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The Basics, Starting Out
How hard is it to build a rifle by yourself??
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<blockquote data-quote="ATH" data-source="post: 1604631" data-attributes="member: 1656"><p>I own custom rifles. I'm unlikely to buy another after building a few myself with barrel nuts.</p><p></p><p>I have a 338 Edge I built on a Stiller action with a McGowan barrel. I used a Dremel to open the magazine cut to accept a Wyatt's extended box. It probably took 8-10 hours and a lot of patience, but it turned out fine. I bedded it into a nice McMillan stock and added a screw-on, self-timed Heathen brake. That sucker shoots with my F-class competition rifle (custom) and took 3rd in a 2000 yard match.</p><p></p><p>I've built half a dozen rifles myself now. None of them group over .3ish with proper loads. They are not in benchrest stocks so if they were capable of better I would be unlikely to be able to tell.</p><p></p><p>If what you are after is a rifle accurate enough for most uses, there really is no reason for a custom. But it's your money and enjoy your rifles.</p><p></p><p>The hardest part about building your own is getting the factory barrels off, if you are using donors. Remington in particular. For most of mine I used a homemade vice made from a threaded rod and some scrap 2X6's, cost me like $2. I finally broke it getting the barrel off a Remington and upgraded to a real vise. Add a barrel wrench and a "go" gauge for each chamber, I'm not understanding the comment that it's cheaper to have someone else do it for you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ATH, post: 1604631, member: 1656"] I own custom rifles. I'm unlikely to buy another after building a few myself with barrel nuts. I have a 338 Edge I built on a Stiller action with a McGowan barrel. I used a Dremel to open the magazine cut to accept a Wyatt's extended box. It probably took 8-10 hours and a lot of patience, but it turned out fine. I bedded it into a nice McMillan stock and added a screw-on, self-timed Heathen brake. That sucker shoots with my F-class competition rifle (custom) and took 3rd in a 2000 yard match. I've built half a dozen rifles myself now. None of them group over .3ish with proper loads. They are not in benchrest stocks so if they were capable of better I would be unlikely to be able to tell. If what you are after is a rifle accurate enough for most uses, there really is no reason for a custom. But it's your money and enjoy your rifles. The hardest part about building your own is getting the factory barrels off, if you are using donors. Remington in particular. For most of mine I used a homemade vice made from a threaded rod and some scrap 2X6's, cost me like $2. I finally broke it getting the barrel off a Remington and upgraded to a real vise. Add a barrel wrench and a "go" gauge for each chamber, I'm not understanding the comment that it's cheaper to have someone else do it for you. [/QUOTE]
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