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<blockquote data-quote="J E Custom" data-source="post: 145748" data-attributes="member: 2736"><p>Coues7</p><p></p><p>A lot of good advice from all, but if you are not</p><p>sure about a custom start with a good stock and dont buy</p><p>something that will have to be replaced later on.</p><p></p><p>I would recomend a varmint style stock in a laminate</p><p>so it could be opened up later if you wanted to rebarrel</p><p>with a heavy contour without weakening the stock. Bedding</p><p>and floating the stock with the factory barreled action</p><p>would be a good place to start.And you could install a by </p><p>pod at this time if you wanted to.</p><p></p><p>Bedding an action is not that difficult and with a little</p><p>help from this site you could do it your self.</p><p></p><p>Being a gunsmith I can tell you that machine work cost money</p><p>and if you start setting the barrel back,truing the action,</p><p>touching the chamber, crowning and any other machining you</p><p>mite as well go with a full blown custom.</p><p></p><p>A good stock will normally help a factory setup but if the </p><p>barrel or chamber is bad thers not much hope for a real </p><p>shooter.so plan your steps and dont spend good money after</p><p>bad by doing a lot of machine work that may not help.</p><p></p><p>A lot of factory setup's can be made to shoot well with some</p><p>basic modification's and by working up a good reload. But </p><p>some will never shoot well because it was mass produced and</p><p>tolerance's are not very good.</p><p></p><p>So if your ok with one inch groups at 100yrds there is no </p><p>need to spend money on a custom rifle.</p><p></p><p>The reason for building a custom rifle is to get exactly</p><p>what you think is the perfect rifle for what you like to </p><p>hunt or shoot. It can be any weight,action,barrel length,</p><p>camo, shinny or style that you want and one of a kind.</p><p></p><p>So plan your work and work your plan.</p><p></p><p>I hope this helped</p><p>J E CUSTOM</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="J E Custom, post: 145748, member: 2736"] Coues7 A lot of good advice from all, but if you are not sure about a custom start with a good stock and dont buy something that will have to be replaced later on. I would recomend a varmint style stock in a laminate so it could be opened up later if you wanted to rebarrel with a heavy contour without weakening the stock. Bedding and floating the stock with the factory barreled action would be a good place to start.And you could install a by pod at this time if you wanted to. Bedding an action is not that difficult and with a little help from this site you could do it your self. Being a gunsmith I can tell you that machine work cost money and if you start setting the barrel back,truing the action, touching the chamber, crowning and any other machining you mite as well go with a full blown custom. A good stock will normally help a factory setup but if the barrel or chamber is bad thers not much hope for a real shooter.so plan your steps and dont spend good money after bad by doing a lot of machine work that may not help. A lot of factory setup's can be made to shoot well with some basic modification's and by working up a good reload. But some will never shoot well because it was mass produced and tolerance's are not very good. So if your ok with one inch groups at 100yrds there is no need to spend money on a custom rifle. The reason for building a custom rifle is to get exactly what you think is the perfect rifle for what you like to hunt or shoot. It can be any weight,action,barrel length, camo, shinny or style that you want and one of a kind. So plan your work and work your plan. I hope this helped J E CUSTOM [/QUOTE]
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