I've been reading through everything on here to decide what I wanted to do for my rifle precision rifle. Took me a few months and I sold a rifle of mine to fund it, but I've come up with roughly what I want, but I'd really appreciate input on any kind of modifications or changes you guys would make.
Action: Remington 700 SA in .308
Barrel: 28" 1:10 twist 5R #11 contour Kreiger Barrel
Trigger: Jewell with bottom safety and bolt release
Chassis: MAK tube-gun
Scope: SS 10x42
The action, barrel, and trigger are already here. The MAK chassis will be here around 12 weeks from now, and I haven't ordered the optic yet.
I'm going to have my gunsmith put it all together for me and I'll be discussing with him what all needs to be done. I'm planning on having the action trued, the barrel cut to 24"(should I go shorter?), crowned, threaded, chambered and fluted(to save weight); and the action glued into the tube, but from my research the bare minimum would be the barrel work and putting it on the action and having the trigger mounted. Am I wrong here and would it be shootable in this condition? I would like to try out the MAK chassis before permanently gluing the action into it in case I don't like it.
I got the SS 10x42(from the group buy) because I can afford it now, the range I go to is 600y which a 10x is more than capable of, and the rifle and glass will probably outshoot me for a long time before I become skilled enough to need an upgrade to the glass, and by then I'll have the funds.
Are there any glaring issues with any of this? This is pretty much all from reading through here and other places so I'm not 100% on if I've understood it all right.
Thanks guys, the information here on the hide has been amazing.
Action: Remington 700 SA in .308
Barrel: 28" 1:10 twist 5R #11 contour Kreiger Barrel
Trigger: Jewell with bottom safety and bolt release
Chassis: MAK tube-gun
Scope: SS 10x42
The action, barrel, and trigger are already here. The MAK chassis will be here around 12 weeks from now, and I haven't ordered the optic yet.
I'm going to have my gunsmith put it all together for me and I'll be discussing with him what all needs to be done. I'm planning on having the action trued, the barrel cut to 24"(should I go shorter?), crowned, threaded, chambered and fluted(to save weight); and the action glued into the tube, but from my research the bare minimum would be the barrel work and putting it on the action and having the trigger mounted. Am I wrong here and would it be shootable in this condition? I would like to try out the MAK chassis before permanently gluing the action into it in case I don't like it.
I got the SS 10x42(from the group buy) because I can afford it now, the range I go to is 600y which a 10x is more than capable of, and the rifle and glass will probably outshoot me for a long time before I become skilled enough to need an upgrade to the glass, and by then I'll have the funds.
Are there any glaring issues with any of this? This is pretty much all from reading through here and other places so I'm not 100% on if I've understood it all right.
Thanks guys, the information here on the hide has been amazing.