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What does a custom build rig really get you???
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<blockquote data-quote=".300 Dakota" data-source="post: 1799296" data-attributes="member: 106514"><p>I think you're right. I've owned/shot/designed/built several customs, and the impetus for me has always been to get exactly the configuration and/or cartridge I want. If, for instance, I want a 26" beanfield rifle to serve as both a predator and deer slayer and decide 6mm Remington (AI or not) is the way to go, but I want fast twist to handle over-100 grain deer bullets with high BC, my ONLY option is a full custom. I mean I could take a stock Rem 700 or 7 and rebarrel everything like it is, but whose really going to JUST rebarrel a stock Rem 700 unless it's a custom shop piece of wood? I mean you HAVE to upgrade the stock and may as well have a decent trigger too. VOILA! A full custom! Might a Savage 110 Desert in 6 Creed with 1:8 twist do almost the same? In fact it DOES. (I know for a fact.) But it's still not the 6mm Rem, and for sure not the Improved version. But yes it is very close and a H*LL of alot cheaper! (Capable of groups in the .3s at worst!) That's one example. As a full custom, I can get it with the stock, LOP, action (aftermarket if I want...may be worth 1/8" on group size?), and balance point. That does mean alot, but I agree, factory guns are much better today than they were just a handful of years ago, and caliber selection is becoming much better. So unless you want an obsolete round, you can find a factory gun to perform plenty good to get you to 500yds...and beyond in many instances.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE=".300 Dakota, post: 1799296, member: 106514"] I think you're right. I've owned/shot/designed/built several customs, and the impetus for me has always been to get exactly the configuration and/or cartridge I want. If, for instance, I want a 26" beanfield rifle to serve as both a predator and deer slayer and decide 6mm Remington (AI or not) is the way to go, but I want fast twist to handle over-100 grain deer bullets with high BC, my ONLY option is a full custom. I mean I could take a stock Rem 700 or 7 and rebarrel everything like it is, but whose really going to JUST rebarrel a stock Rem 700 unless it's a custom shop piece of wood? I mean you HAVE to upgrade the stock and may as well have a decent trigger too. VOILA! A full custom! Might a Savage 110 Desert in 6 Creed with 1:8 twist do almost the same? In fact it DOES. (I know for a fact.) But it's still not the 6mm Rem, and for sure not the Improved version. But yes it is very close and a H*LL of alot cheaper! (Capable of groups in the .3s at worst!) That's one example. As a full custom, I can get it with the stock, LOP, action (aftermarket if I want...may be worth 1/8" on group size?), and balance point. That does mean alot, but I agree, factory guns are much better today than they were just a handful of years ago, and caliber selection is becoming much better. So unless you want an obsolete round, you can find a factory gun to perform plenty good to get you to 500yds...and beyond in many instances. [/QUOTE]
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