After 3 years, my long range M25 (M14) dream build is done!

So you put all these together at home ? This rifle is tight. Seems to me everything you spent on it has paid off. Congrat！
 
SteelCap said:
Wow. That is one beautiful rifle! How far have you taken her?
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Farthest I've shot her was 600yds. It held 9" at 600 for 15 shots of 178gr A-Max and 6" at 600 with 5 rounds of 175gr SMK's. I've been able to hold roughly 1 MOA groups at 100, 200, 300 and 600 yards. Next step is 1,000 yards.

Lucas269 said:
What is the total weight with everything how it is now?
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As noted at the end of the first post: 17lbs, 10oz.

Canada tail said:
So you put all these together at home ? This rifle is tight. Seems to me everything you spent on it has paid off. Congrat！
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Yes, I put the whole rifle together by myself, including headspacing and cutting the chamber. It's the rifle I used for my "How To Build an M14" video. It's the first rifle I ever built from the ground up. I've since put 6 more rifles together for myself and other people and I'm starting another in a couple of weeks. It was a very satisfying process.

Tony.
 
Beauty rig! Did you do anything to run the heavier weight projectiles? NM grooved piston? I always thought that anything over 168r was pretty rough on the gas system?
 
This isn't just good, this is amazing! I plan on buying an M14 and it's pretty much going to be the only centerfire rifle I plan on owning and I want to mod the hell of out it.

Can this be made with a Norinco M14 as a base?
 
ProudPhoenician said:
This isn't just good, this is amazing! I plan on buying an M14 and it's pretty much going to be the only centerfire rifle I plan on owning and I want to mod the hell of out it.

Can this be made with a Norinco M14 as a base?
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Thanks! Sure, you just need to use a conventional scope mount since mine is made into the receiver.

Donster 125 said:
What cheek rest is that?

Also, if you don't mind my asking, what would a setup like that (minus the JAE-stock) run for?
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The cheek rest is part of the chassis. It's detachable too.

The total package, as seen there is in the neighborhood of $7,000 USD. The actual retail price of the scope is $1,600 USD. The scope rings are about $150. The complete barrelled action cost me $2,700 and I saved some money on parts by shopping around. Add $175 for the Shooting Sight EBR trigger and another $225 for the bipod. The chassis cost $2100 with the cheek engraving, $1,900 without the cheek engraving. They are supposed to send me some titanium locking inserts when they make another run. That alone costs another $350.

So around $4,625 USD, if you scored all the parts and built the rifle yourself. If you paid a gunsmith to build this, I imagine it would cost considerably more.

Tony.
 
Very nice TonyBen! Two thumbs up! What scope & rings are you running on her?

Otokiak
Rankin Inlet, NU
Canada
 
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