If you could "build" your "do all" lower 48 hunting rifle......

[Brandon_SPC]

As the title says, money isn't an option here, if you could build a "do all" hunting rifle (pronghorn, deer, elk, moose, black bear, etc) what are you building?

- Cartridge
- Action
- Barrel/specs of barrel
- Trigger
- Scope
- Mount/rings
- Suppressor/brake/bare muzzle
- Stock
- Bottom Metal

I'm really interested in seeing what people say.

 

[BreechFace]

-7mm08AI
-Blueprinted Kimber SS LW action
-1:8” twist top shelf, stress relieved (cryo’d) premium barrel (Krieger, Criterion, Hart, etc) LW profile, threaded
-Airlock 7mm titanium suppressor
-Timney 2 stage
-LW carbon fiber rokstock style for to my cheek weld for scope height
-Premium Titanium scope rings
-Maven RS 1.2 in Mils

 

[WoodlandCritter]

I pretty much did.

-6.5cdm
-M77
-16" (stock)
-Stock
-Maven Rs.1
-Ruger
-MG7k .30cal
-Stock (Walnut)
-Stock

The only thing I intend to change is eventually I will form 1 a lighter weight, reflex style can sized to match caliber and direct thread. This will be my go-to for all big game.

 

[Schmo]

As the title says, money isn't an option here, if you could build a "do all" hunting rifle (pronghorn, deer, elk, moose, black bear, etc) what are you building?

- Cartridge
- Action
- Barrel/specs of barrel
- Trigger
- Scope
- Mount/rings
- Suppressor/brake/bare muzzle
- Stock
- Bottom Metal

I'm really interested in seeing what people say.

MRC Marshall, or similar custom build chambered in a hot 6mm magnum. 16” or 18” barrel,

 

[eric1115]

MRC Marshall
Wood rokstok lite
18" 6PRC
Either OG6.5 or Airlock ZG
New ZeroTech Rokscope

Would it really do anything that my .243AI Tikka in a rokstok can't do? Not much!

 

[Formidilosus]

MRC Marshall
Wood rokstok lite
18" 6PRC
Either OG6.5 or Airlock ZG
New ZeroTech Rokscope

Would it really do anything that my .243AI Tikka in a rokstok can't do? Not much!

Be cooler though….

 

[shmtastic]

I purchased mine. Christensen classic in 30-06 with a VX3 cds with windplex reticle and custom turret for 180gr Accubonds for multiple altitudes. I've built many rifles over the years but that's the easy button for me. Range guns are totally different, they need all the bells and whistles to make you feel good, but a simple 30-06 is all I need to hunt with.

 

[eric1115]

Be cooler though….

My rifle is already cooler than I am. Me with an MRC Marshall would probably be in that questionable "knuckle dragging ape with a supermodel on his arm" sort of zone.

 

[Q_Sertorius]

As the title says, money isn't an option here, if you could build a "do all" hunting rifle (pronghorn, deer, elk, moose, black bear, etc) what are you building?

- Cartridge
- Action
- Barrel/specs of barrel
- Trigger
- Scope
- Mount/rings
- Suppressor/brake/bare muzzle
- Stock
- Bottom Metal

I'm really interested in seeing what people say.

Already did it:
- .243 Winchester
- Tikka T3X stainless steel
- TIKKA 20” stainless steel, 1:8” twist, factory threaded
- Tikka trigger
- SWFA 6x mil-quad (upgrade to the ZeroTech S2H 3-18x44 when available)
- UM Tikka low rings
- US OG 6.5 or Airlock ZG 6.5 (replace with US OG 6mm prototype from Black Friday sale when it arrives)
- Fancy wooden RokStok
- PR Precision stainless steel bottom metal (winter trigger)
- Waters Rifleman magazines

That specific rifle is getting QD cups installed on it right now, but here is the previous 6.5 CM iteration (with AB Raptor 8). I sold the 6.5 CM barreled action and bottom metal to another Rokslider and dropped in a the new .243 and the PR Precision winter bottom metal.

 

[Castle Rock]

I built mine many years ago, can’t remember the last time I used it.260AI

These days I generally just tote a plastikka