I have been contemplating a medium range build for a while now and have had a hard time pulling the trigger on anything...
I just want something to slap steel from 300-800 yards, This will be my first centerfire precision rig. I have a Savage 93R17TR In .17hmr that I have blasted the hell out of and learned a lot from.
I am looking to eventually spend around $1.5-1.8K NOT including optic (I already have a MK4 4.5-14 that will go on either rig).
I have been reading how people have been building .5-.75MOA AR rigs within my price range, and find that impressive from a gas gun! I was first thinking 6.5 Grendel, but I dont reload and figured for my distance, and factory match ammo, I should go .223
So my first instinct was to build an SPR, here is how I priced it out:
Lower: 100
LPK without trigger: 60
Geissele trigger: 220
PRS Stock:260
Billet upper:180
BC:100
Rainier arms Ultramatch barrel (Shillen blank)with matching bolt: 450
Free float rail:200
Muzzle device:100-150
Harris bipod:100
Gas block:70
Total: Around $1,900 give or take $100 depending on rails, trigger, stocks, etc
The other option is a Rem 700 in .308, again, for my distance and factory loads. Here is how I priced it out:
Rem 700 $550 with rebate
B&C Stock 250
Wyatts DBM: 250
Timney trigger: 130
Shillen bbl: 360
20 moa base:100
Bipod: 100
Total: $1750 give or take $100
Neither build is absolutely top of the line, but for a starter rig, what do you think? They should be capable of sub MOA at 100, and that all I really need for the time being.
Yes, I know the gas gun may be harder to shoot and less forgiving and .223 is not ideal.
Any insight is appreciated. If my budget numbers are way off, let me know!
Thank in advance.
I just want something to slap steel from 300-800 yards, This will be my first centerfire precision rig. I have a Savage 93R17TR In .17hmr that I have blasted the hell out of and learned a lot from.
I am looking to eventually spend around $1.5-1.8K NOT including optic (I already have a MK4 4.5-14 that will go on either rig).
I have been reading how people have been building .5-.75MOA AR rigs within my price range, and find that impressive from a gas gun! I was first thinking 6.5 Grendel, but I dont reload and figured for my distance, and factory match ammo, I should go .223
So my first instinct was to build an SPR, here is how I priced it out:
Lower: 100
LPK without trigger: 60
Geissele trigger: 220
PRS Stock:260
Billet upper:180
BC:100
Rainier arms Ultramatch barrel (Shillen blank)with matching bolt: 450
Free float rail:200
Muzzle device:100-150
Harris bipod:100
Gas block:70
Total: Around $1,900 give or take $100 depending on rails, trigger, stocks, etc
The other option is a Rem 700 in .308, again, for my distance and factory loads. Here is how I priced it out:
Rem 700 $550 with rebate
B&C Stock 250
Wyatts DBM: 250
Timney trigger: 130
Shillen bbl: 360
20 moa base:100
Bipod: 100
Total: $1750 give or take $100
Neither build is absolutely top of the line, but for a starter rig, what do you think? They should be capable of sub MOA at 100, and that all I really need for the time being.
Yes, I know the gas gun may be harder to shoot and less forgiving and .223 is not ideal.
Any insight is appreciated. If my budget numbers are way off, let me know!
Thank in advance.
