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That pretty much summed it up!!! Looks like I may have to cut back severely on other hobbies!

Took the new baby to the Los Altos Rod and Gun Club in Los Gatos, Ca. Awesome range and it is close to home! I brought the rifle here to sight it in and try and find the scope's zero. Prior to getting to the range I made a stop by Kerley's Hunting & Outfitting to grab a bench rest bag. One of...

Got the scope mounted and just need to get to the range and bore sight/zero the scope in. For my birthday my girlfriend bought me a sweet Pelican case. Placed the rifle on the foam of the case, traced the outline of the rifle onto the foam with a Sharpie marker and cut the foam with a $10...

It took a while to narrow down a good scope for a beginner. I decided on the Vortex Viper 6.5-20X44 PA riflescope. A mistake was made on my part in terms of the correct ring sizes to get in order to mount the scope. I bought the TPS 1" Low rings when instead I needed the 30" sizes. So I had to...

Got the barrel and trigger installed in their new home.

Getting her all assembled in the AI chassis system.

Once I had all the parts and tools I needed I started the install of the barrel and trigger into the AICS. I quickly learned that I needed quite a few micro hex keys and micro screwdrivers to complete the install. Not to mention I needed a torque tool that worked in ‘inch’ pounds NOT ‘foot’...

For me it was just for aesthetics but it lightens the bolt, helps get debris out, etc. The gains are a bit minimal but it looks cool as hell!

I spent about 3 months prior to purchasing the rifle doing research on the Remington 700. For some reason I never learned about the infamous trigger issue with the X-Mark Pro that ships with some models. Not long after getting my rifle my buddy bursted my bubble by sending me the MSNBC special...

During the build I stumbled onto a thread here on the hide from LongRifles, Inc about their bolt fluting special buy option. Such a great deal and service I decided to send my bolt to them. Perfect timing since I had my Rem disassembled. I had them flute the bolt, mount a knob and cerakote it in...

Knowing that I wanted to purchase a new stock for my build I spent a few months researching which stock to get. I was going to go with a MDT TAC-21 chassis but then learned about Accuracy International’s 2.0 chassis and was sold. Made the purchase and could not have been happier to receive it...

Once I knew that I wanted to use a Remington 700 I needed to figure out which type to start with. Initially I was targeting the 20” sps aac-sd version but then decided on the 24” sps instead. I bought one for fairly cheap from Budsgunshop. Only after completing the build did I realize I could...

This thread documents my recent decision to build a rifle in order to take up the hobby of long range target shooting. Once I knew that I wanted to own a long range rifle I started doing research. I wanted to own a good reliable rifle that I could learn to shoot with. After doing months of...

Thanks man!!

You hit the nail on the head, thanks for the solid feedback! I think I'm going to try and be patient and save some cash for a decent $600 range scope. I've come this far with my build, I will just have to wait a bit longer to complete it right. Thanks again.