Jenrick
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I have always been a SR shooter, and while I do still enjoy the challenges of the SR I'm in the mood for something different as of late. I've decided I'd like to build a match rifle, even if only to have something different to pull out of the safe for those weekends when I'm just not feeling like shooting SR. I'm not enroute to HM or legging out, so this is really just a fun project to put another accurate rifle into my safe, rather than to take home a presidents 100 tab or the like.
With that said here's kind of my list for my MR wants:
Bolt action
Stripper clip feed (well really anything other than a detachable magazine feed)
Traditional style stock (nothing against the T2K or the like, their looks just don't do it for me)
So within those boundaries I know I have a pretty large selection of components and such to work with. However having no real experience with MR, I'm not sure what direction to go with. I know that the list sketched out above is certainly not the best easiest/fastest/best setup, I'm aware that at detachable magazine for instance is the way to go with the way strippers are treated under the rules currently. As I noted above though, I'm looking for something different and enjoyable (and if that happens to be Krag style side feed, then so be it!), rather than uber competitive.
I reload so caliber is not a huge deal so long as components are reasonably available. I'm thinking either .223 (because I have a ton of it already like most of us), or one of the 6mm cartridges just for the ballistics.
As far as a donor action, are there any recomendations for one being better then the other? I ran a Rem 700 years ago for a tactical rifle, and I currently own a Howa. I've handled a savage, but never shot one; and I haven't ever worked a Win model 70. I know Savage has the advantage of easy barrel swaps, and the actions aren't particularly expensive. Then again a Remington you can almost get parts for at 7-11 these days. I personally like my Howa, but they don't sell a stripped action as far as I know, and the barrels are hydraulically torqued apparently and most folks recommend just sending the action to the factory to have them rebarrel. Obviously I'd prefer to not have to do that, and the max length is a 24" barrel to my knowledge. I've considered using a donor Mauser or Springfield action taken from a sporter or something similar, but I have no knowledge of how easy/impossible it would be to work with various milsurp guns to make them into a serviceable match rifle.
As far as the feed system goes, that's really just because I find the challenge of running a gun with strippers or enblocs to be a fun challenge. What are the various choices I have to make that happen, and are their certain actions, that just won't work with that?
Lastly the stock, again I know that the uber adjustable stocks have a lot of advantages, but they just don't do it for me. I'm fairly familiar with most of the various options out there for tactical style shooting, but if there are any hidden gems out there I'm all ears.
I know I haven't even gotten to sights, handstops, etc, but I figure I'll worry about those once I get a plan for the rifle figured out.
Thanks!
-Jenrick
With that said here's kind of my list for my MR wants:
Bolt action
Stripper clip feed (well really anything other than a detachable magazine feed)
Traditional style stock (nothing against the T2K or the like, their looks just don't do it for me)
So within those boundaries I know I have a pretty large selection of components and such to work with. However having no real experience with MR, I'm not sure what direction to go with. I know that the list sketched out above is certainly not the best easiest/fastest/best setup, I'm aware that at detachable magazine for instance is the way to go with the way strippers are treated under the rules currently. As I noted above though, I'm looking for something different and enjoyable (and if that happens to be Krag style side feed, then so be it!), rather than uber competitive.
I reload so caliber is not a huge deal so long as components are reasonably available. I'm thinking either .223 (because I have a ton of it already like most of us), or one of the 6mm cartridges just for the ballistics.
As far as a donor action, are there any recomendations for one being better then the other? I ran a Rem 700 years ago for a tactical rifle, and I currently own a Howa. I've handled a savage, but never shot one; and I haven't ever worked a Win model 70. I know Savage has the advantage of easy barrel swaps, and the actions aren't particularly expensive. Then again a Remington you can almost get parts for at 7-11 these days. I personally like my Howa, but they don't sell a stripped action as far as I know, and the barrels are hydraulically torqued apparently and most folks recommend just sending the action to the factory to have them rebarrel. Obviously I'd prefer to not have to do that, and the max length is a 24" barrel to my knowledge. I've considered using a donor Mauser or Springfield action taken from a sporter or something similar, but I have no knowledge of how easy/impossible it would be to work with various milsurp guns to make them into a serviceable match rifle.
As far as the feed system goes, that's really just because I find the challenge of running a gun with strippers or enblocs to be a fun challenge. What are the various choices I have to make that happen, and are their certain actions, that just won't work with that?
Lastly the stock, again I know that the uber adjustable stocks have a lot of advantages, but they just don't do it for me. I'm fairly familiar with most of the various options out there for tactical style shooting, but if there are any hidden gems out there I'm all ears.
I know I haven't even gotten to sights, handstops, etc, but I figure I'll worry about those once I get a plan for the rifle figured out.
Thanks!
-Jenrick
