Re: 300 win mag ??
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: rangerskippy</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Hummer - So how difficult and involved is building one?
how much less would I be looking at spending? and how hard is it to find someone to build one? The kimber I was looking at in 300 win mag is about $2600
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I don't buy expensive rifles.
I really admire Kimber rifles.
You might enjoy it:
http://www.kimberamerica.com/products/rifles/tactical/8400_advanced_tactical/
I did build one 300 Win Mag that I like to shoot.
Someone I have never met, except on the internet, sent me the stock for free.
I got the VZ24 rifle for the action for $75 at BIG5, but they cost more like $150 now.
I got the Midland Parker Hale barrel surplus from Numrich for $44, and the quality of the bore appears to be factory lapped
I drilled and tapped and put $5 + $5 steel Weaver #45 and #46 scope mounts on it.
I glassed the mounts to the action using a scope with rings as the fixture.
I got my brother to TIG weld the bolt handle for free.
I opened the bolt face, the extractor, and the feed lips for the magnum cartridge.
I glass bedded the barreled action.
I got a 12x36 1938 Atlas lathe that I used for chambering it, when a friend died of a heart attack while hunting. That little 1/4 h.p. lathe is ~ 400 pounds and worth ~$400, but it got the job done.
I paid $90 for a 300 win mag reamer and have not used it since, never have used my 338WM reamer, but have used my 7mmMag reamer (3) times.
I paid $40 for a recoil pad.
Wisner M70 type safeties for Mausers are ~$30, but you need fixturing, a mill, and metal saws.
It shoots 1.5 moa with 180 gr. Sierra 2310 bullets at 3000 fps.
I weighs ~ 9 pounds with scope and sling.
What does it all mean?
I have ~ $290 into a bolt action 300 win mag, and I enjoy it, but I am a cheap skate, and your mileage may vary.
