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6.5 builds ...let's see them
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<blockquote data-quote="engineer40" data-source="post: 1597949" data-attributes="member: 90399"><p>This is my 6.5-284. Started life as a $199 Remington 783 in 30-06. Goal with this rifle was just to learn and experiment on the cheap. </p><p>-Criterion bull barrel. 1:8 twist. </p><p>-PTG bottom metal and AI mag. </p><p>-Bedded action myself.</p><p>-Was my first time installing a barrel and setting headspace. </p><p></p><p>I don't really care for the looks of the muzzle brake but there aren't a lot of options for a muzzle diameter that girthy. This rifle is fun to shoot. It doesn't recoil or muzzle jump at all when fired. I purchased the stencils and Cerakote to do the whole thing in digital camo, but life threw me a curve ball a couple years ago and I have a dozen unfinished rifle projects. </p><p></p><p>Not as fancy as all of the rest posted here. But I do have less invested into this than many factory stock rifles, it was fun to put together myself, it's fun to shoot, and for some reason it gets a ton of attention when people see it. I always get questions... Quite the conversation starter. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> </p><p>[ATTACH=full]126893[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]126894[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]126895[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="engineer40, post: 1597949, member: 90399"] This is my 6.5-284. Started life as a $199 Remington 783 in 30-06. Goal with this rifle was just to learn and experiment on the cheap. -Criterion bull barrel. 1:8 twist. -PTG bottom metal and AI mag. -Bedded action myself. -Was my first time installing a barrel and setting headspace. I don't really care for the looks of the muzzle brake but there aren't a lot of options for a muzzle diameter that girthy. This rifle is fun to shoot. It doesn't recoil or muzzle jump at all when fired. I purchased the stencils and Cerakote to do the whole thing in digital camo, but life threw me a curve ball a couple years ago and I have a dozen unfinished rifle projects. Not as fancy as all of the rest posted here. But I do have less invested into this than many factory stock rifles, it was fun to put together myself, it's fun to shoot, and for some reason it gets a ton of attention when people see it. I always get questions... Quite the conversation starter. :) [ATTACH=full]126893[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]126894[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]126895[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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