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Custom action VS factory blue printed
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<blockquote data-quote="J E Custom" data-source="post: 253106" data-attributes="member: 2736"><p>B H You are right !!!</p><p></p><p>I was talking in generalities but a lot of the actions are flat bottom and longer requiring</p><p>a longer spacing of the bedding screws.</p><p></p><p>Also if you ask most stock makers for a special inletting the price goes up.</p><p></p><p>I know that some of the actions are clones of the remingtion but if they are not bigger,</p><p>stronger and longer then why buy a custom when the factory is available at a much lower </p><p>cost even after blue printing ( About 2 hrs work ) and will shoot with any custom action.</p><p></p><p>I have built rifles on most factory actions and "ALL" of these have shot groups less than</p><p>1/2 MOA and most have been better than 1/4 MOA . I have 4 hunting rifles that have/will</p><p>shoot under 1/10 of a MOA (Less than .100 ).</p><p></p><p>I agree with you that there is something special about a custom action But you don't have </p><p>to buy one to get accuracy.</p><p></p><p>The donor rifle is a good way to recover the cost of a not so good rifle that is not being</p><p>used or not saleable to someone without telling them how lousy it shoots.</p><p></p><p>But the cost of a biuld is still much higher with the custom action and may not be that </p><p>important to you and me but it could prevents someone from building a realy good shooting</p><p>rifle for around $1500'oo dollars as compaired to $2500+ .</p><p></p><p>I have allways tried to get a first time custom rifle owner to start with a good factory</p><p>action that they owned to see the differance in accuracy at a cost that they could afford</p><p>then after the first biuld when they knew more and could plan an all out custom rifle if they </p><p>wanted to look at all of the componants and decide what they wanted and were willing</p><p>to spend.</p><p></p><p>I would be the last person to knock the custom action because of the ease of biulding</p><p>a rifle on one of them that will shoot well.</p><p></p><p>Just wanted to clear that up and thanks</p><p></p><p>J E CUSTOM</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="J E Custom, post: 253106, member: 2736"] B H You are right !!! I was talking in generalities but a lot of the actions are flat bottom and longer requiring a longer spacing of the bedding screws. Also if you ask most stock makers for a special inletting the price goes up. I know that some of the actions are clones of the remingtion but if they are not bigger, stronger and longer then why buy a custom when the factory is available at a much lower cost even after blue printing ( About 2 hrs work ) and will shoot with any custom action. I have built rifles on most factory actions and "ALL" of these have shot groups less than 1/2 MOA and most have been better than 1/4 MOA . I have 4 hunting rifles that have/will shoot under 1/10 of a MOA (Less than .100 ). I agree with you that there is something special about a custom action But you don't have to buy one to get accuracy. The donor rifle is a good way to recover the cost of a not so good rifle that is not being used or not saleable to someone without telling them how lousy it shoots. But the cost of a biuld is still much higher with the custom action and may not be that important to you and me but it could prevents someone from building a realy good shooting rifle for around $1500'oo dollars as compaired to $2500+ . I have allways tried to get a first time custom rifle owner to start with a good factory action that they owned to see the differance in accuracy at a cost that they could afford then after the first biuld when they knew more and could plan an all out custom rifle if they wanted to look at all of the componants and decide what they wanted and were willing to spend. I would be the last person to knock the custom action because of the ease of biulding a rifle on one of them that will shoot well. Just wanted to clear that up and thanks J E CUSTOM [/QUOTE]
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