour wise I'd go with copying the contour of the Remington 700 SF II. I bought one several years ago in .264wm on a whim and it's really a great balance between a whippy thin barrel and something like a varmint or sendero contour.</p><p></p><p>Caliber wise there's nothing at all wrong with staying with your 06 but if you went to the .284win or .280 Rem you'd have a much flatter shooting round with minimal recoil.</p><p></p><p>The 25-06 would definitely be worthy of consideration as well for even flatter shooting and still minimal recoil.</p><p></p><p>There's such a great selection of bullets available today for .257, .264/6.5, 7mm, and .308 you really can't go wrong with any of them.</p><p></p><p>If you don't mind going with a wildcat the 6.5-06 6.5x284 would be fantastic for your application. Personally I used to be skeptical of the 6.5 as anything other than a varmint and deer caliber but the last 20 years I have learned that with the right bullets it's more than capable of handling anything in N. America except Brown/Grizzly bears and is still used the world over including Africa for everything but the big 5 dangerous game animals.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WildRose, post: 1275897, member: 30902"] There are at least half a dozen barrel makers who can give you what you are looking for. At the top of that list for me would be Benchmark and Krieger. I would certainly have the action trued which can be done by some of the barrel companies including Benchmark at a very reasonable cost and do the work of fitting the barrel to the action at the same time which again is the way I'd go. Contour wise I'd go with copying the contour of the Remington 700 SF II. I bought one several years ago in .264wm on a whim and it's really a great balance between a whippy thin barrel and something like a varmint or sendero contour. Caliber wise there's nothing at all wrong with staying with your 06 but if you went to the .284win or .280 Rem you'd have a much flatter shooting round with minimal recoil. The 25-06 would definitely be worthy of consideration as well for even flatter shooting and still minimal recoil. There's such a great selection of bullets available today for .257, .264/6.5, 7mm, and .308 you really can't go wrong with any of them. If you don't mind going with a wildcat the 6.5-06 6.5x284 would be fantastic for your application. Personally I used to be skeptical of the 6.5 as anything other than a varmint and deer caliber but the last 20 years I have learned that with the right bullets it's more than capable of handling anything in N. America except Brown/Grizzly bears and is still used the world over including Africa for everything but the big 5 dangerous game animals. [/QUOTE]
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