.338lm

[benbo]

Hi y'all from PA, just joined the site looks great, and lots of good information here! Anyway the time has come for me to invest in a new gun, I'm currently shooting a custom. 308 that I built myself to get my feet wet per say, but I was looking into a bigger gun, most likely the. 338LM for which I will do all my own reloading. My question is should I bother attempting to build it myself or buy from a smith. I think with the investment it would benefit me to have it built for I am not that good yet. Can anyone suggest where to start contacting for the build? And what I should expect. Thanks everyone

 

[Korhil78]

Tons of good gunsmiths are sponsors on this website. Look at the sponsor profile page and contact some of them.

 

[XMC]

Id give Kevin Cram ( http://www.montourcountyrifles.com/ ) a call; he's right in your neck of the woods and a sponser here... He's doing a build for me now and I can tell you he's a great guy to talk with and work on a build with you...

 

[C.O. Shooter]

Hello, what part of pa?

 

[benbo]

Cambria county

 

[WildRose]

Hi y'all from PA, just joined the site looks great, and lots of good information here! Anyway the time has come for me to invest in a new gun, I'm currently shooting a custom. 308 that I built myself to get my feet wet per say, but I was looking into a bigger gun, most likely the. 338LM for which I will do all my own reloading. My question is should I bother attempting to build it myself or buy from a smith. I think with the investment it would benefit me to have it built for I am not that good yet. Can anyone suggest where to start contacting for the build? And what I should expect. Thanks everyone

Scroll down till you find the thread on the Savage .338LM.

A lot of people are extremely happy with their's and they come at a fraction of the cost of having one built.

Also check the LRH classifieds as you will occasionally find very nice custom or semi custom 338 LM's for sale there.

 

[bigngreen]

When you say you built your current rifle yourself what does that mean, Savage with a prefit or do you have a lathe and the capability to chamber and fit a barrel.

 

[benbo]

I had a friend take care of the action we used a rem 700 action and he also fit my barrel, I milled the bell and carson stock out and fit the badger Mag well in and installed a Jard trigger, refabbed the bolt with a larger knob and mounted a one piece 20moa mark 4 base and mark 4 scope on it, and tuned my reloads it shoots great. I don't have the ability to do the action and barrel myself I would like to learn. I do have the lathe and the funds to tinker but that's alot of money to potentially blow is my only worry