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My frustration with the word "custom".
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<blockquote data-quote="SteelBanger" data-source="post: 2087859" data-attributes="member: 112192"><p>My post that you quoted literally answers this question. No, if you buy all the parts to a specific factory rifle and assemble it yourself I would never call it a custom rifle. I'll simply restate my original comment from the first page ... if the rifle you have is not available in a factory offering then that by default makes it "custom" to some degree. Could be a minor degree like the guy who rattle cans a stock, or it could be a bigger degree like a guy that puts his R700 in a chassis, beds it, puts a TT diamond in it and a hellfire brake on the end. He customized his rifle so who cares if he calls it custom or not?</p><p>It's also important to note that custom doesn't = more expensive / valuable or better.</p><p>In the truest sense of the word, I agree with you that a "custom" build is done by a proper gunsmith with their name stamped on it. But if a guy wants to say he built a custom rifle because he sourced all his parts himself and figured out how to build it so it shoots tight groups then I'm not going to lose any sleep over it.</p><p>But again, the guy who slaps a complete upper on a complete lower and says he built a custom rifle can go pound sand! lol</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SteelBanger, post: 2087859, member: 112192"] My post that you quoted literally answers this question. No, if you buy all the parts to a specific factory rifle and assemble it yourself I would never call it a custom rifle. I’ll simply restate my original comment from the first page ... if the rifle you have is not available in a factory offering then that by default makes it “custom” to some degree. Could be a minor degree like the guy who rattle cans a stock, or it could be a bigger degree like a guy that puts his R700 in a chassis, beds it, puts a TT diamond in it and a hellfire brake on the end. He customized his rifle so who cares if he calls it custom or not? It’s also important to note that custom doesn’t = more expensive / valuable or better. In the truest sense of the word, I agree with you that a “custom” build is done by a proper gunsmith with their name stamped on it. But if a guy wants to say he built a custom rifle because he sourced all his parts himself and figured out how to build it so it shoots tight groups then I’m not going to lose any sleep over it. But again, the guy who slaps a complete upper on a complete lower and says he built a custom rifle can go pound sand! lol [/QUOTE]
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