To sell or not to sell

[AQC440]

A little help please
A few years back I happened upon 6mmbr.com. I read all of the interesting stories about accuracy and the benchrest disciplines and decided I would have a rifle built and give it a shot. It took almost 17 months for the rifle to be completed. IT WAS WORTH THE WAIT. The rifle chambered in 6BR Norma/Lapua with the proper hand loads will occasionally print 100 yd. groups in the 0’s with the average being .196- .220 the best group at 100 so far has been .030 at 600 yards 1.560 and at 1000 4.920,all of this from an inexperianced benchrest shooter).
Therefore, you may ask what can the problem possibly be, and this is where I will probably be ostracized. I DO NOT LIKE BENCHREST. It is not my game. I enjoy tactical type rifles and shooting more.
My question is …should I sell the rifle, as a total package including scope, dies, brass, rest ect. ? Alternatively, should I break it down to individual components such as barreled action, stock, scope ECT? Keeping it is out of the question because I cannot afford to start another project until this one is sold.

Trued Remington 700 action, Weaver T-36, Burris signature series rings, Kreiger 1-8 twist barrel, McMillan Edge LV stock, Redding competition dies, 200 rounds virgin Lapua 6 br brass and approx. 100 rounds of fired brass, no name front rest.
Thanks
David

 

[agreen60]

I would be interested in the dies and new brass. Alan

 

[rayjay]

Benchrest is not for everybody. That is why I think it is important to shoot your first few matches with something you already own.

I actually thought about doing a rental rifle where the new guy pays about $75 to $100 and shows up at the match with everything he needs sitting there waiting for him. Rifle, brass, reloading set up, rests, powder, coaching, etc. The liability aspect puts me off.

The last couple of rifle packages I have sold included the dies and brass. I normally get a Harrell's die to match the rifles chamber so by including the dies and brass with the rifle really gives the new owner a head start. I do charge full retail price for the dies and brass assuming the brass only has a few firings on it.

 

[AQC440]

Alan PM sent
Thanks for your interest.

 

[FroggyOne2]

Have you tried F-Class yet?

 

[280man]

You dont mention if it is a single shot or not if its not I would think about restocking with a Manners or a Mcmillan A-5 add a DBM setup of your choice and call it a tactical rig and shoot it I think a fast twist 6mm BR like you have would make a fine tactical rifle

just a thought hope it helps
Rick

 

[flatlander]

I gotta agree with 280man - why sell a proven rifle when all you'd have to do to shoot it in tactical matches is restock it and install a more suitable scope? As long as you can get the rifle to eject the short BR case reliably, it should feed w/o a problem, and you'd have a rifle that's considerably more accurate than probably 99% of the 308s out there, as well as being a whole lot more pleasant to shoot, and less expensive as well.

 

[RJinTexas]

If it ain't broke don't fix it! I agree with the rest of the guys, change the stock and scope, add a 20moa picatinny base and buy a bi-pod and your right where you want to be. Ya still have your great shooting rifle that you have confidence in, all the case prep, load development and work is already done. Nothing left to do but go shoot and enjoy. You could sell off the stock and scope to help finance or simply keep them just in case you might want to get back into benchrest at later date.

RJ

 

[RickB]

It depends upon what set of rules apply. I think some tactical rifle classes are for .223 or .308. He would do well to clarify this before proceeding. Also, it would depend upon whether the tactical events are timed events requiring a repeater. I doubt his bench rig is set up to shoot as a repeater, but he did not say.