liv4thehunt
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A tikka action is phenomenal for that build.
Might look at a stiller action about the same price as a 700 plus the cost of blueprintingI am going to have a 6.5PRC custom built for western hunting....not PRS or competition work. The gunsmith will do any action I want. I can get a Rem 700 tuned and blueprinted action for approx $500-$600. A Stiller Predator will run about $1K and a Defence Deviant for about $1300.
If I'm not going to resale right away, is there any major reason to spend 2x or 2.x more $'s for these actions? Is there anything these specialty actions do for me that the Rem 700 won't? Are we just discussing buying a Chevrolet or a BMW? Both will drive 75mph but just get there differently in style.
Hope some of you LRH hunters have made these choices. Thanks.
I am going to have a 6.5PRC custom built for western hunting....not PRS or competition work. The gunsmith will do any action I want. I can get a Rem 700 tuned and blueprinted action for approx $500-$600. A Stiller Predator will run about $1K and a Defence Deviant for about $1300.
If I'm not going to resale right away, is there any major reason to spend 2x or 2.x more $'s for these actions? Is there anything these specialty actions do for me that the Rem 700 won't? Are we just discussing buying a Chevrolet or a BMW? Both will drive 75mph but just get there differently in style.
Hope some of you LRH hunters have made these choices. Thanks.
I am going to have a 6.5PRC custom built for western hunting....not PRS or competition work. The gunsmith will do any action I want. I can get a Rem 700 tuned and blueprinted action for approx $500-$600. A Stiller Predator will run about $1K and a Defence Deviant for about $1300.
If I'm not going to resale right away, is there any major reason to spend 2x or 2.x more $'s for these actions? Is there anything these specialty actions do for me that the Rem 700 won't? Are we just discussing buying a Chevrolet or a BMW? Both will drive 75mph but just get there differently in style.
Hope some of you LRH hunters have made these choices. Thanks.
Personally, I would build on a Winchester, Ruger or Bighorn action. The first 2 are great CRF actions with striker locking safeties. Those 2 have decent triggers available or getting them adjusted by your gunsmith works well. They also can be slicked up well.
The Bighorn Origin is the next level up and uses Rem 700 stocks and triggers.
The Rem 700, especially an older one is an ok action, but will require a lot of work to square and slick up.
After my last Winchester, I would do that again or maybe look at a commercial Mauser.
I can tell you about 2 Defiance XM builds I am directly involved with. My father used the Rebel XM length and I used the Deviant Ultralight. Both actions give use about 3.2 OAL. Most of our accurate handloads are running around 3.01 inches ish. We had them throated to put the base of a 147 ELDM just ahead of the neck shoulder junction when the ogive is in the lands to provide max case capacity. Even with the 156 EOL the bullet does not protrude into the powder space much. The actions are smooth as butter and we ordered the with the machined in recoil lug. The rifles have been easy to load for and achieve sub 1/2 MOA. Just shot a CouesI am going to have a 6.5PRC custom built for western hunting....not PRS or competition work. The gunsmith will do any action I want. I can get a Rem 700 tuned and blueprinted action for approx $500-$600. A Stiller Predator will run about $1K and a Defence Deviant for about $1300.
If I'm not going to resale right away, is there any major reason to spend 2x or 2.x more $'s for these actions? Is there anything these specialty actions do for me that the Rem 700 won't? Are we just discussing buying a Chevrolet or a BMW? Both will drive 75mph but just get there differently in style.
Hope some of you LRH hunters have made these choices. Thanks.
FORD VS FERRARI comes to mind??I am going to have a 6.5PRC custom built for western hunting....not PRS or competition work. The gunsmith will do any action I want. I can get a Rem 700 tuned and blueprinted action for approx $500-$600. A Stiller Predator will run about $1K and a Defence Deviant for about $1300.
If I'm not going to resale right away, is there any major reason to spend 2x or 2.x more $'s for these actions? Is there anything these specialty actions do for me that the Rem 700 won't? Are we just discussing buying a Chevrolet or a BMW? Both will drive 75mph but just get there differently in style.
Hope some of you LRH hunters have made these choices. Thanks.
I want to thank everyone for their opinions and their experiences. You've given me plenty to think about. I wanted to buy an out of the box Cooper Backcountry (being a Montana company) but they don't do a 6.5PRC yet - in design they say. So, decided to do the custom route. Will discuss all of the above with my custom gunsmith and work with him on what we need to select together. I also don't want to wait for a long lead action to delay the build any longer than necessary. Thanks again.