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Cost of full custom rifle but on budget?
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<blockquote data-quote="Alibiiv" data-source="post: 1676868" data-attributes="member: 69192"><p>Do you presently have a rifle that you could use as a donor rifle? What are you comfortable with in the recoil department? Might you have any future plans for a hunt other than Whitetail deer? Do you reload? Cartridges that come to mind are the .280 Ackley Improved, or a .270 Winchester or the .270WSM, all three are great cartridges and all three ought to cover the bases for what you intend this rifle for.</p><p></p><p>My budget rifle consisted of a Ruger 77 tang safety, I rebarreled the rifle with a contoured Lilja barrel, had the action blueprinted (trued/lapped lugs), pillar bedded, glass bedded and floated the action, reblued rifle, used the existing stock, about $800-900. The plan is to buy a McMillon stock at a later date.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alibiiv, post: 1676868, member: 69192"] Do you presently have a rifle that you could use as a donor rifle? What are you comfortable with in the recoil department? Might you have any future plans for a hunt other than Whitetail deer? Do you reload? Cartridges that come to mind are the .280 Ackley Improved, or a .270 Winchester or the .270WSM, all three are great cartridges and all three ought to cover the bases for what you intend this rifle for. My budget rifle consisted of a Ruger 77 tang safety, I rebarreled the rifle with a contoured Lilja barrel, had the action blueprinted (trued/lapped lugs), pillar bedded, glass bedded and floated the action, reblued rifle, used the existing stock, about $800-900. The plan is to buy a McMillon stock at a later date. [/QUOTE]
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