Varmint Rifles with Forum-sourced Components

[gat]

Here are two varmint rifles built from components purchased from the classifieds here at Accurate Shooter.

The Camo is a 6x47 Lapua with a Stiller Tac 30, Grayboe Kuiu camo lightweight stock, Jewell trigger, Rudolph varmint scope, Ragged Hole carbon fiber Wilson barrel and PTG bottom metal.

The other is a 222 Remington. Remington 700 short action.Remington laminate stock. Douglas barrel. With walker style trigger that I worked. LEUPOLD Vari X III 4-16X50, BDL style floorplate.

Bet they shoot as good as they look! At least I hope they do!

Just wanted everyone to see that really nice rifles and optics are in most of our financial reach. For instance The 222 i have a little less than $900 invested total. Yes I do have the equipment and ability to do the work that is needed. If you don't have the equipment or experience. There are many here who offer these services at very reasonable prices or possibly even would consider trades for some or all of the work.

Nothing wrong with used actions, stocks, scopes etc.

The camo I have less than $2000 invested. There are around $3000 worth of components if purchased new. Typical cost to fit and finish those components would have been between $800 and $1200 depending on whom you cose to do the work.

I have been buying everything I can from forum members for some time now and plan on continuing. If I can find what I need from a forum brother I would rather buy here!! And I recommend you consider this practice as well if you are not doing so already.

So thanks to all who I have purchased items for these beautiful builds. I appreciate all you guys! God bless and straight shooting! Gat

 

[timeout]

Nice looking rifles!

 

[gat]

Thanks!

 

[Bill Norris]

Nice looking rifles!

+ 1

 

[thekriebles]

They look impressive Gat, and thanks for sharing! Yes, many great opportunities through members of this site.

 

[gat]

I hear so many folks who think really nice custom rifles are beyond their means. Wanted to show a couple and hopefully convince those folks that it is possible.

 

[Bc'z]

Here are two varmint rifles built from components purchased from the classifieds here at Accurate Shooter.

The Camo is a 6x47 Lapua with a Stiller Tac 30, Grayboe Kuiu camo lightweight stock, Jewell trigger, Rudolph varmint scope, Ragged Hole carbon fiber Wilson barrel and PTG bottom metal.

The other is a 222 Remington. Remington 700 short action.Remington laminate stock. Douglas barrel. With walker style trigger that I worked. LEUPOLD Vari X III 4-16X50, BDL style floorplate.

Bet they shoot as good as they look! At least I hope they do!

Just wanted everyone to see that really nice rifles and optics are in most of our financial reach. For instance The 222 i have a little less than $900 invested total. Yes I do have the equipment and ability to do the work that is needed. If you don't have the equipment or experience. There are many here who offer these services at very reasonable prices or possibly even would consider trades for some or all of the work.

Nothing wrong with used actions, stocks, scopes etc.

The camo I have less than $2000 invested. There are around $3000 worth of components if purchased new. Typical cost to fit and finish those components would have been between $800 and $1200 depending on whom you cose to do the work.

I have been buying everything I can from forum members for some time now and plan on continuing. If I can find what I need from a forum brother I would rather buy here!! And I recommend you consider this practice as well if you are not doing so already.

So thanks to all who I have purchased items for these beautiful builds. I appreciate all you guys! God bless and straight shooting! Gat

Nice rigs!
I built a 6x45 gas gun, minus lower off the classifieds. I love that rig !
It eats Bart's 80gr dominator like a fat kid eats cake. Hammers steel out to 500.
I'm hoping to take it over to Wyoming this year to poodle shoot with Tommie.

 

[gat]

Nice rigs!
I built a 6x45 gas gun, minus lower off the classifieds. I love that rig !
It eats Bart's 80gr dominator like a fat kid eats cake. Hammers steel out to 500.
I'm hoping to take it over to Wyoming this year to poodle shoot with Tommie.

Probably at a good savings price wise too. Good luck with poodle shooting excursion!

 

[Bc'z]

Probably at a good savings price wise too. Good luck with poodle shooting excursion!

Scoped for under $900
I'm in total agreement with you on shopping from our classifieds, it puts cash back in another members pocket, and we save $$$ over retail sellers.

 

[Bill Norris]

Scoped for under $900
I'm in total agreement with you on shopping from our classifieds, it puts cash back in another members pocket, and we save $$$ over retail sellers.

+ 1

 

[urbanrifleman]

I still haven't convinced anyone to try my 6BRA zero freebore Rem 700 prefit varmint barrel.

55 grain bullets 4100 FPS I would think that might be attractive, but I haven't gotten anyone to bite!!! Especially for $235 ready to drop in...

 

[Idaho-Lefty]

I still haven't convinced anyone to try my 6BRA zero freebore Rem 700 prefit varmint barrel.

55 grain bullets 4100 FPS I would think that might be attractive, but I haven't gotten anyone to bite!!! Especially for $235 ready to drop in...

Build em' in,.. 6 XC and 6 Creed to FEED in ordinary Folk's, Rem 700 actions,.. WITHOUT, the Feeding "issues" and extra Expense of, Magazine,. "Modifications" for, the short lil' BR ! JMHO tho !

