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What does a custom build rig really get you???
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<blockquote data-quote="imyourhuckleberry" data-source="post: 1797871" data-attributes="member: 18206"><p>I think you get the pride of ownership as you stated. Nothing wrong with that. I have always wanted one but never pulled the trigger on one due to my shooting style and the practicality of it. Where I live I am limited to shooting 300 yards at steel plates and having one in the safe for months until I am able to drive to west Texas was not practical. Several years ago I was checking my zero on my hunting rifle with 165 grains factory rounds at 200 yards and this young man set up his rig next to me and we exchanged pleasantries. </p><p></p><p>Well he unpacked this beautiful rifle a 7mm mag with a carbon barrel (not Christensen ) and a rifle scope with custom knobs that was more powerful than my spotting scope. He shot a few times and I guess he finally dialed in and he asked me to see his group. When I looked through his rifle scope it confirmed my initial suspicions , his scope was more powerful than my spotting scope. Anyway his 3 shot group was inside the 1" box that is used at 100 yards they almost touched but not quite it might have measured I guess to say about .580 group at 200 yards. I than offered him to see my shot group which was larger than his but still inside the one inch box but would guess it measure about .750 3 shot group. </p><p></p><p>I asked him if he would be offended If I asked him how much his set up was and he puffed up his chest like a peacock flaunting his feathers and said $9000. He gave me a brochure of the magazine and people he worked for and was going to write up an article, sorry I don't remember the rifle, and magazine but that day he confirmed my decisions I had wondered about all these years, I had made the correct decision in not buying a custom rifle. For me it is not about money as I can afford all I want in customs builds but its about my shooting style. I don't compete I love to plink and shoot and I love hunting and fishing. My set up is a Tikka T3 lite 30-06 with a Big Sky Sightron scope. I believe I paid back than about $900 or less for both items. I personally don't see spending $8100 more to reduce my shot group by a couple of a thousandths of an inch and I'm using factory ammo. In his defense I've been hunting with a 30-06 for more than 50 years and the underwear I wore that day was probably 25 years older than he was. I'll spend that money instead on a guided elk hunt in Colorado or Montana, but that is me.</p><p></p><p>Your rifles have brought you joy and as they are custom I consider them a piece of art, so don't over think your decisions.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="imyourhuckleberry, post: 1797871, member: 18206"] I think you get the pride of ownership as you stated. Nothing wrong with that. I have always wanted one but never pulled the trigger on one due to my shooting style and the practicality of it. Where I live I am limited to shooting 300 yards at steel plates and having one in the safe for months until I am able to drive to west Texas was not practical. Several years ago I was checking my zero on my hunting rifle with 165 grains factory rounds at 200 yards and this young man set up his rig next to me and we exchanged pleasantries. Well he unpacked this beautiful rifle a 7mm mag with a carbon barrel (not Christensen ) and a rifle scope with custom knobs that was more powerful than my spotting scope. He shot a few times and I guess he finally dialed in and he asked me to see his group. When I looked through his rifle scope it confirmed my initial suspicions , his scope was more powerful than my spotting scope. Anyway his 3 shot group was inside the 1" box that is used at 100 yards they almost touched but not quite it might have measured I guess to say about .580 group at 200 yards. I than offered him to see my shot group which was larger than his but still inside the one inch box but would guess it measure about .750 3 shot group. I asked him if he would be offended If I asked him how much his set up was and he puffed up his chest like a peacock flaunting his feathers and said $9000. He gave me a brochure of the magazine and people he worked for and was going to write up an article, sorry I don't remember the rifle, and magazine but that day he confirmed my decisions I had wondered about all these years, I had made the correct decision in not buying a custom rifle. For me it is not about money as I can afford all I want in customs builds but its about my shooting style. I don't compete I love to plink and shoot and I love hunting and fishing. My set up is a Tikka T3 lite 30-06 with a Big Sky Sightron scope. I believe I paid back than about $900 or less for both items. I personally don't see spending $8100 more to reduce my shot group by a couple of a thousandths of an inch and I'm using factory ammo. In his defense I've been hunting with a 30-06 for more than 50 years and the underwear I wore that day was probably 25 years older than he was. I'll spend that money instead on a guided elk hunt in Colorado or Montana, but that is me. Your rifles have brought you joy and as they are custom I consider them a piece of art, so don't over think your decisions. [/QUOTE]
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