Custom actions for a hunting rifle build
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They allow choices like ejection and loading port placement and configuration, scope mounting options, bolt nose configuration, bolt face configuration, bolt handle configuration etc. you have a one piece bolt handle and body instead of three, you have bolt handle and bolt body material differences to prevent galling and smoother operation, improved timing not only on primary extraction but in the fire control mechanism. There are tighter tolerances in bolt and receiver lockup, fire control interface, pinned or integral recoil lugs. The receivers are machined from billets, not hammer forged, rings and bridges on the same horizontal plane in some cases, there ate material choice and weight options. The list goes on.
Remington actions were born out of bean counter cost cutting measures. Custom actions aren’t.
Remington actions were born out of bean counter cost cutting measures. Custom actions aren’t.
Yes.
Winchester 70's... being made in that internationally recognized hub of quality manufacturing of Portugal... wasn't bean counter cost cutting? They have all done it, Chuck. Rifle manufacturing has been a race to the bottom for decades. To single any one out, over another, is silly.
Custom actions are an option to alleviate this, at a price.
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That is exactly what I just said. I used Remington because 80 plus percent of custom actions are in that genre.
I see you want to fight as well. Go yell at the ceiling. I’m done with it.
You are acting like a child. It isn't what you said. As usual, you threw a rock in glass house and got called on it. Now you're stomping your little feet.
What happened to me being on fake ignore?
R.
Some do... and some offer extraction options. The "M16" extractor, is popular in Murica, which is why it is offered in many actions. It is seen as being superior.
Have both... and don't really care as long as the shell comes out.
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The Sako-style and later "M16-style" extractors were really popular for a minute around the turn of the century. All the custom builders were doing it. Then they seemed to disappear as quickly as they appeared.
The Winchester model 70 action and barrel are still made at the FN plant in South Carolina which has a hammer forge used for barrel making (FN makes machine guns i.e. model 46, model 48 etc. at this location). They where originally finished with the stock which was made in Portugal at the Browning Viana plant, however after 2012 the final assembly was moved to Portugal. I believe that the Browning Bar and Winchester model 70 are the only rifles made by Winchester and Browning that have hammer forged barrels (same as all Ruger rifles), since all other Browning and Winchester rifles have cut rifle barrels.
I'm really keen on trying a KS Arms action for my next build. They've got a new lightweight model available which looks pretty sweet to me for building a hunting gun.
I'm torn on cartridge, but leaning towards either a .300 RCM or WSM in a Wyatt 3.0" box magazine. IBI stainless barrel, Triggertech Special single-stage, Grayboe Eagle stock with their M5 floorplate. Talleys, Razor LHT or VX-5HD most likely.
I'm torn on cartridge, but leaning towards either a .300 RCM or WSM in a Wyatt 3.0" box magazine. IBI stainless barrel, Triggertech Special single-stage, Grayboe Eagle stock with their M5 floorplate. Talleys, Razor LHT or VX-5HD most likely.
LOL!!! A hunter will not gain a microscopic advantage with a custom action, for various reasons. In total, I had 7 or 8 full custom rifles built, mostly on the Remington 700 action and only one on the Winchester 70 action. Trued action, bedded, free-floated, new trigger, Sako extractor etc. On very good days they shot 1/4" groups, most of the time under 1/2", actions fed well, never jammed and very smooth. Here is the kicker: my life-time average distance to shoot an animal is 125 yards. Did I need a custom rifle, absolutely not, a factory rifle over the counter, in a standard cartridge would of been suffice.
It isn't a need, but a want. The same applies to high-end rifles such as Blaser, Merkel, Heym, H&H, Rigby.
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