Building vs Buying

[pods8 (Rugged Stitching)]

Yeah for sure. Also if you like to change calibers you can have one action cleaned up and put barrels on/off if you have the head space gauges at home (versus renting), you can even get different sized bolt faces on two piece bolts to go between different case heads. Great for someone who is trying out wildcats and such. It certainly has its place.

 

[lcxctf2000]

Edit: Guns you are likely familiar with you cut threads on a barrel and thread it into the action up until the shoulder is touching the receiver face and then cut the chamber. For a savage/stevens the chamber is precut and barrel has threads going further out an there is a barrel nut on those threads. You thread the barrel into the action against a headspace gauge and then lock the barrel nut down. Basically the "shoulder" of the barrel is moveable versus a typical barrel.

The "barrel nut" option is available for both Remington (they call it Remage) and I believe Tikka now. You can swap barrels at home with an action or barrel vise, barrel nut wrench and the proper headspace gauge.

 

[R_burg]

Well, pods took care of explaining all the stuff about the barrels. There are plenty of nice Savage/Stevens prechambered barrels out there for reasonable prices.

Thank you for the help guys. Please keep the thread going, but I just bought a Tikka 3x lite in stainless. I cant pass up a lightweight, sub MOA hunting rifle for less than 600 out the door.

One of these days I will build long range 308 with a stevens or savage action. It would be really fun. But right now I am enjoying my AR I built. Finally had time to get through the break in and then next time out first rounds through, 69gr sierra Matchking hpbt... 4 round group was under 1/2 MOA.

I wasnt shooting with any bags, just the front bipod, so I was scared to shoot a 5th and ruin the group, haha.

 

[pods8 (Rugged Stitching)]

The "barrel nut" option is available for both Remington (they call it Remage) and I believe Tikka now. You can swap barrels at home with an action or barrel vise, barrel nut wrench and the proper headspace gauge.

Yeah I am aware on the rem, haven't stayed up to date if they are doing tikka too. I didn't want to muddy the water too much in the explanation. Heck rem is even using a barrel nut on its cheaper guns now too.

 

[pods8 (Rugged Stitching)]

One of these days I will build long range 308 with a stevens or savage action.

Might want to look into the single shot target action savage makes if you ever pursue it.

 

[R_burg]

Might want to look into the single shot target action savage makes if you ever pursue it.

I will look into that, thanks.

 

[dotman]

Pretty cool thread, I wasn't aware of all you could do with this particular setup.

 

[PathFinder]

Carbon 6 is doing CF barrels on Mcgowen blanks. Pretty reasonable prices, great lead times, and they'll chamber anything you want. There's no tikka barrel nut yet but I bet they could do it if you called.

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[brockel]

I think if you are doing the work you could come dang close to your $1000 budget. Figure $400 for Remington action, $350 for a remage barrel chambered for whatever cartridge you want, and a TI takeoff stock for another $250 and you are at your $1000. Add another $150 for a good trigger and you'd be set

 

[lcxctf2000]

Looks like Roedale out of Germany and Patriot Valley Arms both make a nutted Tikka barrel option.

Replacement Tikka T3 & Ruger American pre-fit - Patriot Valley Arms