Help deciding on parts for a custom rifle?

[BadInternetGuy]

Hey all, made a post a couple days ago about choosing a .308 action and got a ton of help.

I believe I'm gonna end up going with a Bighorn Origin action on a Foundation Exodus stock. Was wondering if anyone had recommendations for what kind of barrel to get, and where?

I was planning to go with a Preferred Barrel Blanks barrel in a Heavy Palma contour. Also planning to throw am OSS suppressor on the end if that makes a difference.

Also, this will be my first entry into the world of rifle building, so are there any special tools I need other than a barrel vise?

Apologies for the wall of text, was hoping to ease my worries about building my first rifle.

Thanks im advance!

 

[Tbaxl]

Hard to beat Deep South tactical, southern precision rifles, front range precision. They all have a pretty well proven record on here and all can do basically anything with a bighorn origin.

 

[kthomas]

A lot of it is personal preference.

I prefer cut rifled barrels from Krieger, Bartlein, Brux, HH, etc. I usually source my barrel blanks from Bugholes.

Do you already have the OSS? If not, I would consider a precision rifle oriented suppressor. OSS with their flow-through design is not optimal for bolt guns.

You will also need an action wrench and torque wrench, along with the barrel vice.

 

[Rob01]

You need an action wrench also.

Bighorn/Remington/Savage Action Wrench

Remington action wrench. ALso works with Savage and Bighorn actions.

patriotvalleyarms.com

Some say to get go/no go gauges also.

ETA: You don't need a torque wrench. You can do without one as some use them and some don't.

 

[BadInternetGuy]

A lot of it is personal preference.

I prefer cut rifled barrels from Krieger, Bartlein, Brux, HH, etc. I usually source my barrel blanks from Bugholes.

Do you already have the OSS? If not, I would consider a precision rifle oriented suppressor. OSS with their flow-through design is not optimal for bolt guns.

You will also need an action wrench and torque wrench, along with the barrel vice.

Sorry if this is a dumb question, but if i order a barrel from any of those manufacturers, can i get it threaded for the Origin action? Or will I need to get a gunsmith to do that?

 

[spife7980]

Sorry if this is a dumb question, but if i order a barrel from any of those manufacturers, can i get it threaded for the Origin action? Or will I need to get a gunsmith to do that?

Gunsmith will have to cut on a barrel blank.
But bugholes that he mentioned is a distributor for all those brands but they also gunsmith as well (southern precision rifles).

https://www.bugholes.com/

 

[leclairk]

Bugholes is cutting a Bartlein CF barrel for my Origin. I shipped my action to them, they will cut the barrel and install then send it back. I shoot carbon fiber barrels exclusively because I can’t stand how much marriage I get of steel barrels.