Customizing a hunting rifle.

I agree that the project is kinda silly, because the gun store stock rifles will get the OP what he wants. But I understand the urge to tinker and customize. My only suggestion is to restrict the search to a detachable magazine rifle, because of the requirement for a handy rifle used when quick opportunities arise. A loaded magazine is very handy, pop in and shoot.
 
I have semi-customized several rifles. It gives me great pleasure to make something I want to keep for life special. However, on modern disposable rifles, don't bother and you really can't improve them unless you're swapping stocks or want a really nice oil finish on walnut (done by an expert). It's costly too so keep that in mind. As others have said, buy a plastic fantastic Tikka T3 and don't look back, or go a step up and buy an all-wood and blued steel CZ if you're not slogging through the wet and mud.
 
razorbeck said:
Personal opinion customizing rifles is dumb, you never get out what you put in and all you are doing is putting another tomato can muffler on a camry

Just buy the rifle you want or a close proximity
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i's only a dumb idea if a person is expecting to make something better than they can buy then exect to sell it at a profit.
If a person wants to build something personalized, well, that is different .
Cat
 
iron cat said:
i's only a dumb idea if a person is expecting to make something better than they can buy then exect to sell it at a profit.
If a person wants to build something personalized, well, that is different .
Cat
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Have you seen the EE? Been awhile but it used to be full of people wanting to sell $1000.00 SKS's because they put extra plastic parts on them
 
razorbeck said:
Have you seen the EE? Been awhile but it used to be full of people wanting to sell $1000.00 SKS's because they put extra plastic parts on them
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I don't look at anything MILLSURP for the most part and I bet those jazzed up SKS's are not selling - if they are , well good for the sellers!:p

Looking on the precision rifle EE however, there are some really good deals, and some really not so good deals, one must know what they are looking at.

Cat
 
^ same in hunting rifles. Custom mausers from the 90s and 80s that would cost 3k to assemble today going for 500-750 bucks. Then the occasional “custom” of modern make for twice that price
 
I know you want to customize it and all, but you just perfectly described a Browning X Bolt Pro:
Stainless: check.
Fluted barrel: check.
Coated: check.
Synthetic stock: check (and a very good one at that).
Bedded / free floated: check.
22 inch barrel (in 308 and 30-06): check.
Detachable mag: check.
Threaded: check.
7.5-8lbs with optic: very easily. Probably even less if you go with a good Leupold.

You can replace the stock and trigger if you want to, but the ones that come with it will work fine. Buy one, slap a decent scope on it, throw it in your truck / on your handle bars and start dropping critters. No farting around, just a perfectly usable firearm.

Oh, and the barrel is factory lapped, that wasn’t on your list but it’s a good bonus. Also, it will hold its value in case you one day decide you want to try something else.

I have 2 x bolts for myself and one for my wife, they will never be sold, just used to flatten critters.
 
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conor_90 said:
^ same in hunting rifles. Custom mausers from the 90s and 80s that would cost 3k to assemble today going for 500-750 bucks. Then the occasional “custom” of modern make for twice that price
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Don't forget to pencil engrave your SIN on the receiver... that is a sure fire way to increase the resale value too
 
^ this kind of custom engraving seems to be accompanied by weatherly style cheek pieces and extra exotic wood forends, or baseball mitt rests and maple wood
 
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