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<blockquote data-quote="Bang4theBuck" data-source="post: 2979151" data-attributes="member: 73596"><p>I dont know why, but this thought of your Local Gunsmith being your go to resource kinda rubs me wrong. That may say not be the case. I am going to try very hard to not let this sound like I am representing all gunsmiths in the same light, but your suggestion that your local gunsmith is going to want to have a discussion with you is very presumptive. If you had a way to take a survey of a large percentage of people that utilized the services of their LGS to build or rebarrel a rifle, I think you would be shocked to know how many people end up dissatisfied with the total experience. I want to fast forward to hopefully extinguish the forest fire before it starts to say that any of the 'smiths that have gained widespread acceptance by this informed group ARE NOT the 'smiths' that I am speaking about. </p><p>My point in saying this is we should be careful with suggesting that your LGS is the answer or that you will be happy with your decision to use them. There is a significant risk of the experience being less than desirable. </p><p>In my very strong opinion, if a guy wants to build a great rifle, there is a lot of value in taking the time to understand the build process by building one yourself, or find someone that is genuinely interested in allowing you to be a participant on the build. The lessons you learn will be a huge value to you in understanding what goes into building a rifle. </p><p>The reality is that your second build might turn out to be your best build based on exercising the first build and being honest with yourself about what went well and what didn't as far as your build choices. </p><p></p><p>I say build your first one with the more inexpensive of the high-quality choices and learn what you need to learn in the process. This is how I would do that:</p><p></p><p>* Order the following from Northland shooters supply</p><p> Big Horn Origin action</p><p>Criterion or Shilen prefit barrel</p><p> -barrel nut prefot if you want to do it yourself</p><p> -Shouldered prefit if you want to hire it done, or.if you want to make the additional investments in tools to torque</p><p> -triggertech trigger</p><p>* Order whatever chassis/stock your budget permits. </p><p>Go shoot and take notes on what is great and what isnt. </p><p>I bet it will shoot lights out!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bang4theBuck, post: 2979151, member: 73596"] I dont know why, but this thought of your Local Gunsmith being your go to resource kinda rubs me wrong. That may say not be the case. I am going to try very hard to not let this sound like I am representing all gunsmiths in the same light, but your suggestion that your local gunsmith is going to want to have a discussion with you is very presumptive. If you had a way to take a survey of a large percentage of people that utilized the services of their LGS to build or rebarrel a rifle, I think you would be shocked to know how many people end up dissatisfied with the total experience. I want to fast forward to hopefully extinguish the forest fire before it starts to say that any of the 'smiths that have gained widespread acceptance by this informed group ARE NOT the 'smiths' that I am speaking about. My point in saying this is we should be careful with suggesting that your LGS is the answer or that you will be happy with your decision to use them. There is a significant risk of the experience being less than desirable. In my very strong opinion, if a guy wants to build a great rifle, there is a lot of value in taking the time to understand the build process by building one yourself, or find someone that is genuinely interested in allowing you to be a participant on the build. The lessons you learn will be a huge value to you in understanding what goes into building a rifle. The reality is that your second build might turn out to be your best build based on exercising the first build and being honest with yourself about what went well and what didn't as far as your build choices. I say build your first one with the more inexpensive of the high-quality choices and learn what you need to learn in the process. This is how I would do that: * Order the following from Northland shooters supply Big Horn Origin action Criterion or Shilen prefit barrel -barrel nut prefot if you want to do it yourself -Shouldered prefit if you want to hire it done, or.if you want to make the additional investments in tools to torque -triggertech trigger * Order whatever chassis/stock your budget permits. Go shoot and take notes on what is great and what isnt. I bet it will shoot lights out! [/QUOTE]
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