For some reason which now escapes me, I decided to build a rifle this winter. I'm a proud owner of many fine firearms but I've never had a rifle built from scratch; mainly because most of my hunting has been with archery equipment....even during Montana's general rifle season. Yet over the last few seasons I've been frequently picking up rifles and headed to the mountains and it been a blast!
So with limited knowledge of rifle building but a solid background in guns I decided to reach out to someone who knows the needs of a rifle build; Ryan Avery. He recommended a gunsmith and some basic components after describing my overall goals of the project.
The idea is to have a rifle that is moderately easy to lug around the steep, brush-choked, and heavily timbered mountains of NW Montana and Northern Idaho. It has to be capable of close range work as well as the ability to shoot comfortably out to the 600 yard range. So here is what the build is looking like so far.....
Remington 700 long action - blue printed with a Pacific Tool & Gage bolt and a new recoil lug.
Chambered in a 28 Nosler.
McMillan Hunter edge fill stock.
McGowen Precision stainless barrel - #4 straight fluted 7mm. 1:8 twist, 24 inches finished length
Trigger Tech trigger.
Wyatt's extended box.
Cerakote by Kampfeld custom.
Hawkins base and rings.
Matt Whaley is the the gunsmith and the back and forth of our text messages is pretty comical. He had what seemed like a thousand questions and for most of the answers I was clueless. I'm have no doubt the rifle will turn out great, but if anyone has any suggestions or comments please post them up.
Stay tuned to watch the build take place as well as the testing and learning curve I am about to undergo of building and using a precision rifle.
Here is the donor rifle.
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So with limited knowledge of rifle building but a solid background in guns I decided to reach out to someone who knows the needs of a rifle build; Ryan Avery. He recommended a gunsmith and some basic components after describing my overall goals of the project.
The idea is to have a rifle that is moderately easy to lug around the steep, brush-choked, and heavily timbered mountains of NW Montana and Northern Idaho. It has to be capable of close range work as well as the ability to shoot comfortably out to the 600 yard range. So here is what the build is looking like so far.....
Remington 700 long action - blue printed with a Pacific Tool & Gage bolt and a new recoil lug.
Chambered in a 28 Nosler.
McMillan Hunter edge fill stock.
McGowen Precision stainless barrel - #4 straight fluted 7mm. 1:8 twist, 24 inches finished length
Trigger Tech trigger.
Wyatt's extended box.
Cerakote by Kampfeld custom.
Hawkins base and rings.
Matt Whaley is the the gunsmith and the back and forth of our text messages is pretty comical. He had what seemed like a thousand questions and for most of the answers I was clueless. I'm have no doubt the rifle will turn out great, but if anyone has any suggestions or comments please post them up.
Stay tuned to watch the build take place as well as the testing and learning curve I am about to undergo of building and using a precision rifle.
Here is the donor rifle.
