Building first custom rifle
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snox801
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We all know the real answer is a creedmore. Come on guys!!
Here's my $.02.
From your list,
6.5 PRC
6.5-284
If you would have included the 7 SAUM, 7SS or 7 Max, I would put them first. I'd also add the 6.5 SS as a preference.
As a side note, order up your rifle today if you hope to hunt with it next year (and cross your fingers). I have another bad taste in my mouth with yet another gunsmith. I'm not gonna derail your thread, but suffice it to say that if you translate "10 weeks" in gunsmith to English it equates to "The end of the year" or somewhere between 5 and 10 months. In all of my frustration I should have just dropped $10k on tools and learned to do it myself. Good luck with your build
From your list,
6.5 PRC
6.5-284
If you would have included the 7 SAUM, 7SS or 7 Max, I would put them first. I'd also add the 6.5 SS as a preference.
As a side note, order up your rifle today if you hope to hunt with it next year (and cross your fingers). I have another bad taste in my mouth with yet another gunsmith. I'm not gonna derail your thread, but suffice it to say that if you translate "10 weeks" in gunsmith to English it equates to "The end of the year" or somewhere between 5 and 10 months. In all of my frustration I should have just dropped $10k on tools and learned to do it myself. Good luck with your build
6.5x257Wby all that and a long neck and NORMA brass.
Michael Souther
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260 rem. Ammo available great cartridges 6.5 mm is a great caliber. Love mine so building an ar10 verson.
Jim Richey
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CHRIS MCBRIDE
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Not sure if stated too lazy to read all. 7mm-08 is great round. Capable of longer shot than normally will get in south unless covering a bean field. Less report than a big magnum,which I normally hunt with. Plenty knock down for deer. IMO as good or better than a lot of the 6.5 stuff. &mm gives wide range of very good bullet design and weights.
I just built a custom AR-10 in 7mm-08 and love it. well under inch at 200 yrds,almost no recoil(to me any way but then shooting 7mm mag for last 31 years) and while far from quite its lot less report than my 7 mag. Built on 80% lower, with high grade BCG and a McGowen barrel. Using La rue trigger which is way better than mil spec *** it is not optimum trigger and will be changed as soon as extra 300 bucks show up.
Regardless of what you build do not skimp on quality parts and that goes dbl for barrel and trigger. Amazing what a good clean lite trigger will do for accuracy. My AR ran me around 1000 bucks and half of that is barrel and I will be at 1200 once I get trigger I want in it. That puts barrel and trigger at 75% of cost.
I just built a custom AR-10 in 7mm-08 and love it. well under inch at 200 yrds,almost no recoil(to me any way but then shooting 7mm mag for last 31 years) and while far from quite its lot less report than my 7 mag. Built on 80% lower, with high grade BCG and a McGowen barrel. Using La rue trigger which is way better than mil spec *** it is not optimum trigger and will be changed as soon as extra 300 bucks show up.
Regardless of what you build do not skimp on quality parts and that goes dbl for barrel and trigger. Amazing what a good clean lite trigger will do for accuracy. My AR ran me around 1000 bucks and half of that is barrel and I will be at 1200 once I get trigger I want in it. That puts barrel and trigger at 75% of cost.
Jim Richey
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I too like 6.5s I have owned many 6.5 Winchester mag 6.5 Rem mag 6.5x284 260 Rem 6.5 Grendel and others I liked them all. The short comings in the 50 and 60,s was the Bullets the bullets today are much improved and ever year new ones are coming out. In the early 70,s I lived and hunted in Texas
HRM Johnny
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I am surprised that no one has mentioned 257 Weatherby. I wanted one since I was a kid. I plan on having one soon.
Is there any reason not to suggest 257 Weatherby for deer?
Is there any reason not to suggest 257 Weatherby for deer?
Jim Richey
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One thing you didn't mention was, do you prefer a shot action or long action.
Because on your list of rifles there are both.
Now I know this wasn't an option on your list, but if your only looking to shoot Deer & Antelope
I would highly recommend looking at the 25-284. It's a ballistic twin to the 25-06 but in a short action. And it knocks'm STIFF!
Having said that LA 6.5-284 -----SA 260 REM
IMHO
JC in Calif
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6.5x284 or 6.5STW
The 257Wby is IMHO the best pure killing too to 600 yards on game 500 pounds and under. If i was going to spend 4K on a deer gun it would have to be in the .257Wby.
