I’ve done several of my own. With a custom action, I cannot come in at $2500 if I buy a McMillan drop in. I generally use a barrel from one of the button rifling manufacturers, like PAC Nor, Hart, and X-Cal, $300-$350 range. I will occasionally rent a reamer, $40, or buy at $160 from Manson. The trigger and bottom metal are killers when you have to buy separately.
handwerk is right on the money if you really like the Mauser style CRF actions. Find a good Model 70 Classic and send it to Pac Nor. Action truing comes with the barrel job, and their barrels flat out shoot. Stocks...if factory wood it’s good, the comps are pretty cheap. I’ve gotten several McMillan drop in stocks, and I’ve shot them before and after bedding. While I duck for cover, I can plainly state that for hunting purposes, they generally shoot just fine without bedding, just like Mr. McMillan states on the website. And I’m not too shabby at stress free bedding. That covers stock and barrel’d action. Bottom metal from PTG is OK if you don’t want to reuse the Winchester 2-piece. You can probably sell that on eBay for the price of Kiff’s aluminum one piece bottom metal. There are others that are vastly superior but a lot more expensive. Hard to beat the Model 70 trigger for a hunting gun so you’re good there. Do get a forged Williams extractor if your donor is factory stamped, about $60 upgrade.
Please let us know what you come up with. It’s fun to do these and try to stay under that $4500 mark. And when it’s all said and done, you could have bought 5 Ruger American’s that are probably more accurate. Hahahahaha
. It’s all about the chase though.
handwerk is right on the money if you really like the Mauser style CRF actions. Find a good Model 70 Classic and send it to Pac Nor. Action truing comes with the barrel job, and their barrels flat out shoot. Stocks...if factory wood it’s good, the comps are pretty cheap. I’ve gotten several McMillan drop in stocks, and I’ve shot them before and after bedding. While I duck for cover, I can plainly state that for hunting purposes, they generally shoot just fine without bedding, just like Mr. McMillan states on the website. And I’m not too shabby at stress free bedding. That covers stock and barrel’d action. Bottom metal from PTG is OK if you don’t want to reuse the Winchester 2-piece. You can probably sell that on eBay for the price of Kiff’s aluminum one piece bottom metal. There are others that are vastly superior but a lot more expensive. Hard to beat the Model 70 trigger for a hunting gun so you’re good there. Do get a forged Williams extractor if your donor is factory stamped, about $60 upgrade.
Please let us know what you come up with. It’s fun to do these and try to stay under that $4500 mark. And when it’s all said and done, you could have bought 5 Ruger American’s that are probably more accurate. Hahahahaha
. It’s all about the chase though.
