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<blockquote data-quote="Huckelberry75" data-source="post: 3405978" data-attributes="member: 7489"><p>For custom rifle builders, there is Jon Beanland in Gould,OK, Mike Luckett in LaVerne and Newman Precision in Elk City that I would use and in that order. There are others, but those gentlemen would be my top 3 in the state of Oklahoma. For a barrel, you need to determine if you want a button rifled or cut rifled blank. The button rifled blanks typically run about $275+/- and cut rifled blanks about $325+/-. The cut rifled blanks will last longer and typically are slightly more accurate, but button barrels will shoot well enough, that the normal person will not be able to distinguish between them. The gun smith will recommend that the Remington action be trued and blue printed to wring the most accuracy out of the rifle and he is correct, do it. Have him bed the action to the stock and install steel pillars as well if the stock doesn't already have them or the aluminum bedding block found in HS precision stocks. Personally, I prefer Manners Composite Stocks' EH1-A for my custom hunting builds and their T-6A for my comp rigs, but there are a myriad of after market stocks that are available. Foundation stocks made right here in Oklahoma are fantastic and they guy, John Kyle Truitt, that builds them is an amazing human being, but they are heavy for a hunting rig and typically run $1,200-$,1400 and are far from budget build friendly. You will find the Foundation stocks all over the PRS/NRL leader boards across the country, but I digress from your initial question. </p><p></p><p>As for what cartridge to build, you will get a multitude of answers for that. For what you have mentioned and in light of component availability, any of the Creedmoor's (6.5, 6, 25 or 22..yes, 22cm. it is a wicked little beast that punches way above it's weight class) will all do everything that you are talking about and brass is everywhere with it's popularity. Any of those same calibers based upon the x47 Lapua case will fit the bill nicely too. The .260 that you mentioned will be just fine as well and allow you to utilize the 243 brass that you already have on hand and will run just a smidge faster that the 6.5x47L and 6.5cm. If you were to stay with the .260 line of thinking, then you could load the 140 Berger hybrids or 140 ELDM for the 1000yd trips and drop down to the 95 Vmax/100 ELDM or 100gn Nosler Ballistic tip for coyote and those will scream. The 130gn Sierra Gamechanger or 130gn Berger VLDH / AR Hybrid, 129gn Nosler ABLR or 123 ELDM would not be bad options for a 1 load to do it all bullet either. That would keep you from having to do a ton of load development, unless you just love load development and have a ton of time to burn at the range. Blackjack Bullets have a .25cal bullet called "the Ace" that is making serious waves in the shooting community. At distance it will carry greater energy and have less wind deflection than a similar weight bullet in the 6.5 class and will have longer barrel life than the 6mm's. A 25x47L or 25cm running the 131gn Ace would be a one gun do it all rig like you are talking about, but you have to reload as there is no factory ammo option. The guys that own Blackjack are Okies too, one lives in Mustang and one out in Weatherford and are great guys to deal with.</p><p></p><p>For optics, the PST line is fine. For hunting the 3-15 is perfect, for targets at distance, the 5-25 is nice for the upper end and shooting groups but 5x I find is a little much for shooting coyotes especially of they come in close and are moving. A Burris XTR in 4-20x would be a good middle of the road scope, as well as the Leupold Mk5 3.5-18 to handle both sides of your shooting equation. The nightforce Atacr 4-16 is good as well, but that jumps you up to about $2k on glass and away from "budget build" territory. </p><p></p><p>Did that answer your question, or just make it harder to decide. <img src="/images/smilies/smile.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Huckelberry75, post: 3405978, member: 7489"] For custom rifle builders, there is Jon Beanland in Gould,OK, Mike Luckett in LaVerne and Newman Precision in Elk City that I would use and in that order. There are others, but those gentlemen would be my top 3 in the state of Oklahoma. For a barrel, you need to determine if you want a button rifled or cut rifled blank. The button rifled blanks typically run about $275+/- and cut rifled blanks about $325+/-. The cut rifled blanks will last longer and typically are slightly more accurate, but button barrels will shoot well enough, that the normal person will not be able to distinguish between them. The gun smith will recommend that the Remington action be trued and blue printed to wring the most accuracy out of the rifle and he is correct, do it. Have him bed the action to the stock and install steel pillars as well if the stock doesn't already have them or the aluminum bedding block found in HS precision stocks. Personally, I prefer Manners Composite Stocks' EH1-A for my custom hunting builds and their T-6A for my comp rigs, but there are a myriad of after market stocks that are available. Foundation stocks made right here in Oklahoma are fantastic and they guy, John Kyle Truitt, that builds them is an amazing human being, but they are heavy for a hunting rig and typically run $1,200-$,1400 and are far from budget build friendly. You will find the Foundation stocks all over the PRS/NRL leader boards across the country, but I digress from your initial question. As for what cartridge to build, you will get a multitude of answers for that. For what you have mentioned and in light of component availability, any of the Creedmoor's (6.5, 6, 25 or 22..yes, 22cm. it is a wicked little beast that punches way above it's weight class) will all do everything that you are talking about and brass is everywhere with it's popularity. Any of those same calibers based upon the x47 Lapua case will fit the bill nicely too. The .260 that you mentioned will be just fine as well and allow you to utilize the 243 brass that you already have on hand and will run just a smidge faster that the 6.5x47L and 6.5cm. If you were to stay with the .260 line of thinking, then you could load the 140 Berger hybrids or 140 ELDM for the 1000yd trips and drop down to the 95 Vmax/100 ELDM or 100gn Nosler Ballistic tip for coyote and those will scream. The 130gn Sierra Gamechanger or 130gn Berger VLDH / AR Hybrid, 129gn Nosler ABLR or 123 ELDM would not be bad options for a 1 load to do it all bullet either. That would keep you from having to do a ton of load development, unless you just love load development and have a ton of time to burn at the range. Blackjack Bullets have a .25cal bullet called "the Ace" that is making serious waves in the shooting community. At distance it will carry greater energy and have less wind deflection than a similar weight bullet in the 6.5 class and will have longer barrel life than the 6mm's. A 25x47L or 25cm running the 131gn Ace would be a one gun do it all rig like you are talking about, but you have to reload as there is no factory ammo option. The guys that own Blackjack are Okies too, one lives in Mustang and one out in Weatherford and are great guys to deal with. For optics, the PST line is fine. For hunting the 3-15 is perfect, for targets at distance, the 5-25 is nice for the upper end and shooting groups but 5x I find is a little much for shooting coyotes especially of they come in close and are moving. A Burris XTR in 4-20x would be a good middle of the road scope, as well as the Leupold Mk5 3.5-18 to handle both sides of your shooting equation. The nightforce Atacr 4-16 is good as well, but that jumps you up to about $2k on glass and away from "budget build" territory. Did that answer your question, or just make it harder to decide. :) [/QUOTE]
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