Discussions like this are always disappointing. The same guy that says he can't afford a proper custom rifle, will spend 6x that over a 10 year period, filling his vault with cheap trash every few paychecks. "I wish I could afford a rifle like that," they'll say after shooting one of my rifles. Then usually during the course of conversation I find out they have over 15 savage or similarly priced rifles, all with an average price of $600-$1000... and usually more if all the accessories, optics, ammo, dies, components for all those rifles is tallied up.
When someone says they can't afford something in this discipline... what they are really saying is that they have absolutely no ability to control their finances any better than a typical crack head.
You can get a brand new Zermatt Origin with a prefit barrel from any number of sources for $1500. Another couple hundred for a triggertech special trigger. Another $450 for a KRG bravo chassis for it all... and you're in business. It will likely be ten times better than any factory remington at any price. Or... you can buy a setup like the from the classifieds on this forum or others, which are being sold every day for nearly half what they cost new.
For sale is my Red Beard Gunworks built TL3 switch barrel. Will come with original 22” Proof carbon 6.5cm barrel and two others. Details below •DLC coated TL3 action with WTO switch lug •TT Diamond two stage trigger •Foundation MG2 stock with LOP spacers •Full length Foundation ARCA rail...
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Look, there's an even better Zermatt action... the TL3, in a package with 3 barrels and a ton of accessories for $3550.
As it pertains to remingtons, once upon a time they were a company that represented American ingenuity. Now, they are a defunct example of most peoples desire to worship money above all things. That mindset is doomed to failure, always has been, and always will be.
People buy cheap, then throw seemingly unlimited money at "fixing" the trash they bought. I've seen these mistakes play out over my entire career... and made all the same mistakes when I got started. Back then, it made sense, but only for a short period of time. Eventually the flood of reasonably priced custom actions showed up... and the buying low and fixing it up thing in the traditional sense became very stupid quite quickly. Even the very best custom actions in the game today still need to be gone through by someone competent, but the number of things that need to be fixed is at an all time low.
Remington, howa, tikka, mossberg, savage, browning, marlin, etc etc etc. On and on it goes. It's all a lottery. Some have better odds than others, but it's gambling all the same. You open your box, put your scope on, and go shooting... very much the same way you would buy a scratch off ticket and start scratching. Some people like that sort of thing. Some people will let their entire lives devolve into ruin for the sake of that feeling. They'll advocate it here and everywhere else, because they don't want to feel like losers, and the more people they can get to do likewise... the less an idiot they feel. It's an incorrect hypothesis... but that's what they do, none the less.
Then there are other people. People that care about things in their lives. They don't like gambling, so they don't do it. They save their money until they can cover a deposit on a rifle. They find a reputable rifle smith that is willing to guarantee the result. They get 1-on-1 personalized support as they get talked through every aspect of what they are going to do. Every detail of how their rifle will be. They pay the deposit, and set out to continue saving to cover the rest while the smith goes to work on their unique and special rifle. When the rifle is finished, the smith goes and shoots it, and it's a laser. The customer receives it, and it wasn't gambling that happened. The customer traded money for an experience... and the experience is only just started. Every time that rifle goes out, it means something... both to the smith, and the owner. When someone buys something from us, that's what it feels like for me. Meaningful, genuine, and fulfilling.
That's how I feel when I commission a rifle build. That's how I feel when I deliver that rifle to a customer. People that roll from one instance of instant gratification to the next, will never know the contentment of an experience like that. They lead hollow reactionary lives of resentment and panic. Their time spent trying to justify whatever they've done, rather than evaluating what they should do before they do it.
Reading these types of threads is difficult for me. Some lack experience. Some lack logic. Some are trying to mislead people so they don't feel so lonely having been misled themselves. Some gambled and got lucky, so out of apathy they think everyone else will be just as lucky if they do likewise. Some people are just plain ignorant and have no clue what they are talking about at all. Precious few seem to know what they are talking about, but they are always marginalized by the mob. No matter which way it goes, anyone that is thinking of making a purchase based on the strength of anything that is said here will do well to evaluate the reality of the present world very carefully before spending money. Make sure your perception of things lines up with the reality of things. If you don't know how to ensure that, find a mentor that can help you with it.
You either like gambling, or you don't.
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