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REM 700 SPS RUM compared to WBY MKV Ultralight 300 WBY?
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<blockquote data-quote="el matador" data-source="post: 1324039" data-attributes="member: 12193"><p>Here's what my semi-custom Rem 700 cost:</p><p></p><p>Donor rifle, stainless, with good laminated stock: $700</p><p>Pac-Nor super match SS barrel, fluted: $445</p><p>Action truing/chambering: $300</p><p>Shipping: $30</p><p>Trigger tuning/pillar bedding: Did them myself ($40 materials, 4 hours labor)</p><p></p><p>Total price for a budget semi-custom: $1515</p><p></p><p>This is for a gun with a heavy laminated stock and factory trigger. If you want a fiberglass stock with bedding block like the Weatherby has, and a trigger on par with the Weatherby, you can add another $200-300. So you're at $1700-1800 plus a whole bunch of leg work to find a gunsmith, locate a donor rifle, buy a trigger, stock, barrel, and maybe bottom metal. If you have a bunch of spare time to do all this legwork, and don't mind waiting several months for the work to be completed, this is a good way to go. Time = money, and the time required to build a semi-custom is significant. </p><p></p><p>You can find donor rifles for a bit cheaper than $700 but most of them are going to be blued actions with crappy stocks. Buy one of those for $450, pay $300-400 for a good stock, and another $100-150 for bluing or cerakoting the rebarreled rifle - you've spent even more than I did. You can also forego the fluting to save $125 but the Weatherby rifle is fluted. To get a magnum rifle down under 7 lbs you'd want the fluting.</p><p></p><p>You could build one for under $1200 if you are a gunsmith and don't include the price of your own labor. Since a gunsmith would not be asking about factory rifles I would say your advice in this thread is useless and inaccurate.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="el matador, post: 1324039, member: 12193"] Here's what my semi-custom Rem 700 cost: Donor rifle, stainless, with good laminated stock: $700 Pac-Nor super match SS barrel, fluted: $445 Action truing/chambering: $300 Shipping: $30 Trigger tuning/pillar bedding: Did them myself ($40 materials, 4 hours labor) Total price for a budget semi-custom: $1515 This is for a gun with a heavy laminated stock and factory trigger. If you want a fiberglass stock with bedding block like the Weatherby has, and a trigger on par with the Weatherby, you can add another $200-300. So you're at $1700-1800 plus a whole bunch of leg work to find a gunsmith, locate a donor rifle, buy a trigger, stock, barrel, and maybe bottom metal. If you have a bunch of spare time to do all this legwork, and don't mind waiting several months for the work to be completed, this is a good way to go. Time = money, and the time required to build a semi-custom is significant. You can find donor rifles for a bit cheaper than $700 but most of them are going to be blued actions with crappy stocks. Buy one of those for $450, pay $300-400 for a good stock, and another $100-150 for bluing or cerakoting the rebarreled rifle - you've spent even more than I did. You can also forego the fluting to save $125 but the Weatherby rifle is fluted. To get a magnum rifle down under 7 lbs you'd want the fluting. You could build one for under $1200 if you are a gunsmith and don't include the price of your own labor. Since a gunsmith would not be asking about factory rifles I would say your advice in this thread is useless and inaccurate. [/QUOTE]
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