elkaholic
Well-Known Member
Some of you guys may have already seen this but several people have asked me how to put together a good shooting long range rifle without breaking the bank. I thought I would put up this suggestion so it could be found by many in ONE place.
This rifle was built for just about $2200 total and I have shot .4-.5 moa groups at 1100 yards.
I started by purchasing a brand new Model 16 Savage in 300 WSM. This works very well for the SS cartridge length and has a DBM already. I sold everything but the action and recaptured about $150. It comes as a pkg. with a 3x9 Nikon BDC scope which is worth a couple hundred, but I kept it for an old '06. I purchased a Boyds thumbhole feather weight, a #4 Krieger 5r 9 twist barrel, and mounted a 6.5-20 zeiss on a 20 moa rail.
The rifle was chambered in 7SS by "bigngreen" (this forum) He pillar bedded the Boyds stock and it was ready to go. The savage comes with the accutrigger, so you don't have to invest extra cash there either.
This rifle shoots .2's at 100 yards with the 180 Bergers and I stated above, holds 1/2 moa or even better some days at 1100 yards. This rifle can be chambered in ANY of the SS cartridges from 6.5 to .338 (hint hint) and can easily be a with barrel for all the above. Here is a pic.......Rich
This rifle was built for just about $2200 total and I have shot .4-.5 moa groups at 1100 yards.
I started by purchasing a brand new Model 16 Savage in 300 WSM. This works very well for the SS cartridge length and has a DBM already. I sold everything but the action and recaptured about $150. It comes as a pkg. with a 3x9 Nikon BDC scope which is worth a couple hundred, but I kept it for an old '06. I purchased a Boyds thumbhole feather weight, a #4 Krieger 5r 9 twist barrel, and mounted a 6.5-20 zeiss on a 20 moa rail.
The rifle was chambered in 7SS by "bigngreen" (this forum) He pillar bedded the Boyds stock and it was ready to go. The savage comes with the accutrigger, so you don't have to invest extra cash there either.
This rifle shoots .2's at 100 yards with the 180 Bergers and I stated above, holds 1/2 moa or even better some days at 1100 yards. This rifle can be chambered in ANY of the SS cartridges from 6.5 to .338 (hint hint) and can easily be a with barrel for all the above. Here is a pic.......Rich
You can also neck the brass up or down and even use the same brass if you wanted to. I like to keep things simple. Do not discount the Boyds stock for the price either. It is a very nice shooting set up and looks good too......Rich
