First Rifle Build

[Lovellr653]

Wanted to share my first full rifle build with you folks, I'm pretty excited about it and had to tell someone other than my wife. I set out to build a ~10lb 300PRC for hunting. I shot the first 36 rounds (225 ELDM's w/ Retumbo) through it the other day and the initial results are positive. It's a soft shooter and fairly handy at 10lbs 1oz w/o bi pod. Most of all I really enjoyed the process. I got a lot of help from folks on this forum whether sourcing parts or gathering info to help me make decisions; thank you! The components and tooling list is as follows:

Action- Terminus Kratos
Barrel- 22" Carbon6 prefit, 1:8 twist, magnum contour (I will be renting an AW2 reamer from a forum member to prevent clickers)
Stock- McMillan Game Warden LR (bedded with Probed2000)
Trigger- Trigger Tech special pro
Muzzle Brake- SRS TiPro 5 ST
Bottom Metal/Mag- Hawkins Precision Hunter DBM
Rings- Hawkins Ultralight Tac
Scope- NF NX8 4-32x50 F1
Brass- Lapua
Bullets- 195gr BDII
Go/no-go's- Manson
Barrel vice- MechForce
Action Wrench- SAC Modular action wrench and head
Torque Wrench- SK (borrowed from work, yes I returned it)
Torque screw driver- Wheeler fat wrench
Laser Engraver- No idea, my BIL helped me out.
Dremel tool

 

[nwmnbowhunter]

Wow nice bedding job!!!

 

[Huntnpack]

Very Nice !! Well thought out build.
And a job well done.

 

[Coldfinger]

I'd say you went and done did it right!!!! Make some crimson splashes this fall, and post the pics!

 

[huntinghuasna]

Great build and awesome cartridge selection!

 

[Lovellr653]

Wow nice bedding job!!!

Thank you. There's a few imperfections but it does what it's supposed to do. My hand with a Dremel is only so stable.

 

[ShtrRdy]

Wow, that looks great!! Is the 10 pound weight with the scope?

 

[shortgrass]

Thank you. There's a few imperfections but it does what it's supposed to do. My hand with a Dremel is only so stable.

In gunsmith school the Dremel tool was called a "troublemaker" by the instructors

 

[3chester]

Very cool rig!

 

[Lovellr653]

Wow, that looks great!! Is the 10 pound weight with the scope?

yes, the scope is about 2lbs of the total 10 lbs weight.

 

[Lovellr653]

In gunsmith school the Dremel tool was called a "troublemaker" by the instructors

That's a good name for them.

 

[bergara0256]

Nice job! Looks good man!!

 

[bomberodevil]

That looks very good! Better than a couple of gunsmith jobs I've seen. Don't let that out in your group of peeps, you'll be asked to build a few more.