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Possible to DIY build a precision rifle?
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<blockquote data-quote="Deleted member 103481" data-source="post: 1942865"><p>Most people buying the Zeus don't ever send it to a smith. The concept is it doesn't need truing, and is held tight enough you can buy a pre chambered barrel and just screw it on yourself. It takes approximately 30 seconds to install the barrel onto a Zeus, the only tool needed is a torx bit, but no it's not cheap</p><p></p><p>savages barrel gets headspaced by tightening a nut instead of an actual metal shoulder, so the installer needs headspace gauges and then a torque wrench to tighten the nut down. You can usually find a donor rifle action for around 400 bucks and barrels are more affordable also.</p><p></p><p>there are "affordable" custom 700 style actions like the defiance tenacity that you can purchase for about the same as gunsmith costs to true up a 700 and tons of prefit barrels out there for them, they just are more difficult to install than a Zeus (but still easy, just need a torque wrench</p><p></p><p>you could also use a tikka, which I prefer over a base 700</p><p>action</p><p></p><p>I only mentioned the Zeus as the *easiest* and it is.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Deleted member 103481, post: 1942865"] Most people buying the Zeus don’t ever send it to a smith. The concept is it doesn’t need truing, and is held tight enough you can buy a pre chambered barrel and just screw it on yourself. It takes approximately 30 seconds to install the barrel onto a Zeus, the only tool needed is a torx bit, but no it’s not cheap savages barrel gets headspaced by tightening a nut instead of an actual metal shoulder, so the installer needs headspace gauges and then a torque wrench to tighten the nut down. You can usually find a donor rifle action for around 400 bucks and barrels are more affordable also. there are “affordable” custom 700 style actions like the defiance tenacity that you can purchase for about the same as gunsmith costs to true up a 700 and tons of prefit barrels out there for them, they just are more difficult to install than a Zeus (but still easy, just need a torque wrench you could also use a tikka, which I prefer over a base 700 action I only mentioned the Zeus as the *easiest* and it is. [/QUOTE]
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