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<blockquote data-quote="MOAaccurateBob" data-source="post: 1110605" data-attributes="member: 86677"><p>$3,500 sounds alot more affordable to me than a $7,500 EDM Arms Model 96 Windrunner or a Springfeild M1A match rifle for over $3000 or a Weatherby Mark V TRR RC long range rifle at $4,200 or maybe a Cross Canyon Arms Tactical Rifle for $6,200 and the list goes on. I am using parts that are not the highest prices on the market like the Pac-Nor barrel, I could have went all out and ordered a custome Kreiger barrel or another top of the list barrel maker but like I said I am trying to make it affordable for myself. I don't know about you all but there are alot of things out there that cost close to the same if not more than what my build will end up costing. Hell, I own a tree service and a new professional large chainsaw puts my rifle build to shame pricewise. I recently had to buy a Husqvarna 3120XPW saw for some very large cottonwood removals. The saw was almost $2000 and then I had to buy a 50" bar and chain that cost over $500 and the bar was used but in good condition. The most affordable custome rifle build I have done to date is my 257 Roberts Improved. It was built off of a old K98 Mauser action I picked up at a gun show for $50. The barrel I bought was a shilen and it was around $300 but my gunsmith had a jig loosen while he was fluting it and cut a little to deep. He could not find a cheaper heavy barrel in .257 cal so he ended up having to replace my barrel with a more expensive shilen premium match barrel free of charge. I slapped on a Bell&Carlson medalist stock and some cheap aluminum scope mounts I had aquired over the years from freinds etc. I don't think the build cost me more than $700 but the rifle is just as accurrate as a custome actioned high end rifle. I don't think that anybody could build a large caliber rifle that has to have a Xlong action for any less than $3500 unless they make the stock and do the machine work themselves. so i'm just saying it is affordable to me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MOAaccurateBob, post: 1110605, member: 86677"] $3,500 sounds alot more affordable to me than a $7,500 EDM Arms Model 96 Windrunner or a Springfeild M1A match rifle for over $3000 or a Weatherby Mark V TRR RC long range rifle at $4,200 or maybe a Cross Canyon Arms Tactical Rifle for $6,200 and the list goes on. I am using parts that are not the highest prices on the market like the Pac-Nor barrel, I could have went all out and ordered a custome Kreiger barrel or another top of the list barrel maker but like I said I am trying to make it affordable for myself. I don't know about you all but there are alot of things out there that cost close to the same if not more than what my build will end up costing. Hell, I own a tree service and a new professional large chainsaw puts my rifle build to shame pricewise. I recently had to buy a Husqvarna 3120XPW saw for some very large cottonwood removals. The saw was almost $2000 and then I had to buy a 50" bar and chain that cost over $500 and the bar was used but in good condition. The most affordable custome rifle build I have done to date is my 257 Roberts Improved. It was built off of a old K98 Mauser action I picked up at a gun show for $50. The barrel I bought was a shilen and it was around $300 but my gunsmith had a jig loosen while he was fluting it and cut a little to deep. He could not find a cheaper heavy barrel in .257 cal so he ended up having to replace my barrel with a more expensive shilen premium match barrel free of charge. I slapped on a Bell&Carlson medalist stock and some cheap aluminum scope mounts I had aquired over the years from freinds etc. I don't think the build cost me more than $700 but the rifle is just as accurrate as a custome actioned high end rifle. I don't think that anybody could build a large caliber rifle that has to have a Xlong action for any less than $3500 unless they make the stock and do the machine work themselves. so i'm just saying it is affordable to me. [/QUOTE]
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