A Good Old 30-06 Tactical Rifle Build

Hi guys! Its finally Done!

This rifle started life as a Remington 700 SPS/SS/DM/ Camo, in 30-06 Sprg.

The goals with this build was to make a switch barrel rifle capable of shooting all the factory offerings of the 30-06 case family. (25-06 Rem, 270Win, 280 Rem, 30-6, & 35 Whelen).

After looking at various stock designs A-5's /Machined platforms (Tac21,Elisio, etc.), I was undecided what to go with.

I eventually decided to go with the Choate "Custom Tactical stock". Fully adjustable, and very solid.

I had to machine a section on the bottom of the magazine well to allow for the detachable magazine to function properly.

I ordered the stock and two Shilen Match Select barrels:

1.) .308, 1:10" twist, 30" long,#7 Heavy Taper. To be chambered in 30-06 Sprg.

2.) .284, 1:8" twist, 30" Long, #7 Heavy Taper. To be chambered in 280 Remington.


I got the action fully blue printed and Sleeved, and had the action and barrels flat matte finished.

The action lug was replaced with a heavy gauge recoil lug and pinned to the action to facilitate removal of the barrels, and prevent the action lug from moving.

The action and barrels were match marked so that I could adjust the barrels to proper head space by aligning the marks.


*I plan on getting a full set of headspace gauges to monitor this from time to time.



Now all that's left to order (other than the headspace gauges), is the barrel vise and action wrench.

Here are a few profile pictures, and a set of targets from today. Load stats are on the picture (all safe in my gun). Hope you shooters like them!







Sorry about all the Bench Clutter in the background!



This is a 4 shot group at 1000 Yards with the 176 Grain Steel Tipped, Rebated Boat tail, Ultra Low Drag Chichaga Bullets.



These are those Steel tipped Chinchaga bullets.

Barrels: $375.00 each
stock: $500.00
Action Blueprinting and barrel work: $800.00
$1675.00 total
Not including scope of course.
My Mark4 Rings and 40MOA rail has not come in yet, so that will add a little more again!

Now that the action is pinned and blueprinted, a new calibre/barrel will cost me $475.00.

Not cheap for sure.

My wife Is an angel for putting up with my obsessions! LOL!

1.) yes, its a factory trigger still. The "Jewell" trigger (1-1.5Lb) will replace it as funds become available.
It break around 3.5 pounds, but varies a bit. It keeps me very VERY focused, as I squeeeeeeze! LOL!

2.) I planned on squeezing the maximum performance out of the 06, then down the road, cut the barrel down to 24", and then get a brake added.

She shoots sweet! Its a great old cartridge!
Thanks for the compliments!

A friend of mine makes these. His company name is: Chinchaga bullet co.

The steel tip is swedged into place during he last ogive forming operation. The purpose of the steel tip is to produce a super small bullet tip/metplate. To increase the BC as much as possible while using a given bullet form factor/geometry.

As to them being AP, I have no clue. The bullet construction is conventional, and designed for long range precision.

He is centered in the Peace country in Alberta.

thanks for the encouragement Big Bore44!

The old 30-06 is just an old design that happens to still work as well and better than it used to. With the quality and variety of powders available today, the sky is the limit!

I love to shoot at extreme ranges, and want to get this '06 out to 1760 (1 mile).
I have done this with three other calibers (.308Win, 7mm Rem Mag, 300 Win Mag.).
It would be so cool to achieve this mile marker with all the 30-06 case family of cartridges! 2506,270,280,3006,35Whelen.

My friend at Chinchaga bullets can make high BC bullets in .257 (135gr.), & .270 (not sure what weight he has forming dies for).

The hardest one to achieve his feat, by far, would be the 35Whelan! I would have to get nearly 50+ MOA bias on a scope rail and 100 MOA on the scope! It would be fun though!

Only 3 more barrels to go! LOL!

1858: Good observation! Chinchaga bullet co uses both aluminum and steel tips for these bullets. The steel tips are coated in zinc. The only issue with aluminum was that it is so soft, that the tip can be bent out of concentricity very easily! And that as we all know, is a death sentence for long range accuracy.

The concept of moving the center of gravity is true, but this bullet design shows no stability/accuracy issues thus far. This steel tip bullet placed very high in F class shooting in eastern canada this year.

Hi guys!

As far as the 35 Whelen making it to 1760yards, thats only a goal of curiosity. The bullet BC's that are available are dismimal at best! At this time I am thinking of trying the Nosler accubond.
200 gr: BC= .365
225 gr: BC= .430

I dont realisticly expect to make it that far with this caliber, but I "WILL" find out its maximum potential. Thats where I find the fun in testing.