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<blockquote data-quote="Chawlston" data-source="post: 138401"><p>[ QUOTE ]</p><p>I am in the early stages of building a custom rifle, so early in fact that I dont have any parts so am open to suggestions.</p><p></p><p>Currently use a 7mm08, longest shot to date is 525 yards with 120 barnes tsx.</p><p></p><p>I have pretty much settled on a Lilja barrell, most likely a 7mm variant.</p><p></p><p>My big question is regarding the action. It seems that alot of custom built rifles are based on the Remington 700 action, the only other brand action I have heard of being used is Nesika but they are <u>way</u> out of my price range.</p><p></p><p>What other brands of actions are there that are suitable or would I be better buying a second hand Remington rifle and just using the action from that?</p><p></p><p>Ultimately I want a rifle that can shoot out to 700-800 yards, maybe further and an all up weight of about 9lb ( I have a Leupold Mk4 4.5-14x50 scope already).</p><p></p><p>I dont know about stockes yet either, am keen on McMillans but they do seem expensive, what other good options are there?</p><p></p><p>Cheers in advance, Steve </p><p></p><p>[/ QUOTE ]</p><p></p><p>It all depends if you just plan on a one-barelled rifle or a switch-barrelled rifle. If it is a single barrelled rifle and that is going to be it, true up the Remington and be done with it. However, if you are planning on barrels of different caliber in the future, I would go with nothing less than a BAT and get it with the all the different size bolt faces you think you might need. BAT actions are not remington clones and are larger in diameter to allow you to hang larger barrels on the actions. Additionally, they are very well made and you will be happy with one of them. NOthing wrong with remingtons, but if you are going custom, go custom.</p><p></p><p>James</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Chawlston, post: 138401"] [ QUOTE ] I am in the early stages of building a custom rifle, so early in fact that I dont have any parts so am open to suggestions. Currently use a 7mm08, longest shot to date is 525 yards with 120 barnes tsx. I have pretty much settled on a Lilja barrell, most likely a 7mm variant. My big question is regarding the action. It seems that alot of custom built rifles are based on the Remington 700 action, the only other brand action I have heard of being used is Nesika but they are <u>way</u> out of my price range. What other brands of actions are there that are suitable or would I be better buying a second hand Remington rifle and just using the action from that? Ultimately I want a rifle that can shoot out to 700-800 yards, maybe further and an all up weight of about 9lb ( I have a Leupold Mk4 4.5-14x50 scope already). I dont know about stockes yet either, am keen on McMillans but they do seem expensive, what other good options are there? Cheers in advance, Steve [/ QUOTE ] It all depends if you just plan on a one-barelled rifle or a switch-barrelled rifle. If it is a single barrelled rifle and that is going to be it, true up the Remington and be done with it. However, if you are planning on barrels of different caliber in the future, I would go with nothing less than a BAT and get it with the all the different size bolt faces you think you might need. BAT actions are not remington clones and are larger in diameter to allow you to hang larger barrels on the actions. Additionally, they are very well made and you will be happy with one of them. NOthing wrong with remingtons, but if you are going custom, go custom. James [/QUOTE]
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