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<blockquote data-quote="Brewer" data-source="post: 1191156" data-attributes="member: 71923"><p>OK. To the original poster. Here is the 101 I think you are looking for. </p><p> </p><p>If you want sub MOA, you can get this with most factory rifles with a few modifications. like a good trigger, bedding the action and a muzzle break. </p><p> </p><p>If you want a bad *** rifle that will shoot lights out at very long distances, then you will want an entirely different approach. this approach will depend almost completely on how much you want to spend. </p><p> </p><p>There are 5 basic portions of a rifle. Action, Barrel, Trigger, Stock, and scope and mounting stuff. Each of these can cost as little as a couple hundred dollars up to several thousand dollars each. if you want to do a poor mans custom or semicustom, then you are looking at something like the following:</p><p> </p><p>Remington 700 action-$500 Budsguns.com has these (any Left handed short action will do if it has the same bolt face you want. talk to your smith about this)</p><p> </p><p>Custom barrel with a break but with no other frills-$800 Hart, Krieger are a few to consider but many more good ones </p><p> </p><p>Trigger-$150-$250 Timney or Jewel</p><p> </p><p>Stock and bedding-$500 billions available</p><p> </p><p>Scope rail and rings- $750 Burris, Nikon, Bushnell, Vortex. lots of good options</p><p> </p><p>This gets you a very adequate rifle that can look very nice and shoot much better than you can. you can do this cheaper and of course you can spend more. </p><p> </p><p>A gunsmith will do all the machine work and assembly if you ask him to. if you want to do a few things yourself, you can, but based on your original post, Id say have a smith do it all. </p><p> </p><p>Ultimately, the most important part of building a rifle is selecting a good gun smith. there are several on this site and there are many on the open market. there are also lousy ones that can talk the talk but don't produce great pieces of machinery. Good luck.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brewer, post: 1191156, member: 71923"] OK. To the original poster. Here is the 101 I think you are looking for. If you want sub MOA, you can get this with most factory rifles with a few modifications. like a good trigger, bedding the action and a muzzle break. If you want a bad *** rifle that will shoot lights out at very long distances, then you will want an entirely different approach. this approach will depend almost completely on how much you want to spend. There are 5 basic portions of a rifle. Action, Barrel, Trigger, Stock, and scope and mounting stuff. Each of these can cost as little as a couple hundred dollars up to several thousand dollars each. if you want to do a poor mans custom or semicustom, then you are looking at something like the following: Remington 700 action-$500 Budsguns.com has these (any Left handed short action will do if it has the same bolt face you want. talk to your smith about this) Custom barrel with a break but with no other frills-$800 Hart, Krieger are a few to consider but many more good ones Trigger-$150-$250 Timney or Jewel Stock and bedding-$500 billions available Scope rail and rings- $750 Burris, Nikon, Bushnell, Vortex. lots of good options This gets you a very adequate rifle that can look very nice and shoot much better than you can. you can do this cheaper and of course you can spend more. A gunsmith will do all the machine work and assembly if you ask him to. if you want to do a few things yourself, you can, but based on your original post, Id say have a smith do it all. Ultimately, the most important part of building a rifle is selecting a good gun smith. there are several on this site and there are many on the open market. there are also lousy ones that can talk the talk but don't produce great pieces of machinery. Good luck. [/QUOTE]
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