bamaranger
New member
For a long time, I have pondered the idea of a custom, high round count/rough use bolt .308. The idea first started when I read an article as a kid concerning a rifle that was built for a fella, possibly in Australia, who was doing eradication of a pest species. Unfortunately, I was not savvy, too much of a kid still, to absorb the different features of the rifle that the hunter had created. But the idea intrigued me. Recent threads on the M40 and the M700 systems have rekindled my interest in such a build.
I've got some ideas:
-dimensionally, the rifle would be along the lines of the Savage Hog rifle, to include a barrel nut system for easier rebarrel, threaded muzzle, and blind mag, and 20" barrel for portability
-I'd want a CF action, a Mauser or CF M70 would be fine
-one piece steel scope base, HD steel rings, and a modest fixed power scope, say a Leupold 6x42mm
-some type of space finish on the metal....Black T perhaps
-tough synthetic stock, not too heavy, but beefy enough to absorb some recoil from long shooting strings.
If I could get a Hog Rifle, or the Remington 20" XCR ,with a Mauser action, , I'd be well on my way off the shelf.
Any other ideas, has anybody built such a rifle?
I've got some ideas:
-dimensionally, the rifle would be along the lines of the Savage Hog rifle, to include a barrel nut system for easier rebarrel, threaded muzzle, and blind mag, and 20" barrel for portability
-I'd want a CF action, a Mauser or CF M70 would be fine
-one piece steel scope base, HD steel rings, and a modest fixed power scope, say a Leupold 6x42mm
-some type of space finish on the metal....Black T perhaps
-tough synthetic stock, not too heavy, but beefy enough to absorb some recoil from long shooting strings.
If I could get a Hog Rifle, or the Remington 20" XCR ,with a Mauser action, , I'd be well on my way off the shelf.
Any other ideas, has anybody built such a rifle?