 

[urbanrifleman]

Build em' in,.. 6 XC and 6 Creed to FEED in ordinary Folk's, Rem 700 actions,.. WITHOUT, the Feeding "issues" and extra Expense of, Magazine,. "Modifications" for, the short lil' BR ! JMHO tho !

I have 6xc in 50 freebore also.

 

[farmerjohn]

I still haven't convinced anyone to try my 6BRA zero freebore Rem 700 prefit varmint barrel.

55 grain bullets 4100 FPS I would think that might be attractive, but I haven't gotten anyone to bite!!! Especially for $235 ready to drop in...

I have never understood why more people don't do exactly what what you are suggesting. It's a long story but I started fooling around with the 6 br in the 70s. Buddy of mine that was into rail guns gave me a barrel that wouldn't get in the teens. I had an XP action that had been opened up to a 308, to big for the ppc. Ask a local smith what I could do with what I had, he suggested running a 6br reamer in it and we did. Glued it into a junk plastic stock that I think was a Daisy and from day one it shot 5 shot groups into the 30s. Any bullet less than 62gr and any powder we could find, 748, reloader 7, H322 made no difference it just made a hole. Finally settled on 322 and 55 nosler BT. 15&1/2" barrel won't do much past 3500fps. That rifle lived on the dash board of my farm truck up until last year, dust, dirt, water, and a box of 50 rds. When the box was empty the rifle got cleaned and a fresh box of shells and put back on the dash, usually 3 times a year unless it got carried as a spare when we went after prairie dogs and then it really got abused. Ugliest thing you ever saw and a freight train couldn't haul what it's killed in the last 40+ yrs.
Fast foward to what the urban rifleman is selling, I use a right bolt left port Panda with no ejector pillar bedded into a Shehane baby tracker for my prairie dog rifle, the earth is littered with cheap 6mm point blank barrels for Pandas, I have a 0 freebore br reamer that I gave my gunsmith Mike Davis, now I have a BRAI 0freebore Mike ran it in .002 short for light crush on new BR brass and I fireform all my BRAI brass shooting dogs. Can change barrels in 5 minutes and go to another caliber, the possibilities are endless. And, with the setup that the urban rifleman has you can do the same thing using a Remington, just pull the ejector and keep all your brass on the bench....or with the new center feed ACIS clips you can feed anything in the BR family, I could go on but you get the idea.. John

 

[Intheshop]

Yup,good folks on here..... love the classifieds.

Nice rigs! Good luck with your shooting.

 

[urbanrifleman]

I have never understood why more people don't do exactly what what you are suggesting. It's a long story but I started fooling around with the 6 br in the 70s. Buddy of mine that was into rail guns gave me a barrel that wouldn't get in the teens. I had an XP action that had been opened up to a 308, to big for the ppc. Ask a local smith what I could do with what I had, he suggested running a 6br reamer in it and we did. Glued it into a junk plastic stock that I think was a Daisy and from day one it shot 5 shot groups into the 30s. Any bullet less than 62gr and any powder we could find, 748, reloader 7, H322 made no difference it just made a hole. Finally settled on 322 and 55 nosler BT. 15&1/2" barrel won't do much past 3500fps. That rifle lived on the dash board of my farm truck up until last year, dust, dirt, water, and a box of 50 rds. When the box was empty the rifle got cleaned and a fresh box of shells and put back on the dash, usually 3 times a year unless it got carried as a spare when we went after prairie dogs and then it really got abused. Ugliest thing you ever saw and a freight train couldn't haul what it's killed in the last 40+ yrs.
Fast foward to what the urban rifleman is selling, I use a right bolt left port Panda with no ejector pillar bedded into a Shehane baby tracker for my prairie dog rifle, the earth is littered with cheap 6mm point blank barrels for Pandas, I have a 0 freebore br reamer that I gave my gunsmith Mike Davis, now I have a BRAI 0freebore Mike ran it in .002 short for light crush on new BR brass and I fireform all my BRAI brass shooting dogs. Can change barrels in 5 minutes and go to another caliber, the possibilities are endless. And, with the setup that the urban rifleman has you can do the same thing using a Remington, just pull the ejector and keep all your brass on the bench....or with the new center feed ACIS clips you can feed anything in the BR family, I could go on but you get the idea.. John

I had trouble with some of my older 6br brass not wanting to chamber on .004 short.

I set my 6bra barrels at 0 on a 6br gauge. Some people talk about 4 thou short, which would actually be 2 thou gap on a 4 thou short gauge. I just settled on no gap on 6br. On a nut barrel you just run the barrel right down on the 6br gauge, tighten the nut, and you are done. With my hex nut you could change barrels in a few minutes.

 

[Tommie]

Nice rigs!
I built a 6x45 gas gun, minus lower off the classifieds. I love that rig !
It eats Bart's 80gr dominator like a fat kid eats cake. Hammers steel out to 500.
I'm hoping to take it over to Wyoming this year to poodle shoot with Tommie.

Bring it buddy!

 

[Bc'z]

Bring it buddy!

Pip's is down!

 

[Tommie]

Pip's is down!

But the booty-dragging dog isn’t invited

 

[Bc'z]

But the booty-dragging dog isn’t invited

He gone!!