Custom Rifle Journey/Review *Pic Heavy*

[huntnful]

Travis Stevens does a nice job building rifles and chambering barrels. A couple of years ago I had him build my 6.5PRC (ironically the same as Steve's but a 22" barrel) for me before I started putting my own rifles together. One of which he chamber the barrel for. Highly recommended.

He’s an excellent gunsmith, also with excellent communication. He always answers the phone and is very professional and punctual. I would not hesitate to get another gun built by him at all.

 

[Quandary]

This is the 6.5PRC Travis built for me;

 

[Wrench]

This thread made me start looking for new jobs

Notice that these rigs are sitting on a rig welder truck. I started there myself.

 

[huntnful]

Notice that these rigs are sitting on a rig welder truck. I started there myself.

Yes sir, my buddy and I are both pipe welders. That's his rig and a few of his rifles in that picture as well. He's worse than me when it comes to guns and optics haha.

 

[JohnJohnson]

Something I'm very curious about is glass bedding. I'm having my hunting rifle bedded in a KRG Bravo right now and the builder asked whether I want to have the first 1-2" of the barrel bedded. He said if I plan to change the barrel out at all then I shouldn't have him do that. He also said he doesn't think it will have an effect on the bedding's resistance to POI shift (which is the only reason I'm having the bedding done anyway).

Do you have that section of the barrel bedded in your rifles that you're switching barrels out on? This is the first glass bedding I'm having done and it's for the sole purpose of zero retention.

 

[ada5771]

Very nice! Thanks for sharing!

 

[SouthPaw]

Something I'm very curious about is glass bedding. I'm having my hunting rifle bedded in a KRG Bravo right now and the builder asked whether I want to have the first 1-2" of the barrel bedded. He said if I plan to change the barrel out at all then I shouldn't have him do that. He also said he doesn't think it will have an effect on the bedding's resistance to POI shift (which is the only reason I'm having the bedding done anyway).

Do you have that section of the barrel bedded in your rifles that you're switching barrels out on? This is the first glass bedding I'm having done and it's for the sole purpose of zero retention.

I wouldn't bed the barrel area if you think youll swap. Is it a Tikka Bravo? I've got multiple thousands of rounds and many travel hunts through two KRG bravos, both with barrel swaps, with zero bedding and no issues at all with zero retention using known good scopes and mounting.

 

[JohnJohnson]

I wouldn't bed the barrel area if you think youll swap. Is it a Tikka Bravo? I've got multiple thousands of rounds and many travel hunts through two KRG bravos, both with barrel swaps, with zero bedding and no issues at all with zero retention using known good scopes and mounting.

It's a Mausingfield M5 action in a R700 footprint Bravo so the bedding is a bit more important to get a good fit I think.