IMightBeWrong
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I'd like to build a .300 Win Mag bolt action sniper style rifle and can't decide where to start. I'd like to keep the rifle itself decently affordable to start. What would you all suggest?
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Remington 700P is a good basis to begin any sniper rifle project. Works darn good out of the box, and it only gets better with a little customization.
http://www.remingtonle.com/rifles/700p.htm
http://www.remingtonle.com/rifles/700p.htm
Sniping is a verb not a noun. Any gun can be a sniper rifle so lets call it a precision rifle.
You can get a savage or some sort of rifle already set up but you didnt build it yourself.
CHEAP? Thats relative.
Get a Mauser 98 action, their about 75 bucks in Shotgun news. Open up the bolt face for the mag case and the mag weld to take the 300 cases. Get a heavy coutour barrel, no less then 24 inches, 26 would be better. You can get these already threaded for the mauser action but they'll probably be in 308 or '06. Just run a 300 WM reamer through it and head space it to your action. You can get a target style stock from Boyds pretty reasonable.
Now so far you prices are kept down. Where the cost comes is fitting. You can have the action trued and bolt lapped. Thats gonna start getting pricy if you want it done right. You can come up with a pretty good shooter without those procedures but its better if you can afford it.
Now get something along the lines of the Luppy 10X mildot scope.
I did pretty much all of the above only using a Model 70 winchester action. The total cost of mine was under $200. $80 for the barrel, $65 for the Bishop Stock, and I had bought 6 M-70 Actions for $225. The sights Refield Oly and Weaver T-10, I had. I did all the work myself but I have the machinery and have been building guns for a while. Mine was built for 1000 yard matches so I made it a single shot rifle. Also has a 29 inch barrel. Dont let people tell you you cant use two piece mounts, I use the weaver because I can mount the scope or take it off and put on irons. I've been shooting this gun in 1000 yard matahes for 30 years and it still shoots. Its picture below with the iron sights.
You can get a savage or some sort of rifle already set up but you didnt build it yourself.
CHEAP? Thats relative.
Get a Mauser 98 action, their about 75 bucks in Shotgun news. Open up the bolt face for the mag case and the mag weld to take the 300 cases. Get a heavy coutour barrel, no less then 24 inches, 26 would be better. You can get these already threaded for the mauser action but they'll probably be in 308 or '06. Just run a 300 WM reamer through it and head space it to your action. You can get a target style stock from Boyds pretty reasonable.
Now so far you prices are kept down. Where the cost comes is fitting. You can have the action trued and bolt lapped. Thats gonna start getting pricy if you want it done right. You can come up with a pretty good shooter without those procedures but its better if you can afford it.
Now get something along the lines of the Luppy 10X mildot scope.
I did pretty much all of the above only using a Model 70 winchester action. The total cost of mine was under $200. $80 for the barrel, $65 for the Bishop Stock, and I had bought 6 M-70 Actions for $225. The sights Refield Oly and Weaver T-10, I had. I did all the work myself but I have the machinery and have been building guns for a while. Mine was built for 1000 yard matches so I made it a single shot rifle. Also has a 29 inch barrel. Dont let people tell you you cant use two piece mounts, I use the weaver because I can mount the scope or take it off and put on irons. I've been shooting this gun in 1000 yard matahes for 30 years and it still shoots. Its picture below with the iron sights.
It's easy and in exactly this order:
Or you could buy a Steyr Elite or SSG w/Schmidt & Bender scope to try out first or see if you can get to a precision long distance shoot in your area and just maybe someone will let you shoot theirs; if not just note what they are using and you'll probably see it at Iron Brigade Armory, GA Precision, Texas Brigade, HD Rifles, Hicks Designs etc. and build what they have...
Remember the Marine Corps is basically using a Remington 700 ADL Varmint rifle with an aftermarket trigger...
- Action, bolt & trigger
- Barrel
- Stock
- Bottom metal
- Optic bases, rails, rings
- Optics
Or you could buy a Steyr Elite or SSG w/Schmidt & Bender scope to try out first or see if you can get to a precision long distance shoot in your area and just maybe someone will let you shoot theirs; if not just note what they are using and you'll probably see it at Iron Brigade Armory, GA Precision, Texas Brigade, HD Rifles, Hicks Designs etc. and build what they have...
Remember the Marine Corps is basically using a Remington 700 ADL Varmint rifle with an aftermarket trigger...
You can buy/build a Savage for a lot less than the numbers quoted above, more in line with Kraigwy's numbers. If you shop around for the stock you want and optics you want you can easily have a great shooting stick for under 1500 US. Or you can go the Remington route and upgrade the stock and optics. I have just under one grand into my Savage and it shoots very nice, but it is a 308 not 300.
"Sniping" is not about shooting one ragged hole at the range, it is about hitting a target the first time, and every time after that.
Jimro
"Sniping" is not about shooting one ragged hole at the range, it is about hitting a target the first time, and every time after that.
Jimro
IMightBeWrong
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Third Eye, I have 2 questions for you:
1. How much would that beauty cost me?
2. Is your name a reference to the Tool song?
1. How much would that beauty cost me?
2. Is your name a reference to the Tool song?
Right at $3K, just for the rifle, BUT all it needs then is glass. Action is tighter than a nun's you know what. Hammer forged bbl, doesn't need a break-in. Glass rod, two stage trigger.
By the time you get a 700 action and tweak it out to "get it right" you're already spending over $2K.
And the answer to your second question is YES!
By the time you get a 700 action and tweak it out to "get it right" you're already spending over $2K.
And the answer to your second question is YES!