Custom Rifle?

[Guest Scrape Maker]

I've been thinking about putting together a custom rifle for hunting.I've never done anything like this before and would like some advise.It would be mostly for deer hunting.I would like for it to have a different look to it.Kind of like a sniper look with the desert camo.Nothing to crazy just something different.I don't have a rifle to customize so i would be starting from scratch. Were do i start?

[wtnhunt]

Would think a model 700 bolt action would be a good platform to start on for a custom, as would several others, really probably depends on your preference.

Lots of great options in calibers too, personally if I was opting for a caliber exclusively for deer would probably lean towards a .270.

[Strut10]

You may want to look at the Weatherby Vanguard Sage Country. It's got "the look" without the custom pricetag. Just a thought........

[Jeramie]

I need to dig. A couple of months ago the NRA's magazine had a rifle chambered in .308, adjustable cheek plate, etc. It was SWEET! Looked like a sniper rifle and they werent that expensive. If I remember right it was a Howa and the article was about shooting yotes with the rifle. I drooled all over that page.

[Jeramie]

Found it. Howa Axiom. Sweet rifle and .308 is a great round.

Aint she purdy.....

[wtnhunt]

Or how about this one:

Remington has a line of customs as well, from tactical to the model 700 and model 7, you can check them out here http://www.remington.com/Products/Firearms/Custom_shop/.

Really what you end up with will have a lot to do with what you are willing to spend.

[Guest Scrape Maker]

That Howa is a awesome looking gun.I read up on it a it has great reviews.I just can't find if it come in a left handed version.

[Jeramie]

Unless you take a stock rifle and build it up I doubt youre going to find to many that look sweet and come in left hand.

In that case I have to agree with William, look at the 700's. Also, dont forget about Savage. They are a very accurate rifle and have a good platform. You can buy after market stocks and barrels for them too. Slap on a bi-pod, a nice sized scope, and you have a shooter as well as a good looking rifle.

[wtnhunt]

Unless you take a stock rifle and build it up I doubt youre going to find to many that look sweet and come in left hand.

If you look at the remington model 700's, some are available in left hand models. The model 700 North American series customs I believe are offered in left handed, not sure about the tacticals.

Read somewhere in Remington's literature too that they check their customs at least the model 40-x series and they must be 1/2 inch or better moa before they ship on all calibers .30 and smaller.

[toddyboman]

Here is my LONG take on it....

A few years ago a local group of guys put on an "EGG Shoot" to raise money for a local group of handicap hunters.

You paid money to shoot at eggs at 200, 300, 400, 500 yards.

200 was your normal hunting rifle

300 was varmint rifles (bull barrels) STOCK rifles

400 was custom rifles

500 was what ever you wanted to shoot.

My father, 2 buddies and myself ALL shot Remington model 700. In various calibers. All had heavy/bull barrels and H.S. precision stocks. But NO custom work. We all shot just as good as the fellows with custom rifles. I actually won the 400 yard shot with my Remington 700 VS 223. My dad won the 500 yard shot, with his Remington 700 VLS 6mm. And we were shooting against other with custom rifles that shoot alot.

That day alone told me that their was no need for me to spend the big bucks on a custom rifle. Now if I was going to shoot more, shoot longer distances and shoot in some real series competition will then maybe the custom rifle would shine but I'm not that I'm just a hunter.

A rifle will only shoot as good as the guy holding it.

I did know a guy that had a custom rifle built for one reason.....Going out west to Colorado to a dynamite shoot. At that shoot the goal is to hit a soda can size target @ 1000+/- yards. So in that instance a custom rifle was needed. But that gun weight over 30+ lbs so it went from the truck to the bench. Not a real packable/hunting gun.

So for the money and performance I would go the Remington route...Just my .02:cool:

[280Ackleyrized]

My suggestion would be rem 700 action, broughton barrel, 280AI caliber(I do have a load recipe for this caliber that does 3206fps with a 140NAB from a 24 3/4 barrel and accuracy is in the .3s). Stock would be a Mc Millan. Paint it up nice and perty and go snipe some whitetails.

[TexasDeerHunter]

I would buy a stock Remington 700 of your favorite configuration. If it does'nt shoot good enough out of the box then send it to Hill Country Rifles and have it accurized for about $350 bucks. They guarantee it to shoot sub moa afterwards. You would have less money in the rifle and will be just as accurate as anything you can buy for about half the cost of a custom. I have never bought a custom rifle and most likely never will. All my Remington rifles are out of the box (except for a trigger job I did ) and will shoot less than one inch groups as it is